“There are other potential tornado impact areas that we will be assessing based on radar and damage reports, photos/videos submitted to us from emergency management and media, as well as a wealth of data mined from social media.”Ī condo building in Dunedin, the Harbor Pointe condos by Frenchy’s Market, had a portion of its third floor wall blown off during the storms. Storm survey teams were out in the community Thursday to determine if any other areas had a tornado touch down.Īccording to the National Weather Service, two damage surveys will include Citrus County and Clearwater/Dunedin area. Despite the setbacks from Idalia – and now this tornado – Carter plans to keep the club a staple for decades to come.Ĭrystal River saw a preliminary EF-2 tornado. “I called our team and we had a great turnout from our employees – ‘Hey, whoever can come out here and help us clean up.’ We had probably 20 employees come out before the rain and we got a lot done.”Ĭarlouel has been a part of the north Clearwater Beach Community for almost 90 years. “It was pretty catastrophic,” Carter said. The roof to the club’s cabanas is also damaged, after the building was flooded during Hurricane Idalia. There are also a lot of downed branches on the property. Some furniture even got swept up by the wind and is gone. “Coming off of a hurricane, this was much worse.” “I got out here about 4:30, started looking around and said, ‘Yeah, it’s pretty bad,’” Carter said. General Manager Marc Carter woke up to a call early Thursday morning from an employee. Two doors down, another house saw its porch get blown over the roof and land on the other side of the house.Ĭarlouel Yacht and Beach Club also saw significant damage from the tornado. No one was injured.Īn elderly woman in one of the homes woke up to the sound of crashing glass and pulled bedding over herself for protection, officials said. Officials with the City of Clearwater confirmed two houses on Eldorado Avenue in North Clearwater Beach were significantly damaged by an EF-1 tornado that moved through the area early Thursday morning. ![]() Officials from the National Weather Service Tampa Bay confirmed Thursday afternoon it was an EF-2 tornado with winds of more than 110 mph that roared ashore on Clearwater Beach and continued to Dunedin. and left a trail in Citrus County, as well as a separate tornado that spawned near Clearwater Beach and then entered Pasco and went into eastern Hernando County. The early morning storms spawned fast-moving tornadoes that came on shore around 2 a.m. Follow Bay News 9 Weather on X (Twitter).Manage your weather notifications in the Spectrum Bay News 9 app.Be sure to check in with Klystron 9 throughout the day. We encourage everyone to download the Spectrum News app and enable weather alerts to be notified when severe weather is in your area.ABOVE: Watch team coverage from Thursday's 5 p.m.Damage reported in northern Pinellas, Pasco and Citrus counties no injuries reported.Overnight storms bring at least two tornadoes to parts of the Bay area See photos/tweets at bottom of story.
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