Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 NOUS42 KTAE 212322 PNSTAE ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-230000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 722 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2007 ...SUMMARY REPORT ON TORNADO OUTBREAK OF MARCH 1-2 2007... ASSESSMENTS ON ALL TORNADOES THAT OCCURRED IN THE TALLAHASSEE COUNTY WARNING AREA HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH A TOTAL OF 9 TORNADOES CONFIRMED. TORNADOES OCCURRED OVER A 13 HOUR PERIOD FROM WHEN THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN COFFEE COUNTY ALABAMA AROUND 210 PM EST TO WHEN THE LAST TORNADO LIFTED AROUND 300 AM EST IN LOWNDES COUNTY GEORGIA. ...TORNADO NUMBER 1...COFFEE COUNTY ALABAMA...ENTERPRISE... THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 108 PM CST JUST SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE. THE TORNADO TRACKED THROUGH ENTERPRISE HITTING THE HIGH SCHOOL AROUND 112 PM CST. THE TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE TOWN OF ENTERPRISE AND LIFTED BEFORE REACHING DALE COUNTY AT 118 PM CST. THE APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 7 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM DAMAGE WIDTH OF 300 YARDS. THE FINAL RATING ASSIGNED TO THIS TORNADO IS AN EF-4 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 170 MPH. THE EF-4 DAMAGED AREAS ARE RIGHT AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SEVERAL HOMES ON DIXIE ROAD TO THE NORTHEAST OF BOLL WEEVIL CIRCLE. AN EF-4 TORNADO HAS WINDS OF 166 TO 200 MPH. 9 FATALITIES WERE REPORTED IN ENTERPRISE WITH 8 OF THESE OCCURRING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. ...TORNADO NUMBER 2...DALE COUNTY ALABAMA TO CLAY COUNTY GEORGIA... THIS TORNADO WAS A LONG TRACKED TORNADO THAT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY OF ECHO ALABAMA IN DALE COUNTY AT 148 PM CST. THE TORNADO TRACKED INTO HENRY COUNTY ALABAMA SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS INTERMITTENT FROM THE COMMUNITY OF BETHLEHEM TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF OTHO...WHERE A CONTINUOUS DAMAGE PATH RESUMED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF OTHO ACROSS LAKE EUFAULA INTO CLAY COUNTY GEORGIA. THE TORNADO LIFTED IN CLAY COUNTY GEORGIA AT 236 PM CST (336 PM EST). THE APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 37 MILES...THOUGH A PORTION OF THIS PATH WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE WIDTH IS 150 YARDS. THIS TORNADO HAS A RATING OF EF-1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS IN THE 100 TO 110 MPH RANGE. ...TORNADO NUMBER 3...BAKER COUNTY GEORGIA TO WESTERN WORTH COUNTY GEORGIA... THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN RURAL BAKER COUNTY GEORGIA ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF NEWTON AT 1144 PM EST. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE TORNADO DESTROYED A COUPLE OF MOBILE HOMES JUST NORTHWEST OF NEWTON RESULTING IN 6 FATALITIES. THE DAMAGE RATED AT THESE MOBILE HOMES WAS EF-2. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSED INTO MITCHELL COUNTY NORTH OF BACONTON AT 1200 AM EST AND FLIPPED A TRUCK ON US-19. THE TORNADO MOVED INTO DOUGHERTY COUNTY AT 1208 AM EST AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO A COUPLE MOBILE HOMES ON COUNTY LINE ROAD BEFORE CROSSING INTO WORTH COUNTY AT 1212 AM EST. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED MOBILE HOMES NORTH OF BRIDGEBORO IN WORTH COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING AT 1217 AM EST. THE TORNADO HAD A CONTINUOUS PATH LENGTH OF 30 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM DAMAGE WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-2 WITH WINDS BETWEEN 111 AND 135 MPH. ...TORNADO NUMBER 4...WORTH COUNTY GEORGIA... THIS TORNADO WAS SPAWNED FROM THE SAME SUPERCELL THAT PRODUCED THE PREVIOUS TORNADO IN WORTH COUNTY. