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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
431 PM EDT Tue Apr 8 2025

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/07/2025 Tornado Event...     

.Update... Update for Northern Leon County Survey

.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.

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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 event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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Merrifield