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EF1 tornado in Duval County, Florida

Tornado June 6, 2016 · Duval County, Florida

EF1

Rating

3.9 mi

Path length

180 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 180 yards (0.10 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado touched down near Normandy Blvd and Blair Road around 3:25 pm local time. Damage in this area was minor EF0 damage with some fencing blown down and trees damaged. The vortex continued along Blair Road maintaining the same intensity until it reached Wood Dove Way. From there to Interstate 10, EF1 damage was observed. The funnel then moved across the Publix Distribution Center flipping empty trucks and then NNE to Arbee Road. As the Westside-Crystal Springs tornado dissipated, the thunderstorm rear flank downdraft moved through a neighborhood northeast of the dissipating funnel. The tornado dissipated around 3:35 pm. The rear flank downdraft contacted the ground near West Beaver Street and moved northeast through the Watershed Drive, Maple Ave, and Orme Road areas. The predominant damage was to trees with some roof damage on Maple Street. There were reports of damage to residences, businesses, and trees along the tornado path. Some homes had parts of roofs partially torn off or damaged. Maximum wind speed 100 mph.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Jax Herlong Arpt (30.2727, -81.8317).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 640588. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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