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Escambia County confirms tornado near Copter Road; NWS says low-level rotation eluded radar so no warning issued
Summary
Escambia County Communications confirmed a tornado struck the Copter Road area on Tuesday, Feb. 11, after 9-1-1 callers reported a storm and possible entrapment just before 4:30 p.m.
Escambia County Communications confirmed a tornado struck the Copter Road area on Tuesday, Feb. 11, after 9-1-1 callers reported a storm and possible entrapment just before 4:30 p.m. Escambia County Communications said county staff checked radar and contacted the National Weather Service for confirmation.
The tornadoconfirmation matters because residents reported damage and possible entrapment, and officials said the storm produced little to no advance warning. Jason Beeman, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather ServiceMobile-Pensacola office, told county officials that low-level rotation in the storm fell below the altitude their radar could sample, so forecasters had "no indication for us to go on to be able to issue a tornado warning ahead of time."…
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