EF0 Tornado — Flagler, Florida

2023-10-12 · near Espanola, Flagler, Florida

Event narrative

A weak, sporadic tornado caused intermittent tree and minor structure damage as it track NE across the east-central part of the county. Tree damage was first reported near the intersection of County Roads 302 and 75 where several pines were snapped. Damage continued along a narrow ENE track which included a flagpole blown down in the R-section of Palm Coast at near the intersection of Rymshaw Drive and Ryman Lane. The last damage report was in Painters Hill where a resident reported a wind sail was shredded and patio furniture lofted and blown away.

Wider weather episode

A surface low moved across north-Florida during the early morning hours as a warm front lifted up from central FL. Strong effective shear combined with marginal surface-based instability near the lifting warm front and surface low enabled rotating mini-supercells to form. Toward sunrise, enough low-level instability nosed inland from the Atlantic coast across Flagler County to support a couple of tornado touchdowns. Locally heavy rainfall occurred across northeast Florida, generally south of the I-10 corridor and toward the Atlantic coast.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1140943. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.