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 1220 AM EST ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVESTER ON MCCARTY DRIVE. THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN RIGHT ON A BRICK HOME. THE ROOF OF THE HOME WAS PARTIALLY REMOVED WITH A COUPLE EXTERIOR WALLS COLLAPSING. TWO CARS PARKED OUTSIDE WERE MOVED INTO A NEARBY FIELD. ANOTHER WOOD FRAME HOME SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO THE WOODS CAUSING MAJOR TREE DAMAGE BEFORE LIFTING AT 1228 AM EST. THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 5 MILES WITH A DAMAGE WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-2 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 120 MPH. ...TORNADO NUMBER 5...WORTH COUNTY GEORGIA...TOWN OF SUMNER... THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1230 AM EST ON SUMNER LAKES ROAD IN THE TOWN OF SUMNER. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH THE DEBRIS FROM THE MOBILE HOME BLOWN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS AWAY...INCLUDING A BATH TUB THAT WAS FOUND 500 YARDS AWAY. THE OCCUPANTS OF THIS TORNADO RECEIVED WARNING OF THE APPROACHING STORM AND DECIDED TO VACATE THEIR MOBILE HOME FOR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. THE DECISION BY THIS FAMILY OF FOUR TO EVACUATE LIKELY RESULTED IN THEIR SURVIVAL. OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE AREA SUFFERED DAMAGE. UTILITY POLES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO LIFTED FIVE MINUTES LATER AT 1235 AM EST. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 3 MILES WITH A DAMAGE WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-2 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 125 MPH. ...TORNADO NUMBER 6...TIFT COUNTY GEORGIA TO TURNER COUNTY GEORGIA... THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 1242 AM EST WEST OF CHULA IN TIFT COUNTY CAUSING DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES IN THE AREA. WHEN THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO TURNER COUNTY...BARNS AND FARM EQUIPMENT SUFFERED DAMAGE. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 1252 AM EST. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES WITH A DAMAGE WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-1 WITH WINDS BETWEEN 86 AND 110 MPH. ...THE NEXT THREE TORNADOES MENTIONED IN THIS SUMMARY ALL EVOLVED FROM A SQUALL LINE THAT WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THEY WERE ALL SHORT LIVED AND WERE OF RELATIVELY WEAK INTENSITY COMPARED TO OTHER TORNADOES OF THE OUTBREAK... ...TORNADO NUMBER 7...JEFFERSON COUNTY FLORIDA... THIS TORNADO SPUN UP QUICKLY ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SQUALL LINE ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO AT 210 AM EST. THE TORNADO CAUSED MAINLY TREE DAMAGE IN THE AREA WITH ONE STRUCTURE SUFFERING MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 216 AM EST. THE TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WITH A DAMAGE WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-0 WITH WINDS OF 70 MPH. ...TORNADO NUMBER 8...MADISON COUNTY FLORIDA...CHERRY LAKE... THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED QUICKLY AND TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CHERRY LAKE AT 236 AM EST. THE TORNADO SNAPPED A FEW TREES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 471. THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AT 244 AM EST WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 3 MILES AND A DAMAGE WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-0 WITH WINDS OF 70 MPH. ...TORNADO NUMBER 9...LOWNDES COUNTY GEORGIA...LAKE PARK... THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LAKE PARK GEORGIA AT 255 AM EST NEAR THE RV PARK. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AROUND THE RV PARK WITH SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 301 AM. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 2 MILES WITH A DAMAGE WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-0 WITH WINDS OF 70 MPH. OTHER AREAS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA...GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM MARIANNA TO BLOUNTSTOWN...REPORTED WIND DAMAGE AS THE SQUALL LINE WENT THROUGH. MOST OF THIS DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ GODSEY