Thunderstorm Wind — Columbia, Florida

2023-07-22 · near Watertown, Columbia, Florida

Event narrative

A downed tree damaged a mobile home near the Lake City Gateway Airport. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.

Wider weather episode

A wavering surface boundary across SE Georgia, the dominant Gulf Coast sea breeze and steep mid and upper-level lapse rates combined with some dry pockets of low-level air produced scattered diurnally enhanced strong to severe storms that produced wind gusts of 40-60 mph.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1108720. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.