on August 31, 2010 by admin in Tornado, Comments (25)

Tornado: Jacksonville, FL


Footage from Jon Shepard and Gabriel Cox of a NWS confirmed EF-0 tornado in Jacksonville, FL on June 26th, 2009. It started as a waterspout on the St. Johns River, died, then reformed and moved onto land near St. Vincent’s Hospital moments before passing just east of our office building. It traveled northward for about a quarter of a mile, lifting just before Interstate-10. After it passed our building, the tornado knocked down a few trees, destroying 2 cars parked underneath. It also tore up siding from houses and blew a transformer before lifting.

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25 Comments

  1. 69Juliana

    August 31, 2010 @ 8:39 pm

    Aweson!!!!!!!
    I was there like some 5 years ago, but now I’m in Brazil!!!
    I was in FL for almost 3 years and I’ve never saw a tornado
    it is si amazin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  2. machinesbreathe

    August 31, 2010 @ 8:40 pm

    When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.

  3. TheLordrata

    August 31, 2010 @ 9:40 pm

    I was on vacation in D. C when this happened!

  4. 777jackpot1

    August 31, 2010 @ 9:59 pm

    @gatorftbllvr Mee2 ive never seen a tornado here.

  5. officialmackiejelly

    August 31, 2010 @ 10:38 pm

    kill them

  6. RaelynnM

    August 31, 2010 @ 11:35 pm

    Wow. this was absolutely beautiful. haha Is that bad to say??

  7. Titoununia

    August 31, 2010 @ 11:52 pm

    I wish I could see a Tornado or lighting or something. America is lucky, they get all that kind of things. In Scotland all you get is bad rain storms, floods, thunder and the worst weather ever.

  8. OvaAllTheBS

    August 31, 2010 @ 11:55 pm

    Lol u guys are nuts. . .

  9. gatorftbllvr

    September 1, 2010 @ 12:01 am

    I am from Jax, Fl. born and raised. I absolutely love thunder storms but can honestly say that I never saw a tornadoe while living there. I am glad, too, cuz they are nothing but God’s power in his pinky! awesome to watch! but only from a distance.

  10. PiNoYdOmO

    September 1, 2010 @ 12:19 am

    haha i was there it was soo cool :D

  11. SkyscraperMind

    September 1, 2010 @ 12:40 am

    Damn! This should be a movie or something.

  12. swiftpaw2

    September 1, 2010 @ 1:30 am

    dude that freaking EPIC! i would be running for my freaking life haha:]

  13. Bitis11nasicornis

    September 1, 2010 @ 2:17 am

    Wow

  14. MJAstronomyRocks1

    September 1, 2010 @ 3:06 am

    Abso-freakin’-lutely!!!

  15. gabrielgcox

    September 1, 2010 @ 3:35 am

    it did touch down, but luckily only as a very weak tornado. it was strong enough to knock a few trees down on some cars and tear siding off of buildings though.

  16. ThangxTroixDanh

    September 1, 2010 @ 3:39 am

    that is amazing am glad its didnt touch down if it did lots of ppl lose their home that would be bad :(

  17. magnernj5

    September 1, 2010 @ 4:31 am

    WOW!! That’s what I call mother nature power!! :O

  18. pclover

    September 1, 2010 @ 5:23 am

    Holly shit

  19. MikeyJMalia

    September 1, 2010 @ 5:23 am

    dude its like right there!!!

  20. naesnavillus

    September 1, 2010 @ 5:39 am

    2:24 EPIC!!!

  21. bgib1307

    September 1, 2010 @ 5:41 am

    I remember that day. . . .

  22. gabrielgcox

    September 1, 2010 @ 6:27 am

    we used Panasonic HVX’s to shoot it. Great cameras!

  23. FloridaSeverWeather

    September 1, 2010 @ 7:18 am

    this was an excellent video! great and the best ive seen of the jaxonville tornado

  24. marise07jog

    September 1, 2010 @ 7:43 am

    yeah you are right the quality of the video is really good. . . . i also wonder wha kind of camera you used to this. . . . ?

  25. CuterThanBunnies

    September 1, 2010 @ 8:08 am

    Hey, what kind of camera were you using to film this with? The quality is awesome.

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