![]() ![]() San Diego set heat records for Feb 9 (83°), Feb 11 (84°) and Feb 16 (89°). Daytime average temperatures averaged 74.5 degrees. Record Heat in the Westįebruary 2016 was the hottest February in San Diego history with an average temperature of 64 degrees F surpassing the previous record set in 1980 by 4 degrees F. The violent weather was blamed on El Nino which is driving a sub-tropical jet stream containing higher than normal moisture across the south. These kinds of tornadoes are not normally seen until spring, but there is nothing normal about today’s weather. The watch area included the District of Columbia, Delaware, central and eastern Maryland, southern New Jersey, southeast Pennsylvania, and Northern Virginia. Multiple buildings, homes and barns were taken down.Ī rare February tornado watch was issued for parts of the Northeast. A tornado also touched down in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Tornadoes were embedded in thunder storms.įive tornadoes touched down in North Carolina. ![]() There were 70 mph winds and flash flood warnings in several states with tens of millions of people in the danger zone. Some 209,000 customers were without power, officials with utility companies in several states and the District of Columbia said. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. It destroyed four buildings and damaged 24, with minor damage to 58. The path of the Pensacola tornado was roughly 7 miles long. Storms demolished apartment buildings north of Pensacola. It picked cars up and threw them in the ditch,” Sharon Faison, a medical assistant who drove to the mobile home park where the three deaths occurred, told the station. A tornado ripped through the park leaving 160 motor homes and trailers in a field of debris. Two of the dead were in an RV park in Convent, Louisiana. Dozens were injured and severe damage was reported across the Deep South. Tornadoes also devastated parts of Mississippi, Lousiana, Alabama and Florida. Scientists have linked an increase in the intensity and deadliness of tornadoes to climate change. One witness said that the destruction in the small town of Waverly was “completely devastating.” Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency. The extreme weather destroyed hundreds of homes and forced the closure of schools and government offices.Īt least four people died in Virginia, including a two-year-old boy. At least seven people died when more than 50 tornadoes swept across parts of the south and eastern United States in late February. ![]()
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