EF1 Tornado — Union, Florida

2024-08-04 · near Providence, Union, Florida

Event narrative

The tornado produced EF1 tornado damage at 7:40 PM as it touched down

south of State road 238 by snapping the tree trunk of a large hardwood

tree. The tornado proceeded northwestward to a homes along Southwest

85th Path, overturning a travel trailer, knocking down a wooden fence,

and uprooting another hardwood tree. The tornado's last impact was

tearing off the roof of a shed along southwest 85th Path before it

lifted. The tornado was on the ground for about 1 minute and was on

the ground a distance of just under a quarter of a mile. The Tornado

had a maximum width of about 20 yards and had maximum winds up to 93

mph.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm along the FL Big Bend coast during the early morning of August 5, 2024. Prior to landfall, outer convective bands produced tornadoes across portions of northeast Florida on August 4th. Widespread flooding moved inland with Debby across the Suwannee River Valley and inland Southeast Georgia where flash flooding and moderate to major river flooding occurred.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198823. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.