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Overview
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A potent winter squall line blasted across southeast Georgia and northeast Florida on February 6, 2020 during the late afternoon through just after midnight February 7, 2020. This system produced widespread severe wind damage across the entire forecast area and an isolated weak tornado in Waycross, GA. |
 Squall Line Animation (VAX radar base reflectivity & velocity Feb 6th) |
Tornadoes:
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Tornado - Waycross
Track Map  
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The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
| EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
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Wind
Significant wind damage occurred with this storm system. Non-thunderstorm wind gusts of 35-45 mph were common ahead of the main squall line during the afternoon which produced scattered reports of wind damage including trees down and power lines down across the forecast area. On the 18z JAX Special Sounding RAOB, 850 mb winds were near 60 kts (about 5000 agl) and 925 mb winds were near 35 kts. Not only did the low level pressure gradient increase to produce sustained surface winds of 20-30 mph, but the strong winds above the surface mixed down during the day as temperatures warmed to near record values under a strong warm air advection pattern.
Widespread winds within the squall line gusted between 40-50 mph, with bowing segments producing wind gusts of 60-80 mph. Numerous reports of tree and power line damage were reported with this squall line, with pockets of heavier damage where severe strength winds occurred which include large areas of trees down and structural damage.
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 733 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2020 ...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS... Location Speed Time/Date Lat/Lon ...Florida... ...Alachua County... 0.7 NE University of Florida 61 MPH 0950 PM 02/06 29.65N/82.35W Gainesville 46 MPH 0618 PM 02/06 29.70N/82.28W ...Baker County... 2.5 E Macclenny (WEATHERSTEM 41 MPH 0330 PM 02/06 30.29N/82.09W ...Bradford County... Keystone Heights Airport 48 MPH 0935 PM 02/06 29.85N/82.05W 0.5 N Starke (WEATHERSTEM) 41 MPH 0950 PM 02/06 29.95N/82.11W ...Clay County... 1.1 E Asbury Lake (WEATHERST 44 MPH 1040 PM 02/06 30.04N/81.80W ...Columbia County... Lake City 49 MPH 0915 PM 02/06 30.18N/82.58W 2.1 E Watertown (WEATHERSTEM 47 MPH 0140 PM 02/06 30.18N/82.57W ...Duval County... Jacksonville Nas 76 MPH 1023 PM 02/06 30.22N/81.67W Jacksonville Intl Airport 58 MPH 1012 PM 02/06 30.50N/81.68W Mayport Naval Station 56 MPH 1043 PM 02/06 30.38N/81.42W Jacksonvil Craig 53 MPH 1038 PM 02/06 30.33N/81.52W Jacksonville 51 MPH 0945 PM 02/06 30.39N/81.48W 1.3 SE Jacksonville (WEATHER 50 MPH 0340 PM 02/06 30.32N/81.64W Jacksonville Beach 50 MPH 1041 PM 02/06 30.27N/81.46W Jacksonville 46 MPH 1033 PM 02/06 30.26N/81.70W 2 N Tallyrand 45 MPH 1030 PM 02/06 30.40N/81.63W Jacksonville 44 MPH 1031 PM 02/06 30.50N/81.57W 0.9 SE Jacksonville (WEATHER 43 MPH 1040 PM 02/06 30.32N/81.64W Cecil Field 43 MPH 1019 PM 02/06 30.22N/81.88W 1 WNW Fort Caroline 40 MPH 1012 PM 02/06 30.39N/81.52W Terminal Channel 40 MPH 1029 PM 02/06 30.34N/81.63W ...Flagler County... 