EF0 Tornado — Columbia, Florida

2024-08-04 · near Mason, Columbia, Florida

Event narrative

At 7:56 pm local time, the Columbia County EM reported an observed

tornado on the ground off HWY 441 near Lake

City Airpark. Time estimated via radar and

report. At 7:57 pm, a trained spotter reported an observed tornado

crossing I-75 about 3-4 miles south of Lake

City. Time estimated via report and radar.

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (30.0500, -82.6000)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198825. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.