EF1 tornado in Clay County, Florida

A tornado touched down in the northwestern portions of Clay

County, or within the Camp Blanding Wildlife Management Area

just to the northwest of Kingsley Lake, on Sunday afternoon. This

tornado was documented by pictures and video as it crossed County

Road 225 that were posted on social media. A National Weather

Service survey team determined that the peak wind was around 90

mph, resulting in snapped and uprooted pine trees along its

approximate one mile path. This tornado`s path length may have

been longer based on available video evidence, but the survey team

was unable to locate any damage beyond the indicated path length

in the heavily wooded Camp Blanding Wildlife Management Area.

Estimated path width was around 100 yards.

A storm system traversing the southeastern states lifted a warm front northward across northeast Florida during the late afternoon hours. Supercell thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of this lifting warm front, and two distinct tornadoes occurred over southwestern and western portions of Duval County. Supercell thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours also produced several reports of hail, varying in size from pea to half-dollar in diameter, across north central and northeast Florida, with funnel clouds also noted via photos and videos posted on social media.