Tornado Reports
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| 12:00Z | EF1 | KVAX | GA | Lowndes | I-75 At Exit 22 | The tornado initially touched down just east of the Withlacoochee River in Lowndes County and tracked toward Interstate 75. On the west side of the interstate, a few trees were snapped along Shiloh Road. Additionally, billboards along the interstate were also damaged. After crossing Interstate 75, the tornado impacted a subdivision on both the west and east side of North Coleman Road. Damage in this area was primarily limited to minor roof damage. Multiple homes had shingles removed. Additionally several large pines were snapped in the area as well. Damage in this area was consistent with lower end EF-1 damage. As the tornado approached US-41, a large barn was destroyed and several large trees were also uprooted. Several other large trees were uprooted just east of US-41 on Kilarney Circle. Damage in these areas was consistent with an EF-1 tornado with winds around 100 MPH. The tornado snapped a few more pine trees when passing Val Del Road before lifting about 1 mile east of the road. Damage cost was estimated. |
| 18:36Z | EF0 | KBMX | AL | Tuscaloosa | Hagler | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Tuscaloosa County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. The tornado touched down along Hagler Coaling Road, about .60 mile north of Highway 82, uprooting several dozen trees. The tornado tracked northeast, downing a tree onto a home, before lifting on the northeast side of a small pond. |
| 19:02Z | EF1 | KEOX | AL | Henry | Grandberry Crossroads | An EF1 tornado tracked across southern Henry County, snapping and uprooting numerous trees, destroying a mobile home, and causing minor roof damage to a few structures. Max winds were estimated at 110 mph. Damage cost was estimated. |
| 19:06Z | EF1 | KMXX | AL | Bullock | Hector | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Bullock County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph. The tornado touched down .6 mile west of the town of Shopton, just south of U.S. Highway 82, where one home suffered damage. The tornado tracked northeast and produced tree damage. The tornado lifted 1.5 miles northeast of Shopton, just east of CR 37. |
| 19:38Z | EF2 | KEOX | GA | Clay | Bellville | The tornado touched down in Clay County and moved northeast through the northwest corner of Calhoun County and into southern Randolph County. It caused extensive tree damage with nearly every tree in its path snapped through the Clay and Calhoun portions of the track. In addition, it flipped a mobile home in Clay County, injuring one person who was inside. The tornado caused major roof damage in Clay and Calhoun counties removing the roofing structure from two homes. It also caused minor roofing damage to several homes in all three counties. This tornado was rated EF2 with max winds estimated at 125 mph. Damage cost was estimated. |
| 19:41Z | EF2 | KEOX | GA | Calhoun | Moye | The tornado touched down in Clay County and moved northeast through the northwest corner of Calhoun County and into southern Randolph County. It caused extensive tree damage with nearly every tree in its path snapped through the Clay and Calhoun portions of the track. In addition, it flipped a mobile home in Clay County, injuring one person who was inside. The tornado caused major roof damage in Clay and Calhoun counties removing the roofing structure from two homes. It also caused minor roofing damage to several homes in all three counties. Damage cost was estimated. |
| 19:45Z | EF2 | KEOX | GA | Randolph | Carnegie | The tornado touched down in Clay County and moved northeast through the northwest corner of Calhoun County and into southern Randolph County. It caused extensive tree damage with nearly every tree in its path snapped through the Clay and Calhoun portions of the track. In addition, it flipped a mobile home in Clay County, injuring one person who was inside. The tornado caused major roof damage in Clay and Calhoun counties removing the roofing structure from two homes. It also caused minor roofing damage to several homes in all three counties. Damage cost was estimated. |
| 19:46Z | EF0 | KMXX | AL | Lee | Beehive | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Lee County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph. A tornado formed along CR 14 just south of I-85 where a few small pine trees were uprooted and some large branches were broken. The tornado continued northeast, crossing I-85 near Beehive Road and Cox Road, peeling back half of the roof of a mobile home at the Windover Farm mobile home park. It crossed Veterans Boulevard and then caused shingle damage to multiple apartment buildings near Longleaf Drive while breaking tree branches. The tornado dissipated as it crossed Alabama State Road 267 near the southwest boundary of the Auburn University campus. |
