Early April Tornado Event
April 10th, 2024
Summary of all Local Storm Reports (LSRs) on April 10, as well as all the LSRs across the region for this event. Storm survey teams preliminarily concluded that there were at least 3 tornadoes in our forecast area during this event. The tally of tornadoes in our forecast area currently stands at:
ALABAMA: 1 tornado (1 EF-1 in Mobile County)
FLORIDA: 2 tornadoes (1 EF-1 in Escambia County, 1 EF-1 in Santa Rosa County)
Additional areas of interest across Mobile County in AL and Escambia County in FL will be surveyed via high-resolution satellite imagery as this becomes available in the coming days and weeks. The data provided on this page are considered PRELIMINARY as we continue to analyze all available data. We will add more information to this page and social media as it becomes available. We thank you in advance for your patience.
Georgetown Tornado (Mobile County, AL)
...NWS Damage Survey for 04/10/24 Georgetown, Alabama Tornado Event... .Brighton Estate Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.19 miles Path Width /maximum/: 25 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/10/2024 Start Time: 12:20 PM CDT Start Location: 4 W Chunchula / Mobile County / AL Start Lat/Lon: 30.9186 / -88.2743 End Date: 04/10/2024 End Time: 12:21 PM CDT End Location: 4 ESE Boothetown / Mobile County / AL End Lat/Lon: 30.92 / -88.277 Survey Summary: Brief EF-1 tornado begun on Brighton Ct removing a home`s roof. It appears the roof was removed due to a garage door failure leading to almost complete removal. An exterior wall in the garage was bowed out; however, a lower wind speed was assigned due to the failure mode being the garage door and absolute lack of any other damage surrounding the house. The tornado then crossed northwest across Brighton Dr and dissipated near Brandy Ct while snapping some large hardwood branches and a fence blown inward resulting in a convergent path.
Bellview Tornado (Escambia County, FL)
...NWS Damage Survey for 04/10/24 Florida Panhandle Tornado Event... .Bellview Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 2.20 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/10/2024 Start Time: 01:33 PM CDT Start Location: 1 N Bellview / Escambia County / FL Start Lat/Lon: 30.4827 / -87.3076 End Date: 04/10/2024 End Time: 01:36 PM CDT End Location: 1 SSW Ensley / Escambia County / FL End Lat/Lon: 30.5022 / -87.2794 Survey Summary: Tornado began along Pine Forest Rd and quickly tracked northeast towards Hillcrest Ave. Numerous very large generational live oaks were uprooted with a couple snapped trunks. One of the live oaks fell on a home causing significant damage to the home, but no injuries. The tornado continued northeast with a clear convergence track and several more uprooted hardwoods. Three mobile homes were crushed by uprooted trees along Cycle Drive before the tornado passed over Pine Forrest High School. The tornado may have been intermittent and discontinuous during this path before damage was found near Kyle Dr. and Rolling hills rd where numerous hard and softwoods were uprooted and snapped including several significant hardwood snaps. This is where the highest damage occurred before traveling and dissipating somewhere near I10.
Pace Tornado (Santa Rosa County, FL)
...NWS Damage Survey for 04/10/24 Florida Panhandle Tornado Event...
.Pace Tornado...
Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 105 mph
Path Length /statute/: 2.24 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 75 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 04/10/2024
Start Time: 01:46 PM CDT
Start Location: 1 NW Mulat / Santa Rosa County / FL
Start Lat/Lon: 30.5662 / -87.1451
End Date: 04/10/2024
End Time: 01:50 PM CDT
End Location: 1 SSE Pea Ridge / Santa Rosa County / FL
End Lat/Lon: 30.5809 / -87.1117
Survey Summary:
The tornado began just southwest of Sterling way near Escambia
Bay. The tornado quickly intensified as it approached Peach Dr.
where numerous homes suffered shingle damage. A very large oak
tree was snapped with several other large hardwood branches
snapped. Numerous homes lost fences and as a result the tornado
was rated at its peak intensity here. The tornado continued
northeast across peach Dr towards Red Cedar Rd. Numerous homes
suffered shingle damage, large branches removed from trees and
fencing damage. A small metal shed was lifted and deposited on
Red Cedar Lane and another house had multiple 2x4s shot into the
side of the house. A very small but noticeable convergent path was
located here. The tornado then rapidly weakened as it approached
Bell Lane where some smaller branches were snapped.
Update 4/16/2024: After review of available Planet satellite imagery, it was determined the tornado began prior to the L N railroad crossing, moving onshore off Escambia Bay. This portion of the track was solely in the forest and will be re-assessed later for assigning DI's if higher-resolution satellite imagery becomes available.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
Additional Information
Acknowledgements: Page created by Morgan Barry (Senior Forecaster) and updated by Michael Mugrage (Forecaster).
LAST UPDATED: April 2024
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