Hurricane-spawned tornadoes have hit St. Johns County before, official says
Kelly Wilson highlighted that hurricanes can spawn tornadoes, pointing to Hurricane Irma (2017) and a Crescent Beach tornado that removed a condo's top story as local evidence.
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Wilson told listeners that tornadoes are an inherent hazard in hurricanes, produced by the storms' structure and wind dynamics. "That storm spawned multiple tornadoes in St. Johns County," she said when describing Hurricane Irma's impacts.
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