| 19:50Z | EF1 | KTLH | FL | Franklin | Creels | Across rural Franklin County, a tornado touched down just west of SR-65 on the north side of East Bay. This tornado tracked across SR-65 before dissipating prior to reaching Juniper Creek Road. Damage along the path of the tornado was limited to snapped or uprooted pine trees. Damage along the track was consistent with an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 105 mph. |
| 20:00Z | EF1 | KMXX | AL | Lee | (auo)auburn Opelika | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in central Lee County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 95 mph. The tornado touched down along Cunningham Drive, just northeast of the Auburn-Opelika Airport and tracked northeast. Minor damage occurred at touch down but increased as the tornado approached Pepperell Parkway, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted and some homes suffered damage. The tornado lifted near Northgate Drive and Oak Bowery Road. |
| 20:15Z | EF3 | KTLH | GA | Dougherty | Pretoria | A large, long-track tornado touched down near Dougherty/Baker Co. line and traveled over 70 miles across Dougherty, Worth, Turner, and Wilcox Counties in South Georgia. The tornado lifted just east of Abbeville. The tornado caused significant damage along the track, resulting in 5 fatalities in Albany. Severe tree damage was observed along the entire path which was up to 1.2 miles wide. In many spots, 90 to 100 percent of the trees in the path were uprooted or snapped. In Dougherty County, the tornado touched down on Tarva Road. By the time it reached Newton, the tornado was approximately 1.25 miles wide. There was extensive tree damage and some minor to moderate damage to a few homes in this area, consistent with EF2 damage. The tornado moved through the Radium Springs area, destroying nearly every tree in its path and causing EF2 damage to several houses. Most houses in this area had significant damage from falling trees. The tornado then moved through several mobile home parks just west of U.S. 319, destroying many mobile homes and causing the 4 fatalities. Damage consistent with an EF3 tornado was observed just east of U.S. 319. The tornado caused a large portion of a warehouse at the Proctor and Gamble Plant to collapse and tossed several semi-trailers across Mock Road. Additional EF3 damage was observed at the Marine Corp Logistics Base, where multiple anchored double-wide trailers were completely destroyed. In addition, several concrete light poles were snapped near the base, and a large solid concrete building had its solid concrete roof shifted more than 2 inches. A well-built concrete block church on Sylvester Rd was demolished with only parts of a few walls remaining. The estimated wind speed at this point is 150 mph, the highest analyzed along the track. EF3 damage was also observed on Harris Road where a cement block church was destroyed. Damage estimates exceeded $300 million according to a media article citing the Dougherty County Commissioner. |
| 20:37Z | EF3 | KVAX | GA | Worth | Red Rock | The EF3 tornado from Dougherty county continued all the way across Worth county into Turner county as an EF3 tornado with max winds estimated near 150 mph. In Worth County, it caused extensive damage to homes along Jewel Crowe Road. This was consistent with EF3 damage. Damage to homes and outbuildings consistent with EF2 damage was observed along Camp Osborn Road. A concrete block church on Zion Church Road was completely destroyed, justifying an EF3 rating at that point. Damage cost was estimated. |
| 20:50Z | EF3 | KJGX | GA | Turner | Hobby | This is a continuation of the EF3 tornado from Worth and Dougherty counties. The tornado entered Turner County along and north of Son Story Road with max winds estimated around 150 mph. Damage to a frame home along Ireland road was consistent with EF3 damage. Additional EF2 damage was found along this road. There was also some evidence for multiple vortices near the intersection of Ireland Road and U.S. 41. Additional EF3 damage was observed on King Burgess Circle where a large frame house was severely damaged and multiple mobile homes were destroyed. The tornado continued northeast across Interstate 75 causing EF2 damage to several frame homes and mobile homes. Tree damage diminished as the tornado approach the Wilcox county line, suggesting that the tornado temporarily weakened. The Turner county emergency manager said up to 25 people were injured in Turner county. Damage cost was estimated. |
| 20:52Z | EF1 | KJGX | GA | Crisp | Wenona | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 87 MPH and a maximum path width of 300 yards began along Pateville Road and moved north-northeast crossing Georgia-Florida Parkway and then the eastern side of the city of Cordele before crossing I-75 and lifting around Highway 257 and Midway Church Road. Roof damage occurred to several homes along this path as well as numerous downed trees. [01/21/17: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF1, Crisp, 2017:025]. |
