Thunderstorm Wind — Union, Florida

2020-03-31 · near Ellerbee, Union, Florida

Event narrative

Multiple trees were blown down along County Road 229 in NE Union County.

Wider weather episode

A pre-frontal line of strong to severe storms moved across NE FL and SE GA during the afternoon and pressed offshore of the Atlantic coast into the evening. Surface based CAPEs rose up to 1000 J/kg over parts of the Suwannee Valley and inland SE GA. This instability shifted east across the remainder of NE FL into the evening coinciding with elevated moisture and dynamics that produced a few severe storms and also 2 confirmed tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 877027. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.