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EF0 tornado in Clay County, Florida

Tornado September 26, 2023 · Clay County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

5 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The public reported a landspout touchdown just west of the Shands Bridge near Green Cove Springs. The time of the event was based on radar. The width of the tornado was approximated. There was not noted damage.

The wider storm

A weak surface front was near the FL-GA state-line with moist, unstable conditions south of the boundary across NE FL. Diurnally enhanced storms further intensified into the afternoon and early evening as a short-wave trough moved across the area from the west. Storm motion was slow, so locally heavy rainfall was a concern near storm mergers.

Began near Green Cove Spgs (29.9900, -81.6600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Clay County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1130552. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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