| 21:00Z | EF1 | KJGX | GA | Crisp | Bedgood | A National Weather Service survey team found that the large tornado that moved across Dougherty, Turner and Wilcox Counties produced damage, mainly downed trees, in the extreme southeast corner of Crisp County along Deep Creek. The main damage path at this time remained in Turner County but was wide enough to extend into this small portion of Crisp County. [01/22/17: Tornado #2, County #1/2, EF1, Crisp-Wilcox, 2017:026]. |
| 21:07Z | EF2 | KJGX | GA | Wilcox | Double Run | A National Weather Service survey team found that the large tornado that moved across Dougherty and Turner Counties moved into Wilcox County crossing County Line Road just west of Shady Lane. Damage was seen off Double Run Road and County Road 41 where a small farm building was completely destroyed. Windows were broken at two residences and several small trees were uprooted. Just northeast, significant damage occurred along Crawford Dairy Road between July Road and Loblolly Road. A metal structure was significantly damaged with the several anchored metal trusses completely pulled off the concrete foundation, resulting in a total collapse of the building. Additional farm outbuildings and barns around the property were severely damaged, and hundreds of pines were snapped or uprooted. Farther along Crawford Dairy Road, just before SR 233, several large, wooden, electrical transmission towers were snapped (near the base) or leaning. The width of the tornado around this location is estimated to be at least one half mile. Along American Legion Road, between Bayberry Lane and Elderberry Lane, a large semi-trailer was flattened and moved across a road. The southeast corner of a metal structure was completely destroyed with deep concrete footings ripped out of the ground. Numerous large trees were snapped as well around this location and a small home nearby sustained minor roof and siding damage. Further northeast along Willingham road, trees were snapped or uprooted. As the tornado went over Mount Olive Road, just south of Highway 280, several manufactured homes were completely destroyed with debris moved 50 to 100 yards away from the original foundations. Based on this damage, the tornado is believed to have briefly strengthened to around 135 MPH. A large house just up the hill from this location sustained minor roof damage. The tornado crossed Highway 280 leveling numerous trees and destroying several small wooden sheds and barns. From this point on, the tornado weakened considerably, with only some trees snapped or uprooted along Kingfisher Road, just west of Abbeville where the damage ended. [01/22/17: Tornado #2, County #2/2, EF2, Crisp-Wilcox, 2017:026]. |
| 21:15Z | EF1 | KJGX | GA | Bleckley | Coley | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 100 yards began along Highway 23 just south of Antioch Road where a few trees were snapped or uprooted. Numerous other trees were snapped or uprooted as the tornado travelled northeast Lucas road to around the intersection of Tom Porter Road and Daisy Adams Road where it ended. [01/21/17: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF1, Bleckley, 2017:027]. |
| 21:22Z | EF0 | KJGX | GA | Bleckley | Cary | A National Weather Service survey team found that a brief EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 MPH and a maximum path width of 50 yards began along Dillard Cary Road and travelled around a half mile northeast snapping or uprooting several trees before ending along Willis Howell Road. [01/21/17: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF0, Bleckley, 2017:028]. |
| 21:47Z | EF1 | KVAX | GA | Atkinson | Oberry | The tornado started in extreme northern Atkinson County and continued to track NE at 50 mph crossing over into Coffee County and lifting near the Mora Highway where the most damage occurred. The tornado tracked NE for about 1.6 miles in Atkinson County where it produced EF1 damage along Ice Plant Road to trees. As Ice Plant Road merged into Talmadge McKinnon Road in Atkinson county, there were a couple of outbuildings that were demolished and debris blown into a pine stand which was also heavily damaged. A residence at this intersection had extensive tree damage, including one pine tree that impaled a vehicle. Numerous agricultural structures including silos and elevated irrigation systems where lofted and carried across pastures along Talmadge McKinnon Road northward toward the Coffee County Line. |
