Large tornado with casualties in Walton County, FL

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Large tornado with casualties in Walton County, FL

#1 Postby Brent » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:32 pm

Copy-Paste from another board:

Walton County EMA is reporting that several are injured and possibly one deceased from a large tornado. Several people are trapped in buildings. Damage is described as severe.

:( :eek:
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#2 Postby Mello1 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:34 pm

Nearest city?
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#3 Postby Brent » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:35 pm

Mello1 wrote:Nearest city?


Walton County is between Destin and Panama City.
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#4 Postby tracyswfla » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:36 pm

this is going to be and IS awful!
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#5 Postby Brent » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:37 pm

I'm now more concerned about tornadoes up here than I am wind. I'm going to be a good 150-200 miles east of the center right in that favored spot. :cry:
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#6 Postby dennis1x1 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:38 pm

a local nws forecast discussion...cant remember which state/zones... mentioned the possibility of stronger than usual tornados with ivan (typically hurricane tornados are F1) because of strong shear (turning with height in severe weather terminology)....


lets hope this isnt proof of that and things to come.
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#7 Postby vbhoutex » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:38 pm

Probably Choctaw. That is about 15 miles east of my mom and yzerfan. Saw the warning for it on the weatherbug earlier. :eek: :eek:
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#8 Postby HurricaneQueen » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:38 pm

Is there a link or was that from radio/TV?
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#9 Postby canegrl04 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:41 pm

OMG :( Ivan may not be a cat 5 again,but it looks like he will be more destructive than Charley or Frances
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#10 Postby yzerfan » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:42 pm

So far no confirmation from ABC 13, which seems to be more concerned with tornado activity to the SE in the Mexico Beach/Port St. Joe area.

Walton County stretches from the Gulf (small spendy beach communities) to the Alabama border between Destin and PCB. If you've seen the movie Truman Show, the beach town they used for the set, Seaside, is in Walton County.
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#11 Postby bahamaswx » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:42 pm

And so it begins.
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#12 Postby HurricaneQueen » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:43 pm

I just checked the Walton Co website but last press release was from 11 this a.m.
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#13 Postby yzerfan » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:45 pm

I knew I should have gotten a police scanner for my husband for his birthday. Would have been very interesting listening this week.
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#14 Postby Zadok » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:47 pm

http://www.wmbb.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WMBB/MGArticle/MBB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031777969613&path=
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#15 Postby Brent » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:48 pm

Well we know there was a tornado:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 404 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR INLET
BEACH...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY BEACH...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
BUNKER...CHOCTAW AND PORT WASHINGTON BY 415 PM CDT...
OLD BAY VIEW...CHOCTAW BAY ESTATES BY 420 PM CDT...
FREEPORT AND BAY VIEW BY 425 PM CDT...
PORTLAND BY 430 PM CDT...
NEW HOME BY 435 PM CDT...
MOSSY HEAD BY 450 PM CDT...
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#16 Postby Ixolib » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:48 pm

Research after Camille indicated there were probably more than 200 tornados spun of of her. But like a previous poster stated, they are not the Oklahoma or Kansas type. But, I guess if you're in the wrong place, at the wrong time, a flying 2X4 will just the same inflict enough injury to cause serious harm.
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#17 Postby depotoo » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:52 pm

nbc affiliate was hit as barometer bob was talking to them by a tornado in ft. walton
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#18 Postby wlfpack81 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:53 pm

MSNBC just aired footage. It was quite large and transformers were popping in the background.
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#19 Postby wlfpack81 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:54 pm

And looks like another storm with a 3d shear and a meso is going to go just ne of the city based on radar indications. Not good. :(
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#20 Postby yzerfan » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:55 pm

Tornado went over the channel 7 PCB station. So far they've shown footage from assorted tornados that's messy and debris-filled but have not confirmed any injuries or fatalities.
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