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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1129 AM CDT Sat Apr 25 2020

...NWS Damage Survey for April 23, 2020 Tornado Event...

.OVERVIEW...The following survey information is for Covington County, AL,
and Okaloosa County, FL.

.Southern Covington County AL Tornado 1...

Rating:                 EF-0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.5 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0
Start Date:             April 23, 2020
Start Time:             8:42 AM CDT
Start Location:         3.5 mi NE of Falco, AL
Start Lat/Lon:          31.063/-86.5700

End Date:               April 23, 2020
End Time:               8:43 AM CDT
End Location:           4 mi NE of Falco, AL
End Lat/Lon:            31.0627/-86.5638

Survey summary: A brief tornado touchdown occurred along an approximately
one half of a mile track.  There were several trees snapped and uprooted with
a weak convergence damage pattern noted.  This short track was just west of 
Bogganlevel road and ended at the roadway.

.Southern Covington County AL Tornado 2...

Rating:                 EF-0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.1 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   25 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             April 23, 2020
Start Time:             8:53 AM CDT
Start Location:         6.5 mi NE of Florala, AL
Start Lat/Lon:          31.0735/-86.3995

End Date:               April 23, 2020
End Time:               8:53 AM CDT
End Location:           6.5 mi NE of Florala, AL
End Lat/Lon:            31.0735/-86.3989

Survey summary: A grain bin was damaged by a brief EF-0 tornado.

.Southeast Okaloosa County, FL...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.7 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             April 23, 2020
Start Time:             2:51 PM CDT
Start Location:         0.75 miles SW of Wright, FL
Start Lat/Lon:          30.4441/-86.6463

End Date:               April 23, 2020
End Time:               2:54 PM CDT
End Location:           Ocean City Neighborhood of North Ft. Walton Beach, FL
End Lat/Lon:            30.4386/-86.6014

Survey summary: A tornado touched down along Vickie Leigh road and quickly
intensified to EF-1 intensity.  There was a path of numerous trees uprooted 
and snapped.  Winds were estimated around 90 mph in this location.

The tornado weakened and produced intermittent damage over the next 
approximately 2.7 miles as it moved through the Ocean City section of north
Ft. Walton Beach.  Damage in these locations were of the EF-0 intensity 
with trees snapped and uprooted along with damage to home siding and roof
shingles.  The intermittent track ended at Eglin Parkway just to the west 
of the Highway 85 bridge into Shalimar.

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies
tornadoes into the following categories.

EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph
EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph
EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph
EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 to 200 mph
EF5...Violent...>200 mph

Note:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data. 

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JLH