Videos capture confirmed EF-0 tornado that toppled trees, branches in Bartram Park neighborhood

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite the damage caused by a confirmed EF-0 tornado in the Bartram Park area Tuesday afternoon, residents said they are grateful no one was injured.

Video from a camera mounted in the neighborhood shows the Greenbrier entrance (watch above). You can see the moment the tornado sweeps through because there’s almost no visibility for about 5 seconds before it calms back down.

NWS said the max wind speed of the tornado was 80 mph.

Heather Frazier, who lives in the Greenbrier neighborhood, said the tornado pushed her lanai in and ripped away a part of the screen.

Another neighborhood camera (watch below) captured a tree limb falling near a pool during the strongest part of the tornado.

The National Weather Service was out Wednesday surveying the damage as crews began cutting up toppled trees and branches and stacking them to the side.

Along with a messed-up lanai, Frazier has damage to parts of her roof and a tree.

“I’m most sad about my big giant willow tree,” Frazier said.

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Frazier said that the tree holds a special place in her heart.

“So it’s funny the willow tree is all over my Facebook because I’m always sitting out here with my coffee in the morning or my tea or my drink at night and with the sunset going down. So I was very sad,” Frazier said.

Frazier’s home wasn’t the only one that had damage in the neighborhood; several others were also impacted.

Scott Cordero, a meteorologist with the NWS, talked about the damage.

“We’re very fortunate it didn’t go across I-95 during rush hour,” Cordero said.

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Cordero said if the tornado had continued its path onto I-95, things could have been a lot different.

“Yes, we could have had a lot of vehicles, car accidents and stuff like that, lowered visibility,” Cordero said.

Cordero said when storms go through neighborhoods or wooded areas, it makes it easier for them to assess because there are more damage indicators present.

He also said the area was helped by a lack of sunshine on Tuesday.

“We had a lot of cloud cover ahead of time and we didn’t get the full daytime heating,” Cordero said. “We would have had more instability and probably a lot more tornadoes across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, if we had more daytime heating.”

Frazier said that even though she’s upset about the damage to her home, she’s glad no one was injured and that her package which was delivered right before the storm began didn’t blow away.