1.6 E Palm Coast (WEATHERSTE 45 MPH 1000 PM 02/06 29.57N/81.19W Flagler Cnty 43 MPH 1055 PM 02/06 29.47N/81.20W 3.1 E Bunnell (WEATHERSTEM) 41 MPH 1110 PM 02/06 29.48N/81.21W Palm Coast 41 MPH 1130 PM 02/06 29.57N/81.17W ...Gilchrist County... 2.0 N Bell (WEATHERSTEM) 47 MPH 0540 PM 02/06 29.78N/82.87W Trenton 47 MPH 0930 PM 02/06 29.67N/82.70W ...Marion County... Ocala Airport - Jim Taylor F 48 MPH 1021 PM 02/06 29.17N/82.22W ...Nassau County... 1.5 S Yulee (WEATHERSTEM) 52 MPH 1020 PM 02/06 30.61N/81.58W Fernandina Beach 52 MPH 1035 PM 02/06 30.62N/81.47W Fernandina Beach, FL 45 MPH 1030 PM 02/06 30.67N/81.47W ...Putnam County... Welaka 43 MPH 1114 PM 02/06 29.44N/81.63W Hawthorne 42 MPH 0615 PM 02/06 29.67N/81.95W ...St. Johns County... SummerHouse 50 MPH 1132 PM 02/06 29.72N/81.23W St Augustine 45 MPH 1108 PM 02/06 29.97N/81.32W Lewis 43 MPH 1116 PM 02/06 29.92N/81.33W 1 NNE Saint Augustine Beach 40 MPH 1100 PM 02/06 29.86N/81.27W ...Union County... Lake Butler (WEATHERSTEM) 44 MPH 0940 PM 02/06 30.02N/82.34W Lake Butler (WEATHERSTEM) 41 MPH 0610 PM 02/06 30.02N/82.34W ...Georgia... ...Appling County... Baxley 40 MPH 0204 PM 02/06 31.71N/82.39W ...Bacon County... Alma 46 MPH 0816 PM 02/06 31.53N/82.50W ...Camden County... I-95 @ Camden Welcome Center 41 MPH 0800 PM 02/06 30.75N/81.65W 2.7 S Kingsland 41 MPH 0800 PM 02/06 30.75N/81.65W ...Clinch County... Homerville Airport 41 MPH 0755 PM 02/06 31.05N/82.78W ...Coffee County... Douglas Muni 43 MPH 0515 PM 02/06 31.48N/82.87W ...Glynn County... Brunswick Glynco 49 MPH 1015 PM 02/06 31.25N/81.47W Brunswick 40 MPH 0334 AM 02/07 31.15N/81.38W ...Ware County... Waycross 42 MPH 0904 PM 02/06 31.25N/82.40W ...Wayne County... Jesup Wayne Cty 41 MPH 0901 PM 02/06 31.55N/81.88W ...Florida... ...Maritime Stations... Huguenot Park 60 MPH 1044 PM 02/06 30.42N/81.41W Jax Beach Pier 44 MPH 1035 PM 02/06 30.29N/81.39W Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. $$
Environment
The large-scale pattern set up the conditions necessary for a potent winter squall line to develop and move through the region. A strong mid to upper level trough was diving south from the mid-Mississippi valley southward to the northwest and central Gulf coast regions on Thursday February 6, 2020. This upper level feature was helping to support a strengthening low-pressure center over the Tennessee Valley with minimum pressure near 999 mb on the WPC 12 Z analysis with a warm front positioned along the mid-Atlantic states and a cold front extending south and west towards the gulf coast near Mobile, AL and continuing into the Gulf. Warm moist air flowed ahead of this cold front thanks to very strong low-level jet winds of 60 to 70 knots near the 850 mb level (seen in the Storm Predication Center’s 12Z Upper Air analysis), allowing surface dewpoints to rise into the mid to upper 60s throughout southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida as the day progressed into the afternoon and evening hours ahead of the Severe Squall Line.
