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F2 tornado in Duval County, Florida

Tornado February 2, 1996 · Duval County, Florida

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

$2.8M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

The wider storm

The tornado touched-down at Park Street and Cassat Avenue and moved to just north of I-10/I-95. Sixty one homes reported minor damage, three with major damage. Four businesses reported major damage had 12 RVs valued up to 70K overturned. Trees, power lines and traffic lights were blown down along the path.

Began near Jacksonville (30.3200, -81.7200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5541779. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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