Thunderstorm Wind — Alachua, Florida

2024-06-11 · near High Spgs, Alachua, Florida

Event narrative

A few trees were blown down near the intersection of NW 244th Street and NW 187th Ave. 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 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 1190780. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.