Justin Busch, deputy fire chief for the Panama City Beach Fire Rescue, added that crews were busy Thursday morning assessing PCB for damage, but that the shopping center was hit the hardest, with some of its windows blown out and part of the roof caved in. Lumm also said that bleachers, fences and the concession stand at Callaway Sports were damaged, as well as Express Lane in the Open Sands Shopping Center on the Beach. "There's a possibility that we had a tornado touch down, but we're going to have the National Weather Service make that exact determination," said Lumm, who added that sustained 80 mph winds were recorded across the county. "(NWS) will send down a team (Friday) that will meet with me and do their assessment, and we should find out in a few days."Īmong areas that reported extensive damage were Sweet Bay in Panama City, where a few homes were hit "extremely bad" and Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, where "a bunch of" private planes, hangars and vehicles were battered.
and most of the damage occurring between 5 and 6:30 a.m. PANAMA CITY BEACH - Strong winds from a severe storm caused widespread damage across Bay County early Thursday morning.Īccording to Frankie Lumm, the county's emergency management division chief, the storm started about 3 a.m. Watch Video: High winds, power outages along Beach Drive during storm The Panama City-Bay County International Airport, now known as Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, is situated around 6km from Panama City in the state of Florida.
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