Thunderstorm Wind — Alachua, Florida

2024-06-11 · near Gainesville North, Alachua, Florida

Event narrative

A few trees were blown down near the intersection of NE 28th Ave and N Main Street. The time of damage was based on radar.

Wider weather episode

A surface front was stalled across north Florida with moist, unstable southwest flow off of the Gulf of Mexico south of the front. This airmass combined with frontal lift and sea breeze forcing triggered locally heavy rainfall and isolated strong to severe storms across portions of NE FL.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1190779. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.