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Event Details:
| Event | Tornado |
| -- Scale | EF0 |
| -- Length | 0.6 Miles |
| -- Width | 50 Yards |
| State | FLORIDA |
| County/Area | GILCHRIST |
| WFO | JAX |
| Report Source | Trained Spotter |
| NCEI Data Source | CSV |
| Begin Date | 2020-04-23 20:11 EST-5 |
| Begin Location | 6NW WILLIFORD |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 29.84/-82.87 |
| End Date | 2020-04-23 20:12 EST-5 |
| End Location | 6NW WILLIFORD |
| End Lat/Lon | 29.8412/-82.86 |
| 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 | A very active weather pattern occurred across the area during the afternoon and lasted overnight as a couple of pre-frontal troughs pivoted across the local bringing a couple rounds of severe storms as the surface low pressure center tracked over the mid-Mississippi Valley during the morning then over the Tennessee Valley into the afternoon. Phased upper level dynamics, an unseasonally moisture airmass, high shear including 0-6 km shear of 60-70 and 0-1 km shear of 20-30, high instability of 500-2000 J/kg surface CAPEs and steep mid level lapse rates near 7 deg C/km all supported a variety of weather threats as these prefrontal troughs moved across the local area. During the afternoon, a pre-frontal cluster of storms raced across SE GA with a very long lived supercell producing multiple tornadoes from across SW GA including Adel to a local touchdown near northern Clinch county near Cogdell then onward to Waycross. This same supercell continued to track NE toward Glynn county and the cities of Hortense and Sterling where it produced very strong downburst damage. During the evening hours, an outflow boundary from the earlier GA storms stalled across NE FL south of the I-10 corridor. The more unstable airmass was south of this boundary as yet another round of severe storms approached from the FL panhandle with a QLCS structure. These storms produced wind damage across NE FL as they tracked across the area through the evening and early morning hours through 4/24. |
| Event Narrative | A tornado was reported tracking east about 3 miles north of Bell off of Highway 129. There was no information regarding the extent of damage. The path lenght was approximated. |
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.
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 1.50K | 0.00K | |||||||
| OAKWOOD VILLA | DUVAL CO. | FL | 04/23/2020 | 15:52 | EST-5 | Thunderstorm Wind | 40 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 1.50K | 0.00K |
| JENNINGS | HAMILTON CO. | FL | 04/23/2020 | 18:53 | EST-5 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| BRANFORD | SUWANNEE CO. | FL | 04/23/2020 | 20:06 | EST-5 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WILLIFORD | GILCHRIST CO. | FL | 04/23/2020 | 20:11 | EST-5 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| PALM HARBOR | FLAGLER CO. | FL | 04/24/2020 | 04:00 | EST-5 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 1.50K | 0.00K |