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Figure 1: WPC 12Z Surface Analysis Map February 6, 2020 |
Figure 2: SPC 12Z 500 mb Upper Air Map February 6, 2020 |
Figure 2: SPC 12Z 850 mb Upper Air Map for February 6, 2020 |
Figure 4: SPC 12Z Day 1 Convective Outlook depicting an Enhanced Risk February 6, 2020 |
Mesoanalysis
Evidence of a strongly sheared environment were present in the 18Z Jacksonville upper air sounding. The sounding observed 60 knots of winds near the top of the boundary layer at 850 mb and a curved hodograph above 1 km off the surface. The surface to 1 km surface relative helicity (SRH) values were already impressive at over 300 m2/s2 and despite overall weak elevated lapse rates less than 6.5 C/km, about 1,500 J/kg of surface-based Cape helped to provide enough instability for severe thunderstorm winds to occur and possibly for a tornado. Mesoscale Discussion #0091 issued just before 12Z discussed a very high probability for a tornado watch for interior Southeast Georgia for damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes as the line of thunderstorms move progressed from Alabama eastward to Georgia. This was followed with Tornado watch 29 at 1720Z over those areas mentioned.
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Figure 5: Jacksonville 18Z Upper Air Sounding |
Figure 6: SPC Mesoscale Discussion #0091 over SE GA at 12Z | Figure 7: Tornado Watch #437 issued at 1720Z February 6, 2020 | Figure 8: SPC 18Z Mesoanalysis of Surface to 1 km SRH |
A new Mesoscale Discussion update was issued at 1830Z as the storms moved closer towards Northeast Florida and coastal Southeast Georgia. The update mentioned the increasing linear nature of the convective mode of the storms with the greatest tornado threat moving into East Central Georgia and South Carolina where more discrete storm cells and low level backed winds resided. At 21Z, the Storm Predication Center's Mesoanalysis showed effective bulk shear values peaking near 80 knots over southeast Georgia. These high shear values over lapped with very strong 0-1km SRH values between 300-400 m2/s2 from Waycross south and west into the Suwannee River Valley of Northeast Florida with a peak value of 450 m2/s2 over Tallahassee which were noticeably higher than the 18Z analysis, indicating an increase in low level speed shear (if not directional) just ahead of the line of storms. Given these high values, the possibility of a tornado was still high within the line of storms with severe wind gusts likely to be the main threat as they approached the Waycross area. The line of storms consolidated into a Squall line by 00Z and continued to progress quickly east towards the Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Brunswick areas. The 00Z Jacksonville sounding released before the Squall line's arrival indicated a relatively strait hodograph with over 80 knots of effective bulk shear and high SRH values near 300 m2/s2, but lapse rates generally less than 6.5 C/km. These readings continued to support strait line winds as the predominant storm threat just before the squall line moved through higher population areas. While bowing segments briefly formed as the line passes I-95, they quickly dissipated with the highest wind gust reported during the storms occurring at NAS Jacksonville with 76 mph.
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| Figure 9: SPC Mesoscale Discussion #1693 over Southeast Georgia at 1732Z | Figure 10: SPC 21Z Mesoanalysis of the Effective Bulk Shear | Figure 11: SPC 21Z Mesoanalysis of Surface to 1 km SRH | Figure 12: Jacksonville 00Z Upper Air Sounding |
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
612 PM EST FRI FEB 7 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1204 PM NON-TSTM WND GST JACKSONVILLE BEACH 30.28N 81.39W
02/06/2020 M40.00 MPH DUVAL FL MESONET
MESONET SENSOR AT HUGUENOT PARK MEASURED WIND GUST FROM
THE SOUTH AT 40 MPH.
1225 PM TSTM WND GST TRENTON 29.61N 82.82W
02/06/2020 M45.00 MPH GILCHRIST FL MESONET
MESONET SENSOR IN TRENTON REPORTED WIND GUST FROM THE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST TO 45 MPH.
1240 PM NON-TSTM WND GST GAINESVILLE 29.67N 82.34W
02/06/2020 M47.00 MPH ALACHUA FL MESONET
MESONET SENSOR IN GAINESVILLE NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF
FLORIDA REPORTED WIND GUST FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 47
MPH.
1251 PM NON-TSTM WND GST OCALA AIRPORT 29.17N 82.22W
02/06/2020 M44.00 MPH MARION FL AWOS
OCALA AIRPORT AWOS SENSOR REPORTED WIND GUST TO 44 MPH
FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
1253 PM NON-TSTM WND GST GAINESVILLE AIRPORT 29.69N 82.28W
02/06/2020 M40.00 MPH ALACHUA FL ASOS
ASOS SENSOR AT THE GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED
WIND GUST TO 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST. THIS BREAKS
THE DAILY WIND GUST RECORD FOR FEB 6TH OF 39 MPH SET IN
2008.
