Tropical Storm — Inland Nassau, Florida

2016-06-06 to 2016-06-07 · Inland Nassau, Florida

Event narrative

At 3:30 pm on the 6th, trees were blown down along County Road 108 along Highway 1 in Hilliard. Minor tree damage occurred elsewhere in the county.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Colin moved onshore the Florida Big Bend area late Monday June 6th and then tracked quickly over the local area that night. A band of heavy rainfall and strong thunderstorms moved across NE Florida on the east side of Colin during the afternoon of June 6th which produced strong tropical storm force wind gusts and subsequent wind damage including downed trees, power lines and some structural damage mainly along and east of the Highway 301 corridor in NE Florida. There was also one confirmed EF1 tornado touchdown within this squall that impacted the Westside of Jacksonville near Normandy and the Crystal Springs area. Tropical storm force wind gusts outside of thunderstorm activity started after midnight Tue morning (June 7th) across coastal locations with gusts generally between 40 and 50 mph. The heaviest rainfall amounts were observed Monday afternoon June 6th and range from 4 to 8 inches across much of NE Florida. SE Ga experienced less impacts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 638872. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.