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Storms Blow Across Area; Some Damage Reported
May 12, 2009
A line of storms marched across the area Monday night, leaving a lot of downed trees and power lines in some areas and some structural damage near Flomaton.
After hitting the McCullough community north of Atmore, the storms continued southeast toward Flomaton where barns and a mobile home were damaged.
Trees and power lines were reported down in the areas of Phillips, Jordan, Upper Creek, Lambeth, Van Hoosen and Junction roads in the Flomaton area. There were no reports of injuries as the storms moved through the area about 7:30 p.m.
In the Jay area, Santa Rosa Emergency Management reported hail, and lightning started a minor fire.
Emergency officials from Flomaton and surrounding areas spent over two hours working to cut trees out of roadways.
Dozens of residents were without power in the impacted areas. Some were in the dark until after 10:00 Monday night.
Pictured above: The storms approaching Flomaton as seen from Highway 4 near Northview High School. Pictured inset: The radar image at the time the top photo was taken. Pictured below: Two more photos of the storms taken from North Highway 99 near Bratt Elementary School. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “Storms Blow Across Area; Some Damage Reported”
Out of nowhere, hurricane force(?) winds blew a huge tree down on the north side of our house, crashing into a bedroom window and taking down a stretch of chain-link fence. 15-minutes, tops, and it was over. I live in Buff Springs, south of Century, FL.
Hail was on Hwy 29 between Molino South to Muscogee Rd also. I left Northview High School just before 8pm Monday nite and drove south at the very same timing the radio reported the storm going through Molino to Cottage Hill. It was probably nickle size hail on my car the whole trip with horrific lightning, thunder and heavy rain. Very scared! But I couldn’t see enough to pull over for fear of falling into a ditch.
Hail reported in Jay? We thought we heard hail, but since a severe thunderstorm warning nor watch had not been issued, we weren’t sure.
My boys were playing t-ball when the cloud blew up. The kids were terrified!