0113 PM NON-TSTM WND GST MARINELAND 29.66N 81.21W
02/06/2020 M40.00 MPH FLAGLER FL MESONET
MESONET SENSOR REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN
MARINELAND.
0115 PM NON-TSTM WND GST FERNANDINA BEACH 30.66N 81.45W
02/06/2020 M41.00 MPH NASSAU FL AWOS
AWOS SENSOR AT FERNANDINA BEACH AIRPORT REPORTED WIND
GUST TO 41 MPH FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
0116 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NW ST. AUGUSTINE 29.92N 81.33W
02/06/2020 M44.00 MPH St. Johns FL MESONET
THE WEATHERFLOW SENSOR ALONG THE SAN SEBASTIAN RIVER NEAR
ST. AUGUSTINE MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 44 MPH.
0120 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NW ST. AUGUSTINE 29.92N 81.33W
02/06/2020 M43.00 MPH St. Johns FL MESONET
MESONET SENSOR REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 43 MPH FROM THE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
0128 PM NON-TSTM WND GST GAINESVILLE AIRPORT 29.69N 82.28W
02/06/2020 M45.00 MPH ALACHUA FL ASOS
ASOS SENSOR AT THE GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED
WIND GUST TO 45 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
0130 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG GAINESVILLE 29.67N 82.34W
02/06/2020 ALACHUA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
ALACHUA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS MULTIPLE
TREES DOWN IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
0138 PM NON-TSTM WND GST OCALA AIRPORT 29.17N 82.22W
02/06/2020 M46.00 MPH MARION FL AWOS
AWOS SENSOR AT THE OCALA AIRPORT REPORTED WIND GUST TO 46
MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
0140 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E WATERTOWN 30.19N 82.57W
02/06/2020 M47.00 MPH Columbia FL MESONET
MESONET SENSOR REPORTED WIND GUST TO 47 MPH FROM THE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
0145 PM NON-TSTM WND GST PALM COAST 29.57N 81.21W
02/06/2020 M41.00 MPH FLAGLER FL MESONET
MESONET SENSOR REPORTED WIND GUST TO 41 MPH AT HAMMOCK
BRIDGE IN PALM COAST.
0200 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 N BELL 29.78N 82.86W
02/06/2020 M45.00 MPH Gilchrist FL MESONET
MESONET SENSOR REPORTED WIND GUST TO 45 MPH FROM THE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG MACCLENNY 30.28N 82.13W
02/06/2020 BAKER FL TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM SPOTTER REPORTED 1 INCH DIAMATER PINE LIMBS
LITTERING THE ROADS IN MACCLENNY FROM 5TH STREET TO US 90
SOUTH. THERE WERE ALSO POWERLINES DOWN NEAR WOODBINE ROAD
AND WOODBINE CEMETERY.
0315 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG LIVE OAK 30.29N 82.99W
02/06/2020 SUWANNEE FL EMERGENCY MNGR
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE REPORTED ACROSS SUWANNNEE COUNTY
INCLUDING TREES DOWN, POWER LINES DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS
BLOWN. SOME TREES BLOCKED PORTIONS OF ROADS. WIND GUSTS
FROM NEARBY OBSERVATIONS RANGED FROM 35-45 MPH.
0355 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E PALM COAST 29.57N 81.19W
02/06/2020 M43.00 MPH Flagler FL EMERGENCY MNGR
WIND GUST MEASURED ON HAMMOCK DUNE BRIDGE IN PALM COAST.
0400 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 SE TAYLOR 30.38N 82.24W
02/06/2020 Baker FL TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS NOEL ROAD AND KYLE PEN ROAD.
