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Event Details:
| Event | Tornado |
| -- Scale | EF1 |
| -- Length | 5.96 Miles |
| -- Width | 100 Yards |
| State | FLORIDA |
| County/Area | SANTA ROSA |
| WFO | MOB |
| Report Source | NWS Storm Survey |
| NCEI Data Source | CSV |
| Begin Date | 2022-03-30 23:37 CST-6 |
| Begin Location | 2SSW MULAT |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 30.52/-87.1429 |
| End Date | 2022-03-30 23:47 CST-6 |
| End Location | 1SSE GALT CITY |
| End Lat/Lon | 30.5653/-87.06 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 2/0 |
| Property Damage | |
| Crop Damage | |
| Episode Narrative | A very active severe weather season continued as an outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across the area from the evening of the 30th into the early morning hours on the 31st. A strong spring storm system moved across the area. Ahead of the system plenty of Gulf moisture returned to the central Gulf coast. This led to a very unstable atmosphere over the region which combined to strong wind shear to produce 18 tornadoes which were rated from EF-0 to EF-2. In addition to the tornadoes, the storms produced damaging straight line winds and large hail. Numerous reports of damage came in from southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. |
| Event Narrative | An EF1 tornado began on 3/31/22 along the Escambia Bay Bridge of I-10 overturning an eastbound semi-truck resulting in two injuries. The tornado continued northeast moving onshore off of Escambia Bay resulting in very sporadic minor tree damage around North 6th Avenue. The tornado turned east northeast and picked up in intensity as it uprooted and snapped numerous hardwood/softwood trees and caused minor to moderate roofing damage to residential homes. The tornado tracked northeast reaching its peak intensity of 104mph along De La Rue Drive where a small tree stand had most of its trees snapped with multiple uprooted and snapped trees in its vicinity. The tornado continued northeast from here crossing another small residential community located along Highland Lake Rd into Edinburgh Castle Drive uprooting and snapping multiple trees and removing some roofing material from residential homes. The tornado cross Edinburgh Castle Drive where it impacted a residential home which had a personal weather station located on the back side of the house. The weather station measured a peak wind gust of 97mph associated with the tornado. The home suffered notable roof damage along with many of its windows blown out. Several snapped and uprooted trees were also on the property. The tornado continued east northeast crossing Florida 281, directly impacting Avalon Utilities building removing some siding and roofing material. The tornado likely continued to track northeast of here, weakening as it did so across open fields and tree stands. Due to limited road access, the end point of the tornado is estimated based on the weakening of the couplet on radar and the lack of any convergent wind damage on accessible roads to the northeast. |
Event Map:
Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 2 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| CANTONMENT | ESCAMBIA CO. | FL | 03/30/2022 | 23:15 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| GONZALEZ | ESCAMBIA CO. | FL | 03/30/2022 | 23:25 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| PACE | SANTA ROSA CO. | FL | 03/30/2022 | 23:30 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WALLACE | SANTA ROSA CO. | FL | 03/30/2022 | 23:32 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| MULAT | SANTA ROSA CO. | FL | 03/30/2022 | 23:37 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| (PNS)PENSACOLA REGIO | ESCAMBIA CO. | FL | 03/30/2022 | 23:40 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. MG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| FLORIDALE | SANTA ROSA CO. | FL | 03/31/2022 | 00:14 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| (CEW)BOB SIKES ARPT | OKALOOSA CO. | FL | 03/31/2022 | 00:35 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. MG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CAMPTON | OKALOOSA CO. | FL | 03/31/2022 | 00:41 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 2 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
