000 NOUS42 KTAE 092222 PNSTAE ALZ065>069-GAZ125-155-160-FLZ012-FLZ017-102100 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 622 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2008 ...STORM SURVEYS COMPLETED ON TORNADOES ACROSS THE TALLAHASSEE FORECAST AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE SENT SURVEY TEAMS TO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND INTO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY TO ASSESS DAMAGE BY THE STORMS FROM WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8TH. THESE TEAMS CONFIRMED FIVE TORNADOES AND ONE AREA OF SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WITHIN OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA. ...TORNADO NUMBER 1 (ENTERPRISE ALABAMA AND FORT RUCKER ALABAMA)... A STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COFFEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE NEAR THE CIVIC CENTER AROUND 1155 AM CDT. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED ALONG THE GROUND FOR ANOTHER 1.5 MILES BEFORE LIFTING NEAR WHERE US HIGHWAY 84 CROSSES THE RAILROAD DOWNTOWN. ADDITIONAL SPORADIC DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FURTHER TO THE EAST OF BOLL WEEVIL CIRCLE NEAR THE WALMART. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THIS TORNADO CONTINUED FURTHER TO THE EAST AND CROSSED INTO DALE COUNTY ALABAMA WITH ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON FORT RUCKER MILITARY BASE. DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG AIRPORT ROAD AND ANDREWS AVENUE. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED TO A POINT ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF OZARK...TOWARD STATE ROUTE 123 WHERE A ROOF WAS PARTIALLY REMOVED FROM A RESIDENCE NEAR LOGAN ROAD. THE DAMAGE RATING FOR THE TORNADO IN ENTERPRISE IS AN EF-1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 100 TO 105 MPH NEAR THE CIVIC CENTER. DAMAGE RATED AT EF-0 WITH WINDS OF 75 TO 80 MPH WAS ASSESSED AT THE WALMART. THE DAMAGE RATING FOR THIS TORNADO IN DALE COUNTY FROM FORT RUCKER MILITARY BASE TO A POINT 5 MILES SOUTH OF OZARK IS AN EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH. THE TIME OF THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FORT RUCKER WAS 1215 PM CDT AND LIFTED AT 1230 PM CDT SOUTH OF OZARK. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS INTERMITTENT. ...TORNADO NUMBER 2 (DALE-HENRY COUNTY LINE INTO HENRY COUNTY)... THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO IN COFFEE AND WESTERN DALE COUNTY CONTINUED SLOWLY EAST AND PRODUCED A SECOND TORNADO NEAR THE DALE-HENRY COUNTY LINE AROUND 128 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO MOVED INTO HENRY COUNTY AND DAMAGED A HOME NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 27. THE CARPORT ATTACHED TO THE HOME WAS DESTROYED. THE DAMAGE SURVEY ESTIMATES THAT WINDS UP TO 85 MPH PRODUCED THE DAMAGE FROM THIS SYSTEM. THUS...THE TORNADO IS RATED AN EF-0. ...TORNADO NUMBER 3 (HOUSTON COUNTY NEAR WICKSBURG)... A NORTHWARD MOVING STORM ENTERED THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF HOUSTON COUNTY AND PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF WICKSBURG JUST NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 84 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 123. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED A FEW CARS AT AN AUTO DEALERSHIP AND UPROOTED A FEW TREES NEAR THE DALE/HOUSTON COUNTY LINE. THIS TORNADO DID NOT PRODUCE ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WHEN IT BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR PINCKARD IN DALE COUNTY. THIS TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WICKSBURG AROUND 105 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-0. ...TORNADO NUMBER 4 (JEFFERSON COUNTY FLORIDA)... A SURVEY CONDUCTED ON THURSDAY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE LEON COUNTY LINE...INDICATED THAT A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LLOYD. THE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED ABOUT 0.2 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEHOUSE ROAD ALONG PAUL THOMPSON ROAD. IN THIS AREA SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED WITH A FEW UPROOTED. A 12 FOOT BY 12 FOOT GAZEBO WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA...THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-1 WITH WINDS OF 90 MPH. THE TORNADO WEAKENED MOVING OFF TO THE NORTH AND DISSIPATED BEFORE CROSSING WHITEHOUSE ROAD. THE TORNADO WIDTH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 50 TO 75 YARDS. THE ESTIMATED TIME OF THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS 527 PM EDT. ...TORNADO NUMBER 5 (PANAMA CITY FLORIDA)... A TORNADIC WATERSPOUT MOVED ASHORE INTO PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AROUND 825 AM CDT ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGE NEAR THE BAYPOINT SUBDIVISION NEAR SAINT ANDREW STATE PARK. WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT AT A FEW HOMES. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN. THIS STORM WAS RATED AN EF-0. ...STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY GEORGIA... A STRONG MESOCYCLONE WAS DETECTED ACROSS EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY AND MOVED INTO SEMINOLE COUNTY AROUND 4 PM EDT. DAMAGE OCCURRED IN A CONCENTRATED AREA AROUND LAKE SEMINOLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTES 253 AND 39. ALL THE DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE WITH AN INTENSITY OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM CONTINUED INTO DECATUR COUNTY WITH STRONG WINDS ALSO REPORTED. SEVERAL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED OF A ROTATING WALL CLOUD OR FUNNEL CLOUD BUT NO REPORTS WERE RECEIVED OF ANYTHING ON THE GROUND...THUS THE DAMAGE IS DETERMINED TO BE STRAIGHTLINE WINDS ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WISHES TO THANK ALL THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES THAT PARTICIPATED AND HELPED IN CONDUCTING THESE STORM SURVEYS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. $$ GODSEY