The twister lasted about five minutes and had max winds of 105 miles an hour, which, according to the NWS, damaged trees but did not injure anyone.
The tornado had a maximum width of 100 yards, the size of a football field, and traveled just over half a mile, starting just west of Heather Run Drive, eventually crossing Baymeadows Road and reaching just inside the Deerwood subdivision, before it dissipated.
In addition to the tornado that touched down in the Baymeadows area, the National Weather Service on Wednesday confirmed a second twister cut across part of Mandarin on Christmas Eve.
An NWS Survey today of damage in the Mandarin area from storms on 12/24 determined there was a QLCS tornado with max winds of 105 mph with a max width of 60 yards & an estimated path of just under 1 mile.
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