Jacksonville, FL — Ahead of an approaching cold front, Northeast Florida saw a line of strong storms roll through.
Some of those storms prompted severe thunderstorm warnings and a few tornado warnings from the National Weather Service of Jacksonville. The NWS does believe an EF-0 tornado did touch during in northern St. Johns County on Tuesday evening.
At this time, WOKV has not received any reports of injuries, but there have been reports of damage and downed trees.
Al Sandrik from @NWSJacksonville out surveying the damage. EF-0 damage from tonight’s #tornado in St. Johns county. #FirstAlertWX @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/arn2PGrF23
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) April 1, 2020
Michael Hunter’s home was damaged from the EF-0 #tornado tonight. He’s thankful for no injuries. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews #FirstAlertWX pic.twitter.com/XG36lYgOyO
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) April 1, 2020
Al Sandrik of @NWSJacksonville on how this cell had a history of rotation. @MikeFirstAlert @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews #FirstAlertWX pic.twitter.com/rvCw6Acn4c
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) April 1, 2020
Took these damage pics from the EF-0 tornado in northern St. Johns county tonight. #FirstAlertWX @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/iGvVSZVMHu
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) April 1, 2020
NWS JAX is going with EF-0 for tornado in northern St. John’s County @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/ZWqRjoXhfS
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) March 31, 2020
A tree fell on top of a home in Fleming Island tonight. Firefighters tell me there were no injuries, miraculously. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/YCw18okNHF
— Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) April 1, 2020
A neighbor shared this daylight picture of the tree that crushed the house. He said it was very windy when the tree toppled over. He said he heard a loud “crunch.” #firstalertwx pic.twitter.com/yTlgoFIixq
— Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) April 1, 2020
This a picture of the master bathroom, according to a neighbor. He said the elderly man and woman who live at the home were on the backside of the house when the tree came crashing down. They were not hurt, just shaken up. pic.twitter.com/WYfrQnkQfb
— Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) April 1, 2020
Rainy in St Johns County. First rain in weeks I think @MikeFirstAlert @CSimmaWX @wxgarrett pic.twitter.com/wN31liJhVz
— Brent Martineau (@BrentASJax) March 31, 2020
#firstalertwx Northern St. Johns Co. wind from storms near 7pm - thx Mario Sanon! @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/wny3CJZR0e
— Mike Buresh (@MikeFirstAlert) March 31, 2020
#firstalertwx rotation, POSSIBLE funnel cloud near/over Nocatee @WOKVNews @NWSJacksonville https://t.co/uFpnuwXPXx
— Mike Buresh (@MikeFirstAlert) April 1, 2020
At 7:05 PM EDT, 3 NNE Fruit Cove [Duval Co, FL] EMERGENCY MNGR reports TSTM WND DMG. TREE ACROSS SOUTH BURNING TREE LANE IN MANDARIN. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. https://t.co/7Bz0VUL2G6
— IEMBot JAX (@iembot_jax) April 1, 2020
At 6:40 PM EDT, 3 SSW Maxville [Clay Co, FL] BROADCAST MEDIA reports TSTM WND DMG. MANY TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 301 AND 218. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. https://t.co/gi7K1LBpJa
— IEMBot JAX (@iembot_jax) April 1, 2020
At 7:29 PM EDT, 4 N Guana River State P [St. Johns Co, FL] NWS EMPLOYEE reports TORNADO. NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS EF0 DAMAGE, 3/8 MILE WIDE, WITH LOTS OF TREES DOWN. https://t.co/VnXiBlgHqI
— IEMBot JAX (@iembot_jax) March 31, 2020
