Tornado, Camden
- When
- January 13, 8:30 PM EST to 8:33 PM EST
- Where
- Camden County, 5 mi SE of Woodbine
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 100 mi
- Path width
- 0.1 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 30.917, -81.650
Tornado in Georgia, January 13, 2006
A weak F0 tornado touched down along I-95 about 5 miles southeast of Woodbine. Many trees were snapped off in a swath along I-95.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $200,000
- 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.
A weak F0 tornado touched down along I-95 about 5 miles southeast of Woodbine. Many trees were snapped off in a swath along I-95. A tractor-trailer was lifted and blown off of the interstate along the southbound lanes. The driver sustained no reported injuries. The tractor-trailer was carrying other cars, which were damaged in the accident from colliding with each other. Another vehicle was hit by a snapped tree. This driver also sustained no reported injuries.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 13, 3:15 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 3:15 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
315 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006
...WILL INCLUDE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SAT FOR ALL ZONES...
.SYNOPSIS...VIS IMAGERY SHOWS SQUALL LINE 50 NM WIDE ASSOCD WITH
COLD FRONT MOVING 30-35 KT THROUGH NRN AND CENTRAL GA EXTENDING SW
TO CENTRAL FL PANHANDLE AND INTO THE GOMEX. OVERALL LINE APPEARS TO
BE HOLDING STEADY WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BECOMING A BIT MORE
BROKEN. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC SHOW PRE-SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY AND
CLOUDINESS MOVING EWD WHILE A SMALL DRY DEVELOPS OUT AHEAD OF THE
SQUALL LINE. TEMPS ARE HOVERING AROUND 70-75 DUE TO THE CLOUDS
AND DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER 60S. SB CAPES FROM LAPS INDICATE
AROUND 400-600 IN SE GA AND 600-1000 IN NE FL.
.SHORT TERM...MODELS SHOW BULK OF MID LEVEL FORCING WILL BE SHIFTING
NWD NEXT 12 HRS BUT STILL STRONG INFLOW AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. TOR WATCH #18 IN
EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM AND MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED EWD IF TRENDS AND
CONVECTION HOLD UP. THINK FRONT WILL BE ROUGHLY ALONG AN ALMA-LIVE
OAK LINE BY 22-00Z AND WILL BE EXITING OUR SE ZONES AND MARINE AREA
BY 06Z. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. LIMITED
CAPE ALOFT ON MODEL AND UPPER SOUNDINGS WILL NOT BE CONDUCIVE FOR
LARGE HAIL BUT WITH THE STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR SOME HAIL IS CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE. MODIFYING 18Z JAX YIELDS CAPE 900J/KG. SAT...A 990 MB LOW
WRAPS UP AROUND THE DELMARVA AREA AND SOME PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LIKELY SUPPORTING AT LEAST LAKE WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH AND TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AOB 3 KFT WILL IMPACT MAINLY NRN HALF OF FORECAST AREA SAT
BEFORE EXITING BY AFTN GIVING WAY TO MUCH DRIER AIRMASS AS PWATS
DROP TO A COUPLE OF TENTHS OF AN INCH. FAIRLY STRONG COLD ADVECTION
WILL KEEP MAXES IN THE 50S. SAT NIGHT...WINDS DIMINISH GIVING WAY TO
PART ADVECTION AND RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT AS LOWS DROP TO THE
LOWER 30S WITH SOME UPPER 20S LIKELY OVER THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AREA.
WILL HOLD OFF ON A FREEZE WATCH FOR NOW DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
WIND SPEEDS AND THE AREA TO PUT UP FREEZE WATCH. WIND CHILL VALUES
WILL PROBABLY REACH CRITERIA FOR LATE SAT NIGHT AND EARLY SUN AS
WELL. CONTINUED TO FAVOR THE WARMER MET MOS GUIDANCE FOR LOWS DUE TO
PAST VERIFICATION. SUN...WARM UP ENSURES WITH LIGHT WINDS AS
MID-UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA AND SFC HIGH PRES RIDGE DRIFTS
OVER FL. MON...HIGH PRES MOVES E OF FL WITH S TO SE FLOW DEVELOPING
AND TEMPS CLIMBING TO ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN AS THE NEXT FRONT
APPROACHES THE SE CONUS.
.LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...GFS AND ECMWF IN AGREEMENT WITH A MID-UPPER
TROUGH FROM WRN GREAT LAKES TO TX TO START OFF EXTENDED FCST. MAIN
ENERGY LOOKS TO BE N OF THE AREA. SFC FRONT LOOKS SLOWER THAN
PREVIOUS RUNS AND HAVE THEREFORE ADDED POPS IN FOR WED NIGHT AS
WELL. AT THIS TIME...INSTABILITY VALUES ON LAST 2 GFS RUNS LOOK TOO
WEAK TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONES SO WILL LEAVE OUT FOR NOW.
COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS MOVES IN THU AND FRI. BY LATE WEEK...HIGH
PRES MOVES N OF THE AREA PER LATEST GFS/GFS ENSEMBLE WITH AN E TO SE
LOW LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPING. OVERALL...LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPS FROM
PREVIOUS PACKAGE.
