EF0 tornado in Clay County, Florida
Tornado January 21, 2010 · Clay County, Florida
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Bradford County → Clay County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
An EF1 tornado touched down around 1322 pm EST in Bradford County and continued for a brief period as an EF0 event in Clay County. The path width varied from 200 to 400 yards, and the total path length was around 10 miles. The storm was only present in a small portion of Clay County and entered the Camp Blanding National Guard Facility.
The wider storm
A strong storm system tracked across the deep south while the mid and upper level low moved over the Mississippi River Valley. A surface low developed over south Georgia in the afternoon, and a trailing squall line moved across the area in the afternoon and evening. Strong low level shear, including a 50 to 60 knot low level jet, combined with adequate instability to produce widespread severe storms across the area.
Began near Kingsley (30.0125, -82.0459).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 218823. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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