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A very brief EF-0 tornado touched down briefly Thursday afternoon at Huguenot Park Beach in Jacksonville, the National Weather Service confirms.
#Breaking: EF-0 #Tornado confirmed by @NWSJacksonville at Huguenot Park Beach today. Brief... no injuries. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) July 27, 2017
The tornado happened at 1:41 p.m. and caused minor damage. Straight-line winds are reported to have caused damage at the Windy Harbor Golf Club.
NWS said the tornado was about 40 yards wide. An EF-0 is the weakest classification of a tornado, with 65-85 mph.
EF-0 Tornado on Huguenot Memorial Park Beach
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) July 27, 2017
Rating: EF-0
Estimated Peak Wind: 65 mph
Path Length: 0.1 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 40 yards
This is what velocity data looked like just before 1:45pm over Huguenot Park. #FirstAlertWX pic.twitter.com/H2olsDhWxF
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) July 27, 2017
This is what radar looked like at 1:45pm. NWS will determine if a tornado touched down. #FirstAlertWX @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/2kRzj53Sd5
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) July 27, 2017
Big sign at the entrance of Huguenot Memorial Park reading closed due to severe weather @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/1XcXKGaCpE
— Danielle Avitable (@Danielle_NBC4) July 27, 2017
EF-0 tornado touched down at Huguenot Memorial Park. We are waiting to be let in #firstalertwx @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/tCOuV8fqGR
— Danielle Avitable (@Danielle_NBC4) July 27, 2017
After the storms on Huguenot Beach, Action News Jax reporter Danielle Avitable and photographer Jesse Pope found a seagull that appeared to be injured.
Danielle Avitable News is LIVE from Huguenot Park beach, where the EF-0 tornado touched down. She's helping a seagull in need.
Posted by Action News Jax on Thursday, July 27, 2017
Avitable was instructed by Cindy Mosling at B.E.A.K.S. (Bird Emergency Aid and Kare Sanctuary) to take the bird and bring it to their facility.
Mosling said the bird's wing did not appear to be broken, but was perhaps strained by the wind from the EF-0 tornado.
It took us 30 min but we caught the seagull with the broken wing! Cindy with BEAKS told me to bring him to her @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/zn8jgefRW9
— Danielle Avitable (@Danielle_NBC4) July 27, 2017
Cindy with BEAKS says the wing looks strained not broken which is good! She says the strong wind could have thrown him @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/zjwFCRKta3
— Danielle Avitable (@Danielle_NBC4) July 27, 2017
Also during Thursday's storms, a man's home was struck by a tree in Atlantic Beach.
A tree fell onto a man's home, in Mayport. #FirstAlertWx pic.twitter.com/szTp5YhMui
— Steve Berrios (@berriosanjax) July 27, 2017
The man says the Red Cross is helping him. His bedroom was crushed. #FirstAlertWx pic.twitter.com/iZ6CVmx0Rr
— Steve Berrios (@berriosanjax) July 27, 2017
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