OUT THERE TOWARDS SOUTHERN SAINT JOHNS. HOW DID A LOOK AT THE EXACT TRACK FOR THE RADAR
IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES MARY.
>>MARY BAER: ALL RIGHT, THANKS
JOHN AND ANOTHER NORTHEAST
FLORIDA COUNTY TAKING STOCK OF
STORM DAMAGE TONIGHT. THAT’S
COLUMBIA COUNTY STORM RIPPED
THROUGH LAKE CITY AND TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS DRONE VIDEO
SHOWING FENCES KNOCKED OVER BY
THE
HIGH WINDS. ONE MAN TELLS NEWS
4 JAX EVEN TOOK DOWN HIS BARN.
>> AND I LOOKED DOWN THE BAR DOWN THERE SO MY GUYS A BARN IS FLAT ON THE GROUND. SO I WAS.
>> I WAS SHOCKED.
>>KENT JUSTICE: NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER CORLEY PEEL IS JOINING
US LIVE FROM LAKE CITY TO SHOW
US THE WEATHER THERE NOW AND
THE DAMAGE.
>> THE WEATHER HAS CLEARED UP
OUT HERE ACTUALLY AT A HOME HERE OFF PINE MOUNTAIN ROAD, I’M STANDING ON DAVID BINDINGS
PORCH AND HE SAYS
THAT ABOUT A QUARTER MILE AWAY
FROM HERE IS HIS BARN THAT
WAS DESTROYED IN THE STORM HE
SAYS DESPITE THIS DAMAGE.
HE IS JUST GRATEFUL THAT NO ONE
WAS HURT.
>> AS RAIN CONTINUED TO POUR WE SAW THE AFTERMATH OF WHAT USED TO BE DAVID FINDINGS BAR NEAR
HIS LAKE CITY HOME OF PINE THAT
ROAD MONDAY NIGHT.
>> WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR
MIND WHEN YOU SAW YOUR BAR.
>> I WAS I SAID WELL I’M KIND
OF LUCKY.
>> I’M JUST GLAD IT DIDN’T COME
UP THERE TOWARDS MY HOUSE AS
SOON AS BINDING SAW THE RAIN
MOVING SIDEWAYS HE IMMEDIATELY
TOOK SHELTER INSIDE.
>> IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 15
MINUTES 20 AT
THE MAX.
>> JOHNNY HANDY SHARED THIS
DRONE VIDEO OF MORE DAMAGE
THROUGHOUT
LAKE CITY. YOU CAN SEE WHITE
FENCING IS KNOCKED OVER DEBRIS
IS SCATTERED AND THERE IS TREE
DAMAGE ANOTHER VIEWER SHARED
THIS VIDEO OF WHAT APPEARS TO
BE A FUNNEL NEAR HIGHWAY
47 IN INTERSTATE 75 WERE THERE
ANY ANIMALS INSIDE YOUR BAR, NO
NO NO MA’AM
>> GOT RID OF ALL OF THEM ABOUT
3 OR 4 MONTHS AGO. AND I WAS
GLAD
OF THAT.
>> VINING SAYS HE AND HIS
BROTHER IN LAW BUILT THE
BARN TOGETHER BASED ON THE
DAMAGE. HE SAYS THEY WILL
LIKELY HAVE TO BUILD A NEW
BARN.
>> CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JON GAUNT SAYS BASED ON THE DAMAGE FROM THIS STORM
IT APPEARS IT WAS A FAIRLY WEAK
TORNADO POSSIBLY AN EF
0. HE SAYS THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL BE MAKING THAT A
NOUN ANALYSIS AND THE NEXT 24
HOURS REPORTING LIVE FROM LAKE
CITY CORLEY PEEL CHANNEL 4.
THE LOCAL STATION.
>>KENT JUSTICE: THANK YOU
CORLEY SO IF YOU LIVE IN OR
AROUND SAINT AUGUSTINE YOU
LIKELY SAW HAIL HEAVY RAIN AND
SOME FLOODING IN A NEWSFOURJAX
VIEWER SENT US THIS VIDEO
SHOWING WHAT COULD BE A FUNNEL
CLOUD.
>>MARY BAER: AND NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER BREA ICE AND JOINS US
LIVE IN STORM TRACK 4 FROM
SAINT AUGUSTINE DEBRIS. MORE
STORMY WEATHER HITTING TONIGHT.
♪
>>JOY PURDY: YES, ACTUALLY THE RAIN JUST STARTED RIGHT NOW GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE’RE
DRIVING SO WE’RE DRIVING RIGHT
IN DOWNTOWN SAINT AUGUSTINE
RIGHT NOW. THE RAIN HAS JUST
STARTED NO THUNDER OR
LIGHTNING YET, BUT THE WORST IS
YET TO COME FOR US IN SAINT
AUGUSTINE BUT I WAS TALKING TO
SOME TOURISTS EARLIER TODAY AND
THEY SAID EARLIER BATCH OF THE
SEVERE WEATHER CENTER WE’RE ON
THEIR DAY.
HOWEVER, THE TORNADO WARNING TO
CATCH THEM
♪
OFF GUARD.
>> IT IS THOUGHT THAT TOWARD
BECAUSE BACK BECAUSE THE
EVERYBODY ON THE CELL PHONES
GOT ALERT
THERE. YEAH.
>> TORNADO IN THE AREA LUCY
COCKER AND WAS ON A TOUR OF
SAINT AUGUSTINE WHEN THE FIRST
ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER HIT
EARLIER TONIGHT, THERE WAS A
FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED IN THE
AREA PROMPTING A
TORNADO WARNING.
>> BUT A TORNADO NEVER FORMED
AS KIND OF FREAKED OUT WHEN I
SAW THIS LITTLE WARNING, BUT WE
JUST SAT AT BALCONY AT SINGER
IS
RINCON SOME SAYING AND WATCH
AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND
JUST YOU KNOW READY TO SHELTER
IN PLACE WE NEED TO GO TO STORM
OR WAS VISITING FROM HOUSTON
WHERE PEOPLE THERE ARE
EXPERIENCING A WINTER STORM I
WISH IT WASN’T I’VE HEARD THAT
THE WEATHER IS USUALLY REALLY
PRETTY AND A REALLY NICE PLACE
TO BE.
♪
>> PARTS OF A ONE A NEAR BELOW BEACH SAW SOME FLOODING ON THE ROADWAYS FROM THE
♪
>> HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE STORM ALSO PRODUCE SOME
STRONG HAIL IN
SAINT AUGUSTINE YOU CAN SEE
JUST HOW HARD IT HIT A
NEWSFOURJAX VIEWER
JIM BUTLER’S BACKYARD A TORNADO
WATCH OVER YOU KNOW FREEZING
WINTER INVESTING 5 SUNNY DAY.
♪
>> SO WE’RE JUST HEADING OVER THE BRIDGE OF LIONS RIGHT NOW HEADING ON TO A ONE-MAN SHOW
YOU THE PICTURE IN FRONT OF ME
NOW AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS
RAINING UP HERE. ROADS ARE
STILL A LITTLE WET FROM EARLIER
TODAY. THEY’RE TO GET
MORE WET AS THIS NEXT ROUND OF