Storms Leave Minor Damage Across Area (With Photos)

January 22, 2016

Strong storms rattled nerves but left behind only scattered mostly minor damage across the area Thursday night.

In Byrneville, a metal barn at a home on Highway 4A  was destroyed by strong winds (pictured above).

In Walnut Hill, scattered power outages were reported, including a large outage that included Highway 97 north of Walnut Hill, Arthur Brown Road, Highway 99A , Highway 97A and surrounding areas. The outage was traced to loose wire on a pole at the Walnut Hill Fire Station, which suffered minor damage to a sign and a door awning. A small tree was downed onto Highway 97 just north of the fire department, and traffic signs in a nearby bridge construction zone were tossed about.

Much of the damage in the area was in Flomaton, were a large tree was reported down on Jackson Street and a tree was reported on another house  at the end of Jackson Street. Highway 31 was closed from Bondurant Lumber to Hurricane Park for several hours while first responders cleared downed trees and power lines. Highway 31 was back open at 1:15 a.m.

In Nokomis, AL, the false roof was blown of a fireworks stand but the owner reported that the structure’s main roof was still intact with no leaks.

Numerous small trees and power lines were reported down across the area.

In Santa Rosa County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported Highway 4 was closed east of the Berrydale Forestry Camp at James Jernigan Road due to water flowing over the roadway.

Wind gusts of 73 mph were reported at official weather stations in Myrtle Grove and at Pensacola NAS.  A wind gust of 57 mph was reported at a weather station near Walnut Hill.

After the height of the storms, Gulf Power reported about 5,500 customers without power in Escambia County, including a large outage on Perdido Key and about 140 customers on West Kingsfield Road west of County Road 97.

Scroll down the page for multiple damage photos.

A metal barn on Highway 4A near Byrneville was destroyed.

Tree on a house in Flomaton.

False roof and sign off a fireworks stand in Nokomis, AL.

Tree down on Jackson Street in Flomaton.

A tree down on utility lines on Jackson Street in Flomaton.

The Flomaton Fire Department worked to clear a downed tree on MLK Drive in Flomaton.

Tree split on Jackson Street in Flomaton by Thursday night’s storms.

Downed trees and power lines closed Highway 31 in Flomaton from Bondurant Lumber to Hurricane Park. Power was detoured for several hours while first responders and Alabama Power worked to clean it all up. The roadway was reported re-opened at 1:15 a.m.

Trampoline versus house in Flomaton.

In Perdido, AL, on the Escambia (AL)/Baldwin County line, reader Felicia Overton took this photo of a trampoline and dog fence tossed around by the storms.

Reader submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

3 Responses to “Storms Leave Minor Damage Across Area (With Photos)”

  1. Patsy Hadley on January 22nd, 2016 2:56 pm

    Many Thanks to our Southern Pine Lineman and staff. While in the safety of our home My Husband and I watched as the workers pulled fallen power lines and worked on transformers during pouring rain, high winds and popping lightning not knowing there were barn roofs being ripped off less than a fourth of a mile away. God Bless you. People may say, “well they get paid for that”, I say and so they do, but isn’t it a blessing we have them, I say your not paid enough. all we could do is pray God’s protecting hand be on you and bring you back safely to your families. we all appreciate you.

  2. EMD on January 22nd, 2016 11:50 am

    Yes. Thanks so much to all the workers who worked out in this mess to get our power back on. You are appreciated.

  3. andy on January 22nd, 2016 7:14 am

    Thanks guys, most people slept thru it while y’all were working hard to get things
    back up and running.
    Thanks again great job.

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