Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 0.2 Miles
-- Width 45 Yards
State FLORIDA
County/Area ALACHUA
WFO JAX
Report Source Emergency Manager
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2019-12-14 03:53 EST-5
Begin Location 1E KIRKWOOD
Begin Lat/Lon 29.5329/-82.3071
End Date 2019-12-14 03:55 EST-5
End Location 2ENE KIRKWOOD
End Lat/Lon 29.5347/-82.3046
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 0.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative On Friday, 13 December 2019, a warm front lifted and lingered across northeast Florida with surface dew points rising into the mid to upper 60s generally along and south of a line from St. Augustine to Gainesville. A strong upper level trough deepened across the central Gulf Coast region with a resultant surface low positioned over the northeast Gulf of Mexico coast just south of Panama City that evening around 10 pm EST. As the upper level trough axis started to lift and becoming positively tilted overnight into 14 December, the surface low edge farther east northeast and tracked over southeast Georgia then offshore of the local Atlantic coast through 4 am EST. The corridor of unstable low-level air remained across our southern Florida zones with surface-based CAPE values rising into the 1000-1300 J/kg range per LAPS analysis while aloft strong directional (0-6 km) bulk shear near the mid/upper level trough axis increased to 50-70 kts. The phased low-level instability, plentiful deep layer moisture and strong dynamical lift under the upper low and just south of the surface low spawned a couple of persistent supercells with long-lived mesocyclones.
Event Narrative Significant damage occurred to University of Florida recreational property at Lake Wauburg along the north shore. There were widespread downed trees, damaged watercrafts, broken docks and fences and the boat shelter was severely damaged.


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Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MICANOPY ALACHUA CO. FL 12/14/2019 03:46 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
KIRKWOOD ALACHUA CO. FL 12/14/2019 03:50 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
KIRKWOOD ALACHUA CO. FL 12/14/2019 03:53 EST-5 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ROCHELLE ALACHUA CO. FL 12/14/2019 03:55 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
INTERLACHEN PUTNAM CO. FL 12/14/2019 04:10 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 60 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
INTERLACHEN PUTNAM CO. FL 12/14/2019 04:25 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 60 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PALATKA KAY ARKIN AR PUTNAM CO. FL 12/14/2019 04:30 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MANNVILLE PUTNAM CO. FL 12/14/2019 04:35 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 60 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ELKTON ST. JOHNS CO. FL 12/14/2019 05:05 EST-5 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST JOHNS PARK FLAGLER CO. FL 12/14/2019 05:14 EST-5 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MOULTRIE ST. JOHNS CO. FL 12/14/2019 05:20 EST-5 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K