Tornado touches down at Huguenot Memorial Park beach

Jacksonville, FL — The strong storms that moved through Northeast Florida Thursday did, in fact, bring a tornado with them.

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville says an EF-0 tornado touched down on the Huguenot Memorial Park beach at 1:38PM, with estimated peak wind of 65 miles-per-hour. The tornado was down for 0.1 miles, and the path was 40 yards wide.

We’re told a line of strong thunderstorms that moved through the area caused minor straight line wind damage at Naval Station Mayport. Circulation then formed over the mouth of the St. Johns River and touched down briefly as a weak tornado.

Initial assessment shows a lifeguard truck was damaged by the tornado, but is still operational. A lifeguard tower was also damaged, and debris was scattered across the beach.

The straight line wind damage in the area from this storm caused some damage to a golf course, toppled a tractor trailer, and caused damage to a roof and cars from construction debris, according to the initial assessments. Our partner Action News Jax also located a home in the Mayport area that was hit when a tree fell.

Nobody was injured during the storm.