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000 NOUS42 KJAX 152330 PNSJAX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 615 PM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...STORM SURVEY FOR PALM COAST FL TORNADO COMPLETED... DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BETWEEN 655 PM AND 710 PM ON DECEMBER 14 2013...A TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM STRENGTH OF EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE TOUCHED DOWN AND CROSSED NORTHERN SECTIONS OF PALM COAST IN FLAGLER COUNTY FLORIDA. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF ESPANOLA ON AN INTERMITTENT TRACK. THE TORNADO THEN INTENSIFIED TO ITS MAXIMUM STRENGTH...95 TO 105 MPH...ACROSS THE B SECTIONS OF PALM COAST ON A CONTINUOUS PATH RANGING IN WIDTH FROM APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS...TO A MAXIMUM OF AROUND 150 YARDS ON BANNBURY LANE. THE TORNADO THEN WEAKENED AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD THE COAST...WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 25 TO 50 YARDS ACROSS THE F AND HAMMOCK SECTIONS. THE LOCATION OF THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS NEAR 29.52 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 81.31 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE. THE LOCATION OF THE FINAL DAMAGE WAS NEAR 29.61 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 81.19 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE. THE TOTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND FINAL DAMAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 9.5 MILES...WITH THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS DAMAGE PATH APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE IN THE B SECTION OF PALM COAST. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THOSE THAT HAD STORM DAMAGE AND WISH A SPEEDY RECOVERY GETTING HOMES REPAIRED QUICKLY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE HOMEOWNERS WHO GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED THE NWS TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE AND PROVIDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION AS TO WHAT EXACTLY TOOK PLACE. THE NWS WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS IN FLAGLER COUNTY FOR INSIGHTFUL INFORMATION AND THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE SURVEY. $$ CORDERO/SANDRIK/ALLEN