“My alarm had gone off at about 6:30 a.m. because my grandchildren were coming over today, then everything started shaking and there was a really loud noise, like a freight train going the back yard,” she said. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The National Weather Service has confirmed that a "likely tornado" touched down in Fort Walton Beach, disappeared over the bay and may have touched down again in Walton County. Northwest Florida Daily News ~ 2 Eglin PKWY NE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 ~ Do Not Sell My Personal Information ~ Cookie Policy ~ Do Not Sell My Personal Information ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service ~ Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Ross said that she first looked out the front windows and didn’t see any damage, but when she surveyed the back yard, it was a different story. Just before noon, Okaloosa County officials reported the following addresses sustained damage: 645 James Lee Road: power lines down and minor damage to the Falcon House Apartments, 119 N.E. It’s one of the things you don’t really understand until you go through it.”. "Thankfully there are no reported injuries from the storm cell that moved through.”. “It was capable of causing a lot more damage than a regular water spout that we see in the summer,” said NWS meteorologist Ryan Rogers. All rights reserved. Rogers said NWS officials will try to survey the storm-damaged areas Thursday or Friday. A "probable" tornado was the cause of damage to numerous homes and properties in the Fort Walton Beach area early Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologist Brandon Black from the Mobile office of the NWS said video evidence acquired following the Fort Walton Beach storm pretty well indicates it was a tornado … Ross said that the event only lasted a few minutes, but it left her rattled and upset. © Gannett Co., Inc. 2020. “I looked at the back yard and my entire fence is gone, the trees are gone, it tore the gazebo apart, and I have about 500 pounds of weights that are gone,” she said. Okaloosa County Public Safety Director Alvin Henderson said that as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, damage had been reported in eight locations in the Mary Esther and Fort Walton Beach area. “We have wood storm shutters that were hand built for the house. “The roof was rumbling and making all this noise, so I got up and my dogs were insane.

© Gannett Co., Inc. 2020. Areas that suffered various forms of structural and/or tree damage included the Garnier Beach subdivision and Ferry Park in Fort Walton Beach and apartments in Ocean City and Wright. Eglin Parkway and N.E. “Additional bands of heavy rain (are expected) through tomorrow and the potential for significant flash flooding will continue through the day tomorrow with rains coming in off the Gulf of Mexico around the large circulation of Tropical Storm Cindy.”. Monahan Drive: Consul Apartments damaged, N.E. He said almost 4 inches of rain fell in the area between 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Digital access or digital and print delivery. Choose the plan that’s right for you. “Nothing was touched all around me, it landed in my back yard and stayed. “At 6:20 a.m. approximate time, we did have a storm with significant rotation, in southern Okaloosa County with damage reports.". Early this morning, Okaloosa County was hammered by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Cindy as heavy rain and high winds whipped through the area, downing trees, damaging homes and churning up the surf. Rotation was seen on the radar and a funnel cloud was reported on the ground for a few moments before going over Choctawhatchee Bay, just missing Destin then heading into Walton …

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Digital access or digital and print delivery. Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. Okaloosa County will continue to be under both a tornado watch and flood watch for the rest of Wednesday and throughout Thursday according to the National Weather Service in Mobile. 301 Hughes St. “Right now flash flood warnings are in effect for all of Okaloosa County,” said Beaman. Hollywood Boulevard: building damage, N. Beal Parkway and Green Acres Road: building damage.

Choose the plan that’s right for you. Officials say that around 6:20 a.m. probable tornadoes touched down in several Fort Walton Beach neighborhoods, including the Ferry Park neighborhood and along Monahan Drive. FORT WALTON BEACH — A "probable" tornado was the cause of damage to numerous homes and properties in the Fort Walton Beach area early Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The Daily News visited several damaged houses Wednesday morning in the Garnier Beach subdivision, which is north of Cinco Bayou and east of Eglin Parkway, and also saw major property damage at Ferry Park on Hughes Street. FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office posted a photo Thursday of what appears to be a tornado near the Freedom Way area. Based on photos of storm damage and radar data, the storm system that hit the area about 6 a.m. was a probable tornado, said officials from the NWS office in Mobile. If they were not on the sliding glass door that goes out to the back patio and out to the pool, that’s what really saved our house.”. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }.

Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "They range from roof damage, to trees down and power lines down," he said. John Johnston, a fire commissioner with the Ocean City-Wright Fire Control District, said “tornado action” damaged various properties along Monahan Drive, north of Cinco Bayou and west of Eglin Parkway.

FORT WALTON BEACH — A "probable" tornado was the cause of damage to numerous homes and properties in the Fort Walton Beach area early Wednesday morning, according to … Robin Ross, who lives in the Monahan Drive neighborhood ­— on the corner of Spencer Drive and James Lee Road — reported that high winds touched down in her back yard, waking her and her dogs from sleep this morning. : minor damage to Elliot Point Elementary School.

The National Weather Service says it was likely a tornado that touched down in Fort Walton Beach yesterday just before 3pm. Okaloosa County Public Safety Director Alvin Henderson said that as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, damage had been reported in eight locations in the Mary Esther and Fort Walton Beach area.

N.E. “We did have a tornado warning out for Okaloosa County for that time,” said Jason Beaman, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Mobile. “Mine was the only house on the street that got hit,” she said. Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. I thought, ‘Ok we are having a hurricane.’”.

All rights reserved. Beaman added that potential isolated tornadoes are also forecast in Okaloosa County today and tonight.

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