Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports on March 7, 2008

Hail Report Description: The public reported nickel size hail in Deltona.

Hail Report Description: A trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail Report Description: Quarter size hail was reported at Interstate 95 and Highway SR44.

Hail Report Description: One inch hail was reported by the public in Port Orange.

Hail Report Description: Nickel size hail reported by park official who lives on the Silver River State Park property. Time based on radar imagery.

Hail Report Description: A trained spotter report made this report to Emergency Management. The report was relayed to them at 923 a.m. EST and event was ongoing at the time.

Wind Report Description: Scattered trees down and isolated power outages reported across the western portion of the county by Putnam County Emergency Management. Time is based on radar imagery and Emergency Management timing of event.

Wind Report Description: A tree was reported down and blocking the roadway in Mitchellville Park.

Wind Report Description: A tree was reported down and blocking the roadway on River Road. Another tree was reported down on telephone wires in Burton, South Carolina. A tree was also reported down in the roadway on Ihley Road.

Wind Report Description: A local utility company reported several trees down on power lines west of Interstate 95. The times were estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: A trained weather spotter reported a pine tree branch that was six inches in diameter and thirty feet long fell and dented the roof of a car.

Wind Report Description: Emergency Management reported trees and powerlines down.

Wind Report Description: Emergency Management reported trees and powerlines down in Chiefland.

Wind Report Description: Emergency Management reported trees down on powerlines and a house in Bronson.

Wind Report Description: A 4 inch diameter tree was blown down on the Laura Walker Golf Course. The time of event was estimated by radar.

Wind Report Description: Four trees were blown down. Public reported a possible tornado on their property at 5401 NW 22nd Court in Bell. Event time estimated based on radar imagery.

Wind Report Description: A couple of trees were blown down in Troy Springs State Park. The time is estimated based on report and radar imagery.

Wind Report Description: At 945 a.m. EST Suwannee County Emergency Management reported power out all over the city of Live Oak. Post event radar analysis and follow up with Emergency Management indicates event started near 920 a.m. EST and lasted until 935 a.m. EST.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the central portion of the county. In the Forest Hills subdivision, a roof was torn off a mobile home, while another was damaged by a fallen tree. Another mobile home was destroyed when a large tree fell on it. A vehicle was damaged by flying debris from a nearby building.

Wind Report Description: A trained spotter estimated wind gusts over 60 mph that snapped 60 foot tall pine trees about 35 feet above the ground along Interstate 75 at Exit 451 in southeast Hamilton County. The time of the report is based on radar.

Wind Report Description: There were some downed trees and power lines from just east of Cherry Lake to near Pinetta.

Wind Report Description: There were reports of some downed trees between Valdosta and the Florida/Georgia state line.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were blown down just south of Hopewell.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were blown down across a road.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were blown down over railroad tracks in Greenville.

Wind Report Description: Straight line winds downed numerous trees and power lines and damaged a home from Lake Miccosukee north to Lake Road. The damage swath was four miles long and a half mile wide.

Wind Report Description: There were numerous downed trees and a barn damaged just north of Interstate 10 near Drifton.

Wind Report Description: Straight line winds blew down several large trees.

Wind Report Description: There were downed trees, power lines and a traffic light on Baum Road.

Wind Report Description: A large tree fell on a single family home on Tim Tam Trail in the Killearn Lakes subdivision. The home was severely damaged.

Wind Report Description: Several vehicles were damaged by furniture that was tossed around outside a Starbucks in Southwood. A power outage affected the plaza.

Wind Report Description: There were several power poles down in the Southwood Plantation community near Apalachee Parkway and Idlewild Drive. Several business signs were damaged along the Apalachee Parkway. A large branch was hurtled through the roof of a business. The awning of a restaurant was blown down.

Wind Report Description: Straight line winds downed numerous trees and power lines across the southern and eastern portions of the county. Forty homes were without power.

Wind Report Description: One tree was reported to have fallen on a car in the Scaff���s Grocery parking lot in Branford.

Wind Report Description: There were numerous downed trees and power lines across much of the county.

Wind Report Description: There were several reports of downed trees on County Roads 14, 67, 68 and 83 in the eastern portion of the county.

Wind Report Description: Several locations in the D'Iberville community had minor wind damage. The roof of a storage building was peeled off and a few plate glass windows were blown out. An auto dealership had several garage doors blown in, metal siding peeled off, a showroom facade blown off, and a large sign damaged. Wind gusts were estimated in the 75 to 90 mph range.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds caused roof damage to a shopping mall with air conditioning units dislodged. Also at the mall, a large sign was damaged, a light pole was toppled and some glass window panels were blown in. In nearby neighborhoods, fences, a small tree and large tree limbs were blown down. Winds were estimated in the 75 to 90 mph range.