0400 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 S MACCLENNY 30.25N 82.12W
02/06/2020 Baker FL TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN ON POWERLINES NEAR JEFF STARLING ROAD AND STATE
ROAD 121.
0450 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW LAKE BUTLER 30.01N 82.37W
02/06/2020 Union FL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE FELL ONTO A SMALL HOME AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE. NO
INJURIES REPORTED.
0538 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 N BELL 29.78N 82.87W
02/06/2020 M47.00 MPH Gilchrist FL MESONET
THE WEATHERSTEM STATION AT THE GILCHRIST COUNTY EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST AHEAD OF THE
SQUALL LINE OF 47 MPH.
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE DENTON 31.69N 82.66W
02/06/2020 Jeff Davis GA 911 CALL CENTER
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY REPORTS WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN COUNT-WIDE WITH SEVERAL ROADS TEMPORARILY FLOODED.
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E STATENVILLE 30.70N 82.96W
02/06/2020 Echols GA 911 CALL CENTER
ECHOLS COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.
0735 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE WILLACOOCHEE 31.31N 83.02W
02/06/2020 Atkinson GA 911 CALL CENTER
TRI-COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT ATKINSON AND CLINCH COUNTIES.
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E ARGYLE 31.08N 82.56W
02/06/2020 Ware GA 911 CALL CENTER
WARE COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS SEVERAL TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND WITHIN THE CITY
OF WAYCROSS.
0810 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW ALMA 31.50N 82.54W
02/06/2020 Bacon GA 911 CALL CENTER
BACON COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED COUNTY-WIDE.
0905 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NW BLACKSHEAR 24.69N 81.29W
02/06/2020 XXX XX BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 203.
0905 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW BLACKSHEAR 31.33N 82.28W
02/06/2020 Pierce GA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 203.
0911 PM TSTM WND GST NNW TRENTON 29.62N 82.82W
02/06/2020 M43.00 MPH Gilchrist FL MESONET
THE WEATHERSTEM STATION AT TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL MEASURED A
PEAK WIND GUST OF 43 MPH.
0912 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW BLACKSHEAR 31.33N 82.30W
02/06/2020 Pierce GA 911 CALL CENTER
PIERCE COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
PATTERSON, BRISTOL AND BLACKSHEAR. ONE POWERLINE TOPPLED.
0913 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW NAHUNTA 31.25N 82.05W
02/06/2020 Brantley GA AMATEUR RADIO
AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED A REPORT FROM NAHUNTA FIRE/RESCUE
OF A TREE DOWNED OVER A POWERLINE IN THE VICINITY OF
NAHUNTA. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN NAHUNTA.
0913 PM TSTM WND GST 4 ESE LAKE CITY 30.18N 82.57W
02/06/2020 M50.00 MPH Columbia FL AWOS
THE AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVING STATION AT THE LAKE CITY
GATEWAY AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 50 MPH.
0930 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE LULU 30.08N 82.45W
02/06/2020 Union FL 911 CALL CENTER
UNION COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.
0932 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E BELL 29.75N 82.81W
02/06/2020 Gilchrist FL 911 CALL CENTER
GILCHRIST COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.
0945 PM TSTM WND GST 4 W MAYPORT 30.39N 81.48W
02/06/2020 M51.00 MPH Duval FL MESONET
WXFLOW STATION REPORTED A 51 MPH WIND GUST.
0945 PM TSTM WND GST 4 W MAYPORT 30.39N 81.48W
02/06/2020 M51.00 MPH Duval FL MESONET
THE WEATHERFLOW SENSOR AT BUCK ISLAND MEASURED A PEAK
WIND GUST OF 51 MPH.
0946 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W HIGH SPRINGS 29.82N 82.65W
02/06/2020 Alachua FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
HIGH SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK A TREE
AND WIRES DOWN BLOCKING POE SPRINGS ROAD NEAR POE SPRING
PARK.
0948 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW TARBORO 30.99N 81.85W
02/06/2020 Camden GA 911 CALL CENTER
CAMDEN COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOMES
REPORTED. TIME OF DAMAGE BASED ON RADAR DATA.