| 23:26Z | EF1 | KJAX | GA | Camden | Silco | An EF1 tornado with peak winds of 110 mph stared in west central Camden County and tracked quickly NE at 50-65 mph before lifting NE of Woodbine just east of Horseshoe Cove Road. The main path was along or near the Satilla River and crossed the river at least 3 times in heavy forested areas. The tornado then crossed east of Interstate 95 briefly before hitting the Horseshoe subdivision which suffered significant damage. Significant trees damage and homes with fallen tree damage occurred along and at the end of the tornado path. |
| 23:29Z | EF1 | KJAX | GA | Camden | Burnt Fort | TDS tornado signature via Dual Pol radar products near Woodbine observed. |
| 06:25Z | EF1 | KAMX | FL | Palm Beach | Loxahatchee | Pictures were received of damage consistent with a tornado in The Acreage. First indication of damage and probable touchdown was near 180th Avenue North and 76th Street North, with a ENE path to Mandarin Boulevard and 78th Road North where borderline EF-1 damage to trees was noted. From Mandarin Boulevard, a break in the damage was observed for over a mile, with damage once again seen at Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and 84th Court North. Damage continued to Hall Boulevard and 85th Road North where the tornado likely lifted.||Damage was to trees and fences along the path. Almost all of the damage was EF-0 (70-80 mph), with one or two spots of EF-1 damage (85-90 mph winds). |
| 06:40Z | EF1 | KAMX | FL | Palm Beach | Tequesta | Tornado damage was first noted in the Mirabella neighborhood of Palm Beach Gardens west of Florida Turnpike between PGA Boulevard and Donald Ross Road, then followed a somewhat discontinuous path ENE across Palm Beach Gardens to Juno Beach where it moved offshore at the Juno Beach Pier. ||EF-1 damage (winds around 90 mph) was concentrated mainly in the Mirabella neighborhood and east of I-95 at The Benjamin School. A few homes had tiles removed in Mirabella, causing broken windows from flying debris. At The Benjamin School Upper Campus, a full set of metal bleachers was blown across a football field for at least 50 yards, with some of the pieces of the bleachers landing in an adjacent wooded area well over 100 yards away. Debris from this location ended up as far away as Dwyer High School about 500 yards east from the original location. At Dwyer High School, the tornadic winds as well as flying debris broke windows, damaged a softball field and caused a small hole in the ceiling over a classroom in the school's main building.||Most of the remainder of the damage along the path was rated EF-0 (winds 65 to 85 mph) and consisted mainly of broken tree branches, uprooted trees and minor roof and fence damage. Areas of concentrated damage were in the Evergrene Community, along Donald Ross Road just east of Old Dixie Highway, and at the Juno Beach Condo mobile home park where 8 units sustained damage. The tornado moved offshore at the Juno Beach Pier around 149 AM where a wind gust of 87 mph was recorded at Juno Beach Pier at 150 AM EDT. The roof was lifted off of one lifeguard stand near the pier, and wood railings were damaged at the north side of the pier. ||Estimate of damage at Dwyer High School is between $500,000 and $1 million, with damage estimates not received from other locations. |
| 08:45Z | EF1 | KAMX | FL | Miami-dade | Medley | A tornado touched down just west of the Palmetto Expressway in the Doral Gardens complex near NW 79th Avenue and NW 48th Street, causing minor roof damage to an apartment building. The tornado then moved ENE and touched back down on the east side of the Palmetto Expressway in a warehouse district from NW 50th Street to NW 52nd Street between NW 74th and 69th avenues. In this area, EF-0 to borderline EF-1 damage (75-85 mph winds) was noted. A tractor trailer was overturned, at least 2 dozen empty cargo containers were moved, and minor roof damage occurred to an office building. ||The tornado then moved NE and crossed into Miami Springs. Primarily impacted was the Bird District between Shadow and Ludlum Avenues and Falcon and Dove Avenues. The worst damage was on the 1100 block of Falcon, Plover and Wren consisting of loss of roof covering material and downed trees. Winds were likely in the EF-1 range (90-95 mph) in this area. Damage was observed along a NE path along the remainder of the Miami Springs portion of the path, with most of the damage east of Hammond Drive to Okeechobee Road consisting of downed power lines and trees (EF-0). ||After crossing Okeechobee Road, the tornado entered the City of Hialeah and caused damage to the area from Red Road to W 2nd Avenue between West 10th and 13th streets. Four two-story apartment buildings sustained roof damage of EF-1 intensity (up to 95 mph). The tornado passed very close to a water plant, but no damage was noted there. The tornado lifted near W 2nd Avenue and W 13th Street. A total of 13 families were left homeless in Hialeah and required Red Cross assistance.||No damage estimated were received. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).