PNSTAE
FLZ017-042000-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
250 PM EDT JUL 3 2009
...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN TALLAHASSEE FROM
THURSDAY'S STORM...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE SURVEYED THE DAMAGE
TODAY ALONG APALACHEE PARKWAY AND THE INDIAN HEAD SUBDIVISION AND
CONFIRMED THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE
FIRST INCIDENT OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON SOUTH MONROE
STREET ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHEE PARKWAY. IN THIS AREA...
AROUND 90 FEET OF THE ROOF OF THE ALLTEL BUILDING WAS PEELED BACK.
NO OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN THIS AREA. THE INTENSITY
OF THE WIND IN THIS LOCATION IS RATED AT 70 TO 75 MPH. THE NEXT AREA
OF DAMAGE SURVEYED WAS THE TOYS R US SHOPPING CENTER BETWEEN OLD
SAINT AUGUSTINE ROAD AND APALACHEE PARKWAY. AT THE TOYS R US...AN 80
FOOT BY 10 FOOT WIDE SECTION OF ROOFING MATERIAL WAS REMOVED. TWO
AIR CONDITIONING UNITS WERE ALSO MOVED FROM THEIR LOCATION ON THE
ROOF. ONE OF THESE UNITS ROLLED ACROSS THE TOP OF THE ROOF AND FELL
ONTO AN ADJACENT STRUCTURE. A PORTION OF THE ROOF DID COLLAPSE INTO
THE STORE CAUSING WATER DAMAGE INSIDE. ABOUT 500 YARDS TO THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST A FEW PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE PARKWAY. THESE
PINES WERE AROUND 9 TO 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER. A FEW SMALLER TREES
WERE SNAPPED ACROSS THE PARKING LOT CAUSING DAMAGE TO PARKED CARS.
THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF THE WIND AT THE TOYS R US SHOPPING CENTER
WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 85 MPH. TO THE SOUTH OF THE TOYS R
US...NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE INDIAN
HEAD SUBDIVISION. THIS DAMAGE EXTENDED AROUND ONE HALF A MILE
DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE TOYS R US AND EASTWARD TO HALF A MILE WEST OF
BLAIRSTONE ROAD. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG OLD
SAINT AUGUSTINE ROAD ABOUT 1 BLOCK EAST OF LAFAYETTE STREET AND ON
APAKIN NENE ROAD. DAMAGE IN THIS LOCATION WAS CONSISTENT WITH WINDS
UP TO 75 MPH. IN SUMMARY...DAMAGE OBSERVED APPEARED CONSISTENT WITH
A STRAIGHT LINE WIND EVENT AS NO CIRCULATION PATTERN WAS EVIDENT IN
THE DAMAGE FIELD. STORMS OF THIS INTENSITY CAN INDEED CAUSE DAMAGE
THAT IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A TORNADO. IN FACT...THE WIND SPEEDS
PRODUCED BY THIS STORM WOULD COMPARE TO THAT OF A STRONG EF-0
TORNADO ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.
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GODSEY
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