0950 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSW GAINESVILLE 29.65N 82.35W
02/06/2020 M61.00 MPH Alachua FL MESONET
WIND GUST OF 61 MPH MEASURED NEAR UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
0955 PM TSTM WND GST 4 ENE GAINESVILLE 29.69N 82.27W
02/06/2020 M43.00 MPH Alachua FL ASOS
THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING STATION AT THE
GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF
43 MPH.
0955 PM TSTM WND DMG NNE STARKE 29.95N 82.11W
02/06/2020 Bradford FL 911 CALL CENTER
BRADFORD COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS THAT THE WHISKEY
RIVER SALOON IN STARKE HAS LOST A PORTION OF ITS ROOF AND
HAS MAJOR WATER DAMAGE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWERLINES HAVE BEEN DOWNED ELSEWHERE IN STARKE
AND THROUGHOUT BRADFORD COUNTY. TIME OF DAMAGE IN STARKE
BASED ON RADAR DATA.
0957 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE THALMANN 31.24N 81.63W
02/06/2020 Glynn GA 911 CALL CENTER
GLYNN COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS A FEW TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWNED. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOMES
REPORTED.
1012 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NE JACKSONVILLE INTL 30.49N 81.69W
02/06/2020 M58.00 MPH Duval FL ASOS
THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 58
MPH.
1012 PM TSTM WND GST JACKSONVILLE INTL ARPT 30.48N 81.71W
02/06/2020 M58.00 MPH DUVAL FL ASOS
WIND GUST OF 58 MPH MEASURED AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
1015 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N COUNTRY CLUB ESTATE 31.25N 81.47W
02/06/2020 M50.00 MPH Glynn GA AWOS
THE AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVING STATION AT THE GOLDEN ISLES
AIRPORT MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 50 MPH.
1015 PM NON-TSTM WND GST YULEE 30.63N 81.57W
02/06/2020 E65.00 MPH NASSAU FL TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES WIND GUSTS OF 60-65 MPH AND
POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN YULEE.
1016 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N LAKE GENEVA 29.83N 82.01W
02/06/2020 Clay FL 911 CALL CENTER
*** 2 INJ *** CLAY COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS
APPROXIMATELY 5 HOMES DAMAGED AND ONE HOME SUSTAINING
MAJOR DAMAGE. TWO PEOPLE HAVE MINOR INJURIES.
1016 PM TSTM WND DMG NE ANTHONY 29.29N 82.11W
02/06/2020 Marion FL 911 CALL CENTER
MARION COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WITH AT LEAST ONE
TREE DAMAGING A HOME.
1018 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N ORANGE PARK 30.23N 81.71W
02/06/2020 Duval FL BROADCAST MEDIA
ACTION NEWS JAX REPORTED A TREE DOWNED ONTO A MOBILE HOME
ALONG COLLINS ROAD IN ORTEGA. NO INJURIES REPORTED.
1021 PM NON-TSTM WND GST OCALA AIRPORT 29.17N 82.22W
02/06/2020 M48.00 MPH MARION FL AWOS
OCALA AIRPORT REPORTED A 48 HOUR MPH WIND GUST.
1021 PM NON-TSTM WND GST OCALA AIRPORT 29.17N 82.22W
02/06/2020 M48.00 MPH MARION FL AWOS
OCALA AIRPORT REPORTED A 48 MPH WIND GUST.
1023 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNE ORANGE PARK 30.23N 81.68W
02/06/2020 M76.00 MPH Duval FL AWOS
THE AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVING STATION AT NAVAL AIR
STATION JACKSONVILLE MEASURED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 59 MPH
WITH A PEAK GUST OF 76 MPH.
1023 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNE ORANGE PARK 30.23N 81.68W
02/06/2020 M76.00 MPH Duval FL AWOS
THE AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVING STATION AT NAVAL AIR
STATION JACKSONVILLE REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND GUST OF 59
MPH WITH A PEAK GUST TO 76 MPH.