&&
.MARINE...12Z MODELS BRING WINDS UP TO AROUND 35 KNOTS OVER THE
OFFSHORE ZONES SAT AND SAT NIGHT SO WILL CONTINUE WITH GALE WARNING
OFFSHORE AND SCA NEAR SHORE AND EXTEND THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...STILL LOOKS LIKE MARGINAL RHS SAT AFTERNOON OVER NE
FL. WITH STRONG WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION WILL NEED ONLY ONE HOUR OF
<35 PERCENT RH SO WILL ISSUE A FIRE WX WATCH. ON SUNDAY RHS WILL
DROP BELOW 35 OVER NE FL FOR 4-5 HOURS SO WILL ISSUE A WATCH FOR
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 42 50 31 60 / 60 5 0 0
SSI 44 54 34 58 / 70 5 0 0
JAX 44 55 30 58 / 60 5 0 0
SGJ 44 53 35 55 / 60 0 0 0
GNV 47 54 31 60 / 60 0 0 0
OCF 48 56 31 61 / 60 0 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 1-5 PM SATURDAY.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 1-5 PM SUNDAY.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM SATURDAY.
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM SATURDAY.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL
20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE...FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE
FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE...AND ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER
BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
GALE WARNING FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60
NM OFFSHORE...FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO
60 NM OFFSHORE...AND ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM
TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL
OUT 20 NM...FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM...
AND ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM.
&&
SHASHY/ZIBURAHazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 5:45 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 545 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-140500- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 545 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9PM... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19 IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF AREA THIS EVENING... .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA UNTIL 9 PM...WHILE ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. .FLOOD IMPACT... STORM MOTION WILL BE FAST ENOUGH TO PREVENT A PROLONGED RAINFALL EVENT. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE AROUND A HALF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A SQUALL LINE WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WITH GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS THIS EVENING. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. GALE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE LIKELY IN THE COLD AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... THE SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON HAS CRESTED BUT MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY... SATURDAY...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR SATURDAY. GALE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AS FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY NIGHT...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 30S WILL PUSH WIND CHILL INDICES INTO THE 20S AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S IN SOME LOCATIONS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES IN MANY INLAND LOCATIONS...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE DURATIONS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT THIS TIME. SUNDAY...VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY NIGHT...BRIEF DURATIONS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS INLAND AREAS. LIGHT WINDS WILL ALSO PROMOTE SOME PATCHY FROST FORMATION. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. SHASHY/CARROLL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 4:46 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 446 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 FLZ033-038-132230- FLAGLER-ST. JOHNS- 446 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FLAGLER AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 530 PM EST... AT 446 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPUDS TO 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASTINGS TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNIPER SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SPUDS... BAKERSVILLE...ELKTON...ANDALUSIA...ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH...ST. AUGUSTINE...ST. AUGUSTINE SHORES AND ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH THROUGH 530 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ZAPPE
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 5:15 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 515 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 GAZ132-133-132300- COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS- 515 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COFFEE AND JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 600 PM EST... AT 515 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMBROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND AMBROSE...PRIDGEN...BROXTON...SNIPESVILLE AND DENTON THROUGH 600 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ZAPPE
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 6:55 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 655 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 GAZ132-133-140045- COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS- 655 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COFFEE AND JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 745 PM EST... AT 655 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF SNIPESVILLE TO 18 MILES WEST OF PRIDGEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCRAE TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF OCILLA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PRIDGEN...SNIPESVILLE... BROXTON...HAZLEHURST...DENTON AND WEST GREEN THROUGH 745 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. CAMP
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 7:45 PM EST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 745 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 GAZ150-164-140115- CHARLTON-WARE- 745 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHARLTON AND WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 815 PM EST... AT 745 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOMELAND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND HOMELAND AND FOLKSTON THROUGH 815 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. CAMP
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 8:12 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 812 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 GAZ165-166-140200- COASTAL CAMDEN-INLAND CAMDEN- 812 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CAMDEN COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 812 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TARBORO...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOLKSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND TARBORO... COLESBURG...WOODBINE AND DOVER BLUFF THROUGH 900 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. CAMP
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 8:17 PM EST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 817 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 FLZ022-035-036-140200- ALACHUA-COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST- 817 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST ALACHUA... SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AND GILCHRIST COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 817 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND TRENTON...BELL... NEWBERRY...HIGH SPRINGS...OLENO STATE PARK AND ALACHUA THROUGH 900 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. CARROLL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:27 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
- Tornado in Alabama, January 13, 2006
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- Tornado in Florida, January 13, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Florida, January 13, 2006
- Tornado in Georgia, January 13, 2006
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 13, 2006
- Tornado in Florida, January 13, 2006
- Tornado in North Carolina, January 13, 2006
- Tornado in Alabama, January 13, 2006
- Tornado in Alabama, January 13, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 13 to 14, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, January 13, 2006
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 2006Warnings in Georgia, January 2006
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: 5482604.