March 3rd, 2019 Tornado Outbreak

Summary:

A EF-3 tornado, with maximum winds of 140 mph, that tracked 6.5 miles across far Eastern Leon County and into extreme Western Jefferson County. This tornado initially touched down near the intersection of US-90 and Crump Road in eastern Leon County. After crossing Baum Road, the tornado reached peak intensity in the vicinity of Steeds Run. In this area two homes were destroyed. Damage with both homes was consistent with a low-end EF-3 tornado.

From a historical perspective, this is the second tornado rated F3 or EF3 in Leon County since 1945. Accordingly, this makes the March 3rd tornado the 2nd strongest tornado to affect Leon County since 1945.

Summary:

An EF-2 tornado, with maximum winds of 120 mph, tracked 2.7 miles across Grady County in the Cairo area. The tornado touched down on Monrovia Nursery, downing 100s of potted plants and numerous trees in the forest. The tornado continued to track northeastward, downing numerous trees, many of which fell on homes causing structural damage. In one of the harder hit areas, the roof was torn off of a single family home and a carport was destroyed. The tornado eventually lifted northeast of Hwy 84. Two injuries were sustained from the storm.

Summary:

An EF-1 tornado traveled just over 5 miles across portions of Geneva County, Alabama. The tornado was approximately 300 yards at it's widest point. The most significant damage with this tornado occurred at a house just off Mozell road as the tornado passed over a house and ripped off portions of a roof after gaining access to a garage port. The tornado lifted just east of County Rd 49. 

Summary:

An EF-0 tornado touched down in the Apalachicola National Forest in far western Wakulla County producing a TDS on the TLH radar. Aerial survey confirmed that damaged was isolated to a few trees. The tornado did flip a small shed-sized metal canopy on Revadee Spears Road. There was some minor damage to a commercial sign on U.S. Route 319 just north of Linzy Store Road. Across the highway, a lone tree was snapped on the south end of the Walmart parking lot. No damage was found any further east.

Summary:

The tornado touched down in Henry County Alabama just south of Shorterville on Henry County Route 47 between Bennett Mill Creek and Route 188 and quickly moved northeast. Most of the damage along the path was confined to uprooted softwood trees along with some roof damage to individual homes near the intersection of Blakely and Blufton highways. Additional softwood trees were uprooted at several points between the aforementioned intersection to a point just north of Route 37/ Edison Highway along Wesely Chapel Road. In addition, Center Line Irrigation was also downed near this location.

Summary:

A strong/cycling tornado crossed into Georgia along the Chattahoochee River, about 2-3 miles south of Lakepoint Resort State Park, causing considerable tree damage along State Hwy 39 in northern Quitman county. The tornado raced east with more trees snapped or uprooted along Hwy 27, just south of CR 10. Based on the surveyable damage (mainly trees), EF-0 to EF-1 damage was noted with max wind speeds estimated around 100 mph. The tornado appeared to briefly weaken near Hwy 27, but quickly re-intensified as it crossed the Quitman/Stewart county line. Please refer to the complete NWS Peachtree City report and the NWS Birmingham Office report for further information on this tornado in their counties of responsibility.

Summary:

An EF-0 tornado touched down on Eglin AFB property in Walton County. The tornado produced scattered tree damage before exiting the base near Pleasant Ridge Road. The tornado continued northeast, crossing I-10 just west of the U.S. 331 exit, and then dissipating just southwest of Defuniak Springs. Damage was primarily confined to trees.

Summary:

An EF-1 tornado touched down about 5 miles to the west of Alford, FL in Washington County. The highest degree of damage was at a house near the county border with Jackson County where much of the tin was ripped from the roof, a small barn tumbled about 50 feet to the northeast as well as a metal canopy moving about 75 feet to the northeast. The tornado continued to move into Jackson County, FL where the main damage was also to tin roofing material with at least one double wide seeing all of the wood, shingles and tin removed from a quarter of the house. At another residence, a small outbuilding was lifted, flipped over and landed up against the house, completely destroyed. A few snapped and uprooted trees were also noted in Jackson county. The tornado lifted about 1.5 miles north of Alford, FL.

Summary:

An EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph touched down west of US-27 in Miller County near Brinson Road. Damage west of US-27 included a center pivot irrigation system overturned.  One home in the area was blown off cinder blocks. Another home had roof damage where a corner of the roof was peeled off along where a portion of he wall was blown out. The tornado crossed US-27 and east of the highway destroyed a small modular home seriously injuring the occupant. As the tornado continued moving eastward, several trees were snapped or uprooted, with another pivot irrigation system overturned. The tornado lifted before Babcock Lake Road. 

Summary:

An EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 mph initially touched down southwest of Bainbridge along GA-253, or Spring Creek Road. Damage in the area was mainly limited to large snapped pines. A tree fell on a home along the road. The tornado lifted before reaching the Flint River with straight-line wind damage observed south of Bainbridge. 

Summary:

This EF-1 tornado touched down just west of  Pat Thomas Highway, FL Route 267, and just  north of Cox Lane. The tornado flipped a single-wide mobile home upside down. On the opposite side of the highway, a couple of large pine trees snapped, one of which crashed through the roof of a home narrowly crushing a couple that were in bed at the time. The tornado continued east-southeast roughly paralleling the CSX tracks. A aerial survey showed trees snapped along the route. Ground surveys showed damage to homes along Jim Williams road. The tornado reached its greatest strength at this point, snapping a few small utility poles, removing about half the roof of one home along with damaging a couple of others. The tornado lifted just beyond the end of this road.

Summary:

An EF-1 tornado briefly touched down at the edge of a farm damaging snapping and uprooting trees along the path. Some were peach trees. When the tornado crossed Urbana Road, it blew out part of  the foundation of a large garage causing the associated wall to bow outward. There was significant  shingle damage to the roof of this building. A bit further from the road, the tornado moved a large 3.5 ton trailer, filled with air conditioning roughly 3 feet. The metal roof of the structure sheltering this and other vehicles was partially uplifted. The tornado lifted just  beyond the edge of the property line.