Tornado in Okaloosa County, Florida
Tornado May 10, 2024 · Okaloosa County, Florida
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A short lived EF-U tornado began on the south side of I-10 southeast of Crestview, tracking southeast across mainly forested areas. Planet satellite imagery revealed a narrow, persistent damage path that matched up well with a radar velocity couplet. The tornado lifted south of I-10 to the west of Range Road 207. If higher resolution satellite imagery becomes available, the intensity may be able to be assessed at a later date.
This survey was able to be completed with the assistance of NASA SPoRT, NASAMSFC, NASA CSDA and the NASA Disasters Program providing high resolution Planet satellite imagery. Without the availability of this remote sensing imagery, the true path length, width, and track of this tornado would not have been able to be determined.
The wider storm
Two storm complexes moved across southeastern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and into the Florida Panhandle during the early morning hours of 5/10 producing destructive straight-line winds and multiple tornadoes.
Began near Floridale (30.7271, -86.5168).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1186969. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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