Event narrative (NOAA)
National Weather Service Jacksonville Storm Survey|revealed damage consistent with EF-3 tornado damage at Naval |Submarine Base Kings Bay, which was confirmed by a 125 knot / 144 |mph maximum wind gust measurement from a docked Coast Guard |vessel. This is the strongest tornado in recent memory within the |National Weather Service Jacksonville's area of responsibility in |southeast Georgia, northeast and north central Florida. Four |injuries were reported by officials at Naval Submarine Base Kings |Bay. The tornado continued on an east-northeast path across |Cumberland Island, beginning from Old House Creek and exiting into|the Atlantic waters just south of the Stafford Beach Campground. |The tornado path across Cumberland Island was estimated by |Cumberland Island National Seashore park
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.