Tornado, St. Johns
- When
- February 13, 5:55 PM EST to 5:59 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, Crescent Beach
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.770, -81.250
Tornado in Florida, February 13, 1997
Torando caused moderate damage to a mobile home located on 6310 Salada Road.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Torando caused moderate damage to a mobile home located on 6310 Salada Road.
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:52 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, February 13, 1997
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 13, 1997
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 13 to 14, 1997
- High Wind in California, February 13, 1997
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, February 13, 1997
- Winter Weather in Maryland, February 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 13, 1997
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 13 to 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 13, 1997
More
Every storm in Florida in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1997Warnings in Florida, February 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5590230.