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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
440 PM EST WED FEB 17 2021
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/15/2021 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
A DISCRETE SUPERCELL WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT AND DOWNSTREAM OF A WARM FRONT NORTH OF THE STORM MOVED ACROSS
THE SUWANNEE VALLEY PARALLELING FLORIDA STATE ROAD 247. A TORNADO
DEVELOPED FROM THIS SUPERCELL NORTHWEST OF LAKE CITY, EAST OF LAKE
WILSON, AND NORTH OF LAKE LOMA IN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN NORTH FLORIDA
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH THE
TORNADO INCLUDING FENCING, ROOF AND HOUSE DAMAGE AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS.
COLUMBIA COUNTY FEBRUARY 15, 2021 TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.37 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2021
START TIME: 04:17 PM EST
START LOCATION: 5 NW LAKE CITY / COLUMBIA COUNTY / FL
START LAT/LON: 30.207 / -82.738
END DATE: 02/15/2021
END TIME: 04:21 PM EST
END LOCATION: 5 NW LAKE CITY / COLUMBIA COUNTY / FL
END LAT/LON: 30.208 / -82.734
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BETWEEN 418 AND 421 PM EST ON FEBRUARY 15, 2021, A SUPERCELL TORNADO
DEVELOPED OVER COLUMBIA COUNTY WEST OF LAKE CITY. THE TORNADO CAUSED
DAMAGE TO TREES, FENCES AND CAUSED TILED ROOF DAMAGE NEAR HIGH POINT
DRIVE ALONG ITS 0.37 MILE PATH. NWS SURVEY FOUND THE TORNADO HAD PEAK
WINDS OF 80 MPH AND WAS ABOUT 60 YARDS WIDE.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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