1027 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW ORANGE SPRINGS 29.56N 82.00W
02/06/2020 Putnam FL 911 CALL CENTER
PUTNAM COUNTY 911/DISPATCH REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED THROUGHOUT WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
1028 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E ARLINGTON 30.33N 81.57W
02/06/2020 Duval FL PUBLIC
SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF A TREE DOWN IN ALDERMAN PARK. TIME
OF DAMAGE BASED ON RADAR DATA.
1030 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNW ARLINGTON 30.40N 81.63W
02/06/2020 M45.00 MPH Duval FL OTHER FEDERAL
THE SENSOR AT THE NAVY FUEL DEPOT ALONG SOMMERS ROAD IN
DUVAL COUNTY MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 45 MPH.
1030 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW FORT CAROLINE 30.41N 81.56W
02/06/2020 Duval FL BROADCAST MEDIA
ACTION NEWS JAX REPORTS A SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER TIPPED
OVER ON THE DAMES POINT BRIDGE.
1035 PM TSTM WND GST FERNANDINA BEACH 30.66N 81.45W
02/06/2020 M52.00 MPH NASSAU FL AWOS
FERNANDINA BEACH AIRPORT REPORTED A 52 MPH WIND GUST.
1036 PM TSTM WND GST 5 E ARLINGTON 30.34N 81.52W
02/06/2020 M52.00 MPH Duval FL ASOS
CRAIG AIRPORT REPORTED A 52 MPH WIND GUST.
1041 PM TSTM WND GST 4 W JACKSONVILLE BEACH 30.27N 81.46W
02/06/2020 M50.00 MPH Duval FL MESONET
A 50 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN JACKSONVILLE BEACH.
1043 PM TSTM WND GST MAYPORT 30.38N 81.41W
02/06/2020 M56.00 MPH DUVAL FL AWOS
THE AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVING STATION AT NAVAL STATION
MAYPORT MEASURED A PEAK SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUST OF 56
MPH.
1044 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SSE CRESCENT BEACH 29.72N 81.23W
02/06/2020 M50.00 MPH St. Johns FL MESONET
PRIVATE WEATHER OBSERVATION NEAR MATANZAS BEACH MEASURED
A PEAK GUST TO 50 MPH.
1045 PM TORNADO SW WAYCROSS 31.21N 82.36W
02/06/2020 Ware GA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVERY CONCLUDED THAT A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF WAYCROSS, GA NEAR
THE CSX TRANSPORTATION CROSSROADS. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS
0.18 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE.
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNW WORTHINGTON SPRIN 29.96N 82.44W
02/06/2020 Union FL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE FELL ONTO A SMALL MOBILE HOME AND CAUSED MAJOR
DAMAGE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.
1046 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SE ST. AUGUSTINE 29.86N 81.26W
02/06/2020 M45.00 MPH St. Johns FL C-MAN STATION
WIND GUST OF 45 MPH WAS REPORTED ON THE ST. AUGUSTINE
PIER.
1054 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NW MAYPORT 30.40N 81.43W
02/06/2020 M43.00 MPH Duval FL OTHER FEDERAL
MAYPORT NOS GUAGE REPORTED A 43 MPH WIND GUST.
1100 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSE HASTINGS 29.69N 81.50W
02/06/2020 E60.00 MPH St. Johns FL TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES 60 MPH WIND GUSTS NEAR
HASTINGS, WITH TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE AREA.
1108 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNW ST. AUGUSTINE 29.96N 81.34W
02/06/2020 M45.00 MPH St. Johns FL AWOS
ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT REPORTED A 45 MPH WIND GUST.
1116 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NW ST. AUGUSTINE 29.92N 81.33W
02/06/2020 M43.00 MPH St. Johns FL MESONET
THE WEATHERFLOW SENSOR ALONG THE SAN SEBASTIAN RIVER NEAR
ST. AUGUSTINE MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 43 MPH.
1116 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NW WAYCROSS 31.25N 82.40W
02/06/2020 M42.00 MPH Ware GA MESONET
THE REMOTE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION NEAR WAYCROSS
MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 42 MPH.
