F2 tornado — St. Johns County, Florida

F2 tornado in St. Johns County, Florida

Tornado April 24, 1995 · St. Johns County, Florida

Rating

10.0 mi

Path length

350 yd

Path width

Injuries

$1.1M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched town about five and a half miles west of Palatka travelled east northeast, lifting about one and a half miles northeast of Palatka. In Putnam County more than 200 building were damaged with 11 totally destroyed and over 150 vehicles were damaged. Winds were measured at 93 mph. In St Johns County, damage was confined mainly to trees downed. Damaged to buildings was mainly roof damage but several mobile homes were completely destroyed. Included in the damage was a hospital, community college and church.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10319176. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F2 tornado in St. Johns County, Florida

What the National Weather Service wrote

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