000 NWUS52 KTAE 210121 LSRTAE PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 820 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2009 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1045 PM HAIL 2 SE DARLINGTON 30.92N 86.03W 02/18/2009 M2.75 INCH WALTON FL TRAINED SPOTTER BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN GLENDALE AND DARLINGTON. 1045 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE DARLINGTON 30.92N 86.03W 02/18/2009 WALTON FL TRAINED SPOTTER MANY LARGE TREES FELLED BY 75-80 MPH WIND GUSTS BEWTEEN GLENDALE AND DARLINGTON. 1045 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE DARLINGTON 30.92N 86.03W 02/18/2009 WALTON FL TRAINED SPOTTER 3 DESTROYED HOMES NEAR DARLINGTON IN NORTHEAST WALTON COUNTY. 1255 AM TORNADO 4 SSE CAIRO 30.82N 84.18W 02/19/2009 F2 GRADY GA NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED TORNADO OF EF-2 INTENSITY JUST TO THE WEST OF GEORGIA STATE HIGHWAY 93. INITIAL TOUCHDOWN OF LONG TRACK TORNADO ON RAWLS ROAD IN GRADY COUNTY. ONE GRAIN SILO WAS DESTROYED WITH TWO OTHERS HEAVILY DAMAGED ON HOLSTEIN LANE. TWO BARNS DESTROYED. ONE STRUCTURE NEAR THE SILOS WAS NEARLY DESTROYED. A DOUBLE WIDE MODULAR HOME WAS MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. MAXIMUM WINDS OF 120 MPH WERE ASSESSED IN THIS AREA WITH A PATH WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. 0105 AM TORNADO 5 WSW THOMASVILLE 30.81N 84.05W 02/19/2009 F2 THOMAS GA NWS STORM SURVEY LONG TRACK TORNADO ENTERED THOMAS COUNTY ALONG LOWER CAIRO ROAD IN A PINE TREE PLANTATION. DAMAGE WIDTH INCREASED TO 300 TO 400 YARDS IN THIS AREA WITH OVER 95 PERCENT OF PINE TREES IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO SNAPPED. THREE HOMES SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE WITH ONE HOME LOSING A PORTION OF ITS ROOF. SEVERAL SHEDS AND GARAGES DESTROYED. WINDS ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE TRACK WERE ESTIMATED AT 125 MPH. 0109 AM TORNADO 1 SSW THOMASVILLE 30.82N 83.99W 02/19/2009 F1 THOMAS GA NWS STORM SURVEY WIDESPREAD TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 319 NEAR METCALF ROAD AND CINDY ROAD. MANY HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR RENDERED INHABITABLE BY FALLEN TREES. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 90 MPH. 0111 AM TORNADO 2 SSE THOMASVILLE 30.81N 83.97W 02/19/2009 F1 THOMAS GA NWS STORM SURVEY EF-1 TORNADO PASSES JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN THOMASVILLE AT THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA STATE HOSPITAL ALONG PINE TREE BLVD. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED WITHIN THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX WITH TWO AIR CONDITIONING UNITS WERE REMOVED FROM THE TOP OF ONE BUILDING. WINDS AT THIS PORTION OF THE TRACK WERE RATED AT 105 MPH. 0123 AM TORNADO 3 NNW BOSTON 30.83N 83.80W 02/19/2009 F3 THOMAS GA NWS STORM SURVEY SECOND TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITHIN THOMAS COUNTY FROM LONG TRACKED SUPERCELL. TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN ON FIVE FORKS ROAD AND CONTINUES EASTWARD TOWARD SALEM ROAD. THE TORNADO REACHES ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY ALONG SALEM ROAD WHERE SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND COMPLETELY DEBARKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONE BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH MODERATE DAMAGE TO A NEARBY HOME. PATH WIDTH IN THIS AREA WAS ESTIMATED AT 300 YARDS WITH A MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF 140 TO 145 MPH. 0425 AM TSTM WND DMG MADISON 30.47N 83.42W 02/19/2009 MADISON FL TRAINED SPOTTER SPOTTER WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS, INCLUDING ONE LANE OF HIGHWAY 90. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES, INCLUDING WEST PORTIONS OF MADISON. TREES DOWN AROUND LEE AND PINETTA AS WELL. && $$ GODSEY