1131 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE BUNNELL 29.49N 81.25W
02/06/2020 Flagler FL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE PATIO ON EDISON LANE IN
PALM COAST.
1132 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SSE CRESCENT BEACH 29.72N 81.23W
02/06/2020 M50.00 MPH St. Johns FL MESONET
THE WEATHERFLOW STATION AT SUMMERHOUSE IN CRESCENT BEACH
MEASURED A PEAK WEST SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUST OF 50 MPH.
1132 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N MAYPORT 30.42N 81.41W
02/06/2020 M60.00 MPH AMZ452 FL MESONET
THE WEATHERFLOW STATION AT HUGUENOT PARK MEASURED A PEAK
WIND GUST OF 60 MPH.
1144 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SSE CRESCENT BEACH 29.67N 81.21W
02/06/2020 M49.00 MPH Flagler FL MESONET
WEATHERSTEM STATION REPORTED A 49 MPH WIND GUST IN
MARINELAND.
1145 PM TSTM WND GST 2 E PALM COAST 29.57N 81.19W
02/06/2020 M42.00 MPH Flagler FL EMERGENCY MNGR
A 42 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED ON THE HAMMOCK DUNES
BRIDGE.
0429 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 N MAYPORT 30.42N 81.41W
02/07/2020 M41.00 MPH AMZ452 FL MESONET
WXFLOW STATION AT HUGUENOT PARK MEASURED A WIND GUST OF
41 MPH.
Radar & Photos
Waycross Tornado
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| KVAX base reflectivity & storm-relative velocity showing bow echo with very strong outbound winds of 70+ kts heading toward SSW Waycross. A weaker shower merged along the apex of the bow echo where the weak tornado likely formed. | EF0 Damage Waycross NWS Storm Survey |
EF0 Damage Waycross ​NWS Storm Survey |
EF0 Damage Waycross ​NWS Storm Survey |
Nichols Damaging Winds
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| KVAX base reflectivity & velocity showing a splitting bow echo (two lines of red reflectivity) and strong outbound winds of 80+ kts heading NE toward Nicholls. | Wind Damage Coffee County Photo NWS Storm Survey |
Wind Damage Coffee County Photo NWS Storm Survey |
Wind Damage Coffee County Photo NWS Storm Survey |
Baker County, FL
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| Roof damage in Macclenny, FL (source News4JAX) |
Another view of the roof damage in Macclenny, FL (Baker County Press) |
Tree blown down in Macclenny, FL (source News4JAX) |
Tree and power lines down Baker County Jeff Starling Rd (source Baker County Fire Rescue) |
Bradford County, FL
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| Snapped railroad crossing arms in Stark, FL (Social Media) |
Tree down in Stark, FL (Social Media) |
Wires down in Stark, FL (Social Media, Starke Police) |
Wires and sign down in Stark, FL (Social Media, Starke Police) |
Clay County, FL
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| Tree down in Lakeside, FL (Spotter Bill Henry) |
Another tree down in Lakeside, FL (Spotter Bill Henry) |
More tree damage in Lakeside, FL (Spotter Bill Henry) |
More tree damage in Lakeside, FL (Spotter Bill Henry) |
Duval County, FL
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| Tree on home on the west side of Jacksonville, FL (Action News JAX) |
Semi truck flipped on Dames Point Bridge (Mike Buresh) |
Tree damage at Alderman Park (Spotter Bill Henry) |
Suwannee County, FL
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| Palm tree on home in Suwannee County, FL (Suwannee County Emergency Management) |
Pole down in Suwannee County, FL (Suwannee County Emergency Management) |
Tree down on road in Suwannee County, FL (Suwannee County Emergency Management) |
Clinch County, GA
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Tree & Structure Damage near Antioch Methodist Church |
Wind Damage near Antioch Methodist Church Photo Clinch County EM Will Joyce |
Wind Damage near Antioch Methodist Church Photo Clinch County EM Will Joyce |
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