EF1 Tornado — Okaloosa, Florida

2025-05-10 · near Destin Ft Walton Arp, Okaloosa, Florida

1.9 mi

Path length

120 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A waterspout moved onshore in Destin over the Henderson Beach

State Park tracking northward across Emerald Coast Parkway. The

first location of reported damage was at the Osaka Japanese

Hibachi Steakhouse & Sushi Bar where a light pole was knocked

over facing northwest. Similarly, a power pole at the Mattress

Firm was leaning but had not fallen. The tornado continued across

the Home Goods and Tuesday Morning parking lots knocking down

large tree limbs on the east side and uprooting several trees on

the west side of the circulation that fell onto several cars. As

the tornado continued north, it appeared to regain some intensity

as it moved across Kelly Plantation golf course area. On Kelly

Plantation Dr north of Stonebridge Road multiple trees were

uprooted facing due west, indicating the tornado tracked just on

the west side of Kelly Plantation Dr. While there have been no

other reports of damage so far further north into Kelly

Plantation, public video of a waterspout just offshore the north

side of Destin in line with the tornado track adjacent to Mid Bay

Bridge Road/293 and radar tornado debris signature lends high

confidence the tornado made it across the full stretch of land

before entering into Choctawhatchee Bay as a waterspout. Special

thanks to Okaloosa County EMA, our media partners, and the public

for providing numerous photos and videos to us to help assess

this tornado.

Multiple supercell thunderstorms moved onshore and produced damaging winds and tornadoes.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1268110. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.