Tornado Report Description: A storm damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that a tornado, with a maximum intensity of EF1, tracked nearly seven miles across eastern Douglas county. Maximum path width was determined to be 100 yards and maximum wind speeds were estimated at 110 mph, near the upper end of the EF1 scale. The tornado, which began as an EF0 tornado, touched down in the 4300 block of Hampton Mill Drive in Chapel Hill, or about 4 miles south-southeast of Douglasville. Damage at this location was confined to minor roof damage and several snapped trees. The tornado continued across Stratford Drive as an EF0 where several more trees were snapped or bent over and a fence was blown down. The tornado then strengthened to an EF1 tornado as it crossed into a shopping center at the intersection of Bomar and Chapel Hill Roads. A Kroger grocery store sustained considerable damage when an air conditioning unit was blown off the roof, causing considerable damage to the roof of the building. An employee of the Kroger store was injured with a broken arm during the tornado. The tornado then continued as an EF1 into the Ashland Subdivision where numerous homes sustained minor roof damage and many trees were either uprooted or snapped. A number of homes in this area also sustained broken windows. A portion of the Kroger grocery store roof was found scattered about this neighborhood. As the EF1 continued on its north-northeastward track from this area, a mobile home was destroyed when a large pine tree fell on the structure. A number of large trees were also uprooted in the area. A trampoline was found up in the trees. The tornado than continued toward Ossabaw Court and Brookhollow, where winds associated with the tornado were estimated to have reached their maximum intensity of 110 mph. Numerous trees were blown down, the north side of a home was destroyed, a garage was damaged, a chimney blown down, and several homes sustained roof damage. As the tornado continued toward Warren and Pope Road, a shed was destroyed, several more large trees were uprooted, and shingles were blown off the roofs of several homes. Debris throughout the area was scattered up to 200 yards from its origin. The tornado continued on its north-northeastward track and began to weaken back to an EF0 as it tracked across Georgia Highway 92 and into the southern portions of the Lithia Springs area. A few large trees were blown down along Georgia Highway 92 just west of Bomar Road. In the southern part of Lithia Springs, several homes on Annette Drive suffered minor roof damage, a fence was blown down, a basketball goal blown over, and several trees were uprooted. The tornado ended near the intersection of Beaver Run Creek Road and Vulcan Drive, where several trees were down.||All together, one mobile home and one site-built home were destroyed, 10 homes sustained major damage, 52 sustained minor damage, 1 business had major damage, and 1 business had minor damage.

Tornado Report Description: Former National Weather Service employee reported a waterspout and tornado over the intra-coastal waterway and marshes between Kings Bay Submarine Base and Cumberland Island Georgia. The mesocyclone which spawned this tornado was tracked across north Florida and southeast Georgia from Taylor County through Lake City to near Cumberland Island.

Tornado Report Description: The Emergency Manager relayed a report received from Law Enforcement of two brief Tornado touchdowns.

Tornado Report Description: Minor damage to outhouse and trees knocked down along River Road.

Tornado Report Description: Five public reports of a tornado received by Emergency Management nine miles west of Waynesville at Turkey Ridge. There was damage to at least one home.

Tornado Report Description: A total of 5 houses were damaged with one house sustaining major structural damage. Possible tornado induced damage was along State Road 185 near Mile Marker 2. Numerous power lines were reported down in southern Charlton County. The mesocyclone which dropped this tornado was tracked through Columbia and Baker Counties in Florida and spanned several tornadoes there. The mesocyclone also moved into western Nassau County Florida with a brief touchdown there.

Tornado Report Description: Wayne County Emergency Management reported a 200 yard wide and one half mile long tornado track crossing Post Road and Boones Branch Road south of Mount Pleasant. Hundreds of trees were snapped by the event with the Road Department sent to clear the roadways. Several garages were damaged with the tornado path transiting between several homes.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado, which was spanned by the same from mesocyclone which moved through Lake City earlier in the day, moved through northeastern Baker County. One brick residence was completely destroyed at 11456 O. C. Horne Road, in Sanderson and a second residence at 20192 Golden Grass Farms Road had tin roof blown. The tornado continued toward the St Marys River but lifted prior to reaching the river. An additional touchdown occurred in Charlton County, Georgia.

Tornado Report Description: National Weather Service Storm Survey of the tornado track indicated most damage was EF1 scale with a small area of EF2 damage near NE Denver Street opposite a large field. Numerous Trees and power lines were snapped or blown over by the storm. Truck and trailers were also blown over in an industrial park. Nineteen homes were destroyed, twenty-one suffered major damage, and twenty had minor damage. Two businesses were destroyed with six suffering major damage. One female fatality occurred when a tree went through her mobile home. A male indirect fatality occurred when trying to connect a power generator. The mesocyclone which spanned this tornado was tracked across Taylor, Lafayette, and Suwannee Counties prior to this touchdown and it later spanned tornadoes in Baker, Charlton and Nassau Counties.

Tornado Report Description: Emergency Management received reports of trees down and an old shed blow into the trees off County Road 137. This report was received by emergency management at 1002 a.m. EST. The mesocyclone which spawned this tornado was tracked through Taylor and Lafayette counties and later spanned tornadoes in Columbia, Baker, Charlton, and Nassau counties.

Tornado Report Description: A waterspout came ashore as a tornado at Keaton Beach. Damage began along Keaton Beach Drive, just south of Beach Road, and continued east to Marina Drive where most of the significant damage occurred. Sporadic tree and power line damage was observed near Marina Drive. Fifteen homes between Marina Drive and Keaton Beach Drive sustained minor to moderate roof damage. Several decks on these homes failed. One home was destroyed when it was blown off its foundation and tossed into the road. Two injuries were reported. A few small boats were lofted into the air, with one boat moved over 100 feet. The tornado quickly lifted over an open area east of Marina Drive.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado touched down just west of Capitola near Capitola and Baum Roads, and downed trees and power lines. It then traveled northeast across Capitola and severely damaged eight homes on Whitehouse and Capitola Roads. One person was injured and transported to a local hospital. Downed trees and power lines closed Whitehouse Road at Eva Road, Bucklake Road at Epping Forest Road, Dayflower Circle at Blackberry Lane, and Jefferson Road at Roalde Road. Several homes were damaged with downed trees and power lines on Turkey Roost Road just north of Interstate 10. The tornado lifted just northeast of Wadesboro near Wadesboro Road.