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670 NOUS42 KTAE 111802 PNSTAE FLZ016-017-GAZ125-142-144>146-156>158-120600- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 202 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025 ...NWS Damage Survey for 04/07/2025 Tornado Event Update... Update for Southwest Leon County tornado and Early County tornado ..Early County Tornado... Rating: EF0 Estimated Peak Wind: 80 mph Path Length /statute/: 7.40 miles Path Width /maximum/: 50 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/07/2025 Start Time: 06:46 AM EDT Start Location: 1 ENE Hilton / Early County / GA Start Lat/Lon: 31.295 / -85.0439 End Date: 04/07/2025 End Time: 06:56 AM EDT End Location: 1 WSW Blakely / Early County / GA End Lat/Lon: 31.3744 / -84.9595 Survey Summary: A tornado touched down in in a field just south of Martin Road and then snapped a few pine trees as it crossed the road. The tornado then continued northeast across mainly streams, forest and open fields before causing minor damage to the Early County Elementary School and a nearby tree. The tornado likely lifted before reaching Freeman Road. The tree damage supports a maximum wind of 80 mph and an EF-0 rating. .NE Grady... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 4.43 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/07/2025 Start Time: 11:02 AM EDT Start Location: 2 S Akridge / Grady County / GA Start Lat/Lon: 30.9525 / -84.1645 End Date: 04/07/2025 End Time: 11:11 AM EDT End Location: 3 ENE Akridge / Thomas County / GA End Lat/Lon: 30.9963 / -84.1121 Survey Summary: The tornado initially touched down in a wooded area just west of GA-111 in Northeastern Grady County. Some initial damage to a structure and further tree damage was noted along Rich Road. The tornado continued along an intermittent path before producing more concentrated damage in the area just along and east of Akridge Road near the intersection with New Hope Road. Damage in this area included a single-wide mobile home that was completed destroyed. This mobile home had straps securing it to the ground, and one of these straps along with the support frame of the mobile home was lifted out of the ground. Two other single and double wide homes in this area had some structural damage and debris impacts from trees and the adjacent destroyed mobile home. The tornado continues along New Hope Road where it destroyed a barn and continued to snap numerous pine trees in a wooded area crossing Popes Store Road. After crossing Popes Store Road, the tornado caused significant tree damage with widespread pine trees snapped and some live oaks also snapped in the area along Sammie Bulloch Road just east of Barnetts Creek. Two residences in this area were struck by the snapped large pines. The tornado began to weaken when crossing into Thomas County, with the last incident of damage occuring in an area of smaller pine trees near Maddox and Malloy Road. The parent circulation appeared to persist while crossing US-19 based on reports received, though no observed damage was seen across the remainder of Northern Thomas County between Ochlockonee and Meigs. ..Southwest Leon County Tornado... ...SW Leon county tornado was upgraded to an EF1 with 90mph winds and increased width to 300 yards... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 90 mph Path Length /statute/: 12.22 miles Path Width /maximum/: 300 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/07/2025 Start Time: 11:27 AM EDT Start Location: 4 SSE Bloxham / Leon County / FL Start Lat/Lon: 30.3381 / -84.6045 End Date: 04/07/2025 End Time: 11:49 AM EDT End Location: 3 NW Andrew / Leon County / FL End Lat/Lon: 30.4397 / -84.4376 Survey Summary: A tornado touched down in the Apalachicola National Forest approximately four miles southwest of Bloxham Cutoff Road (CR 267). After crossing that highway, the tornado continued northeast across the forest and caused EF-1 damage to mature pines National Forest Road 360, Backwoods Jackson Bluff Road and Sand Fry Road. The tornado weakened as it approached the Whispering Pines neighborhood where it caused minor damage to a roof and snapped some large branches. The tornado dissipated just before reaching Florida SR 20. Damage was consistent with an EF- 1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 mph. Many damage points in the forest were inaccessible by vehicle due to road conditions. Those positions were estimated by doppler radar tornado debris signatures (TDS). .SW Colquitt... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.91 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/07/2025 Start Time: 11:28 AM EDT Start Location: 4 SW Center Hill / Colquitt County / GA Start Lat/Lon: 31.0986 / -83.9551 End Date: 04/07/2025 End Time: 11:30 AM EDT End Location: 3 SW Center Hill / Colquitt County / GA End Lat/Lon: 31.107 / -83.9447 Survey Summary: The same parent supercell that produced a tornado in Grady/Thomas County continued to track northwest and produced another tornado touchdown in SW Colquitt County. This tornado touched down in a wooded area just east of Monroe Jackson Road, but west of GA-202. Numerous large pines were snapped or uprooted in this area. Snapped or uprooted pines fell on an outbuilding and a home in the area. The occupant in the home was not injured. The tornado continued through a wooded area before reaching another residence, causing loss of roof shingles to a portion of the roof frame. A storage shed to the rear of the property was also affected by tornadic winds and a falling pine tree. The tornado crossed GA-202 and began to weaken while still causing occasional damage to pine trees and ultimately toppling an irrigation pivot system on the east side of GA-202 before lifting with the final parent supercell dissipating across SW Colquitt County. .N Leon... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 105 mph Path Length /statute/: 8.60 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/07/2025 Start Time: 12:16 PM EDT Start Location: 2 SE Lake Iamonia / Leon County / FL Start Lat/Lon: 30.6099 / -84.2323 End Date: 04/07/2025 End Time: 12:27 PM EDT End Location: 2 SE Moncrief / Grady County / GA End Lat/Lon: 30.688 / -84.1197 Survey Summary: A tornado touched down in Killearn Lakes Neighborhood on Bass Bay Dr, snapping and uprooting several trees and knocking trees down on a couple of homes. The tornado moved northeastward, crossing Ten Oaks Dr, Deerlake Rd N, and Buck Point Rd before damaging a couple of single family homes off Buck Point Rd. The extensive tree damage in Killearn Lakes and damage to the homes off Buck Point Rd were the most severe, earning a rating of high-end EF- 1 with max winds of 105 mph. The tornado then passed over Lake Iamonia before crossing Highway 319 (Thomasville Rd) about a mile south of County Road 12 where it continued to snap and uproot pine trees. It then continued to snap and uproot pine trees as it crossed Sunny Hill Road and crossed into Grady County Georgia, where it finally lifted over a private plantation just west of Forshallee Rd. && EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories: EF0.....65 to 85 mph EF1.....86 to 110 mph EF2.....111 to 135 mph EF3.....136 to 165 mph EF4.....166 to 200 mph EF5.....>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. $$