Tallahassee, FL
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Overview
An active weather pattern during the 2nd week of May brought several rounds of severe weather. One round in particular, on the morning of Friday, May 10, brought an intense squall line to the tri-state region. This round spawned at least 5 tornadoes, including several in Leon county and the Tallahassee area. The scale of the damage from this severe weather event and tornadoes met or exceeded damage from Hermine, Michael, and Idalia combined according to one City of Tallahassee metric (broken power poles). Numerous trees were damaged across city of Tallahassee and elsewhere across the forecast area with extensive damage occurring to the city's utility structures in and along the vicinity of the tornadoes' paths.
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Regional radar showing the progression of the complex of storms as it moved through the forecast area. In addition to several tornadoes, many areas along this line of storms suffered scattered damaging wind gusts that brought down many trees, powerlines, and cause some damage to homes. |
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Radar image at 6:49am EDT on May 10th showing the three distinct segments on the line where there were tornadoes on the ground. The two circulations just southwest of Midway, FL are the ones that what would end up merging together in Tallahassee. The third circulation ended up traveling towards Woodville, Florida in southern Leon County. The radar image on the left is reflectivity and the one on the right is called velocity. Meteorologists use the velocity data, along with other data, to determine if a tornado is occurring or is likely to occur very soon. |
Storm Information
Higher resolution track data can be found by visiting the Damage Assessment Viewer here.
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Madison/Jefferson/Taylor County, FL and Houston County, AL Tornadoes | |||||||||||||||||
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Tornado #5 Summary:A tornado touched down along Hooper Cherry Road early on the morning of May 10th. Initial damage was to trees. Additional damage occurred along A.J. Register Road, where significant damage to outbuildings was noted. The tornado continued southeastward, crossing Cottonwood Road near County Road 33. Roof damage to farm buildings was observer here. Additional tree and roof damage was noted along Gene Terry Road south of Nobles Road. The tornado dissipated shortly after this point. The damage was consisted with an EF-0 rating and maximum winds of approximately 85mph.
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Tornado #6 Summary:A brief EF0 tornado moved across Highway 20 west of J W Hollington Road with damage to trees along Highway 20. A brief TDS was present on EVX radar.
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Tornado # 1 - Tallahassee, FL
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Tornado # 2 - Tallahassee, FL
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Tornado # 3 - Leon County/Woodville, FL
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Tornado # 4 - Madison/Jefferson/Taylor Counties, FL
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Tornado # 5 - Houston County, AL
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