Lava fountains reached heights of up to 80 meters (262 feet) high during the December 23-25, 2024, Kīlauea summit eruption and tephra was deposited to the south across the old Crater Rim Drive (a closed part of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park). In this photo, taken around 10 a.m. HST on December 27, 2024, during a USGS Hawiian Volcano Observatory helicopter overflight, the medium-brown colored material draping the landscape to the south of the crater rim is the tephra from this eruption. It completely covered portions of Crater Rim Drive and is being more reworked by the wind with each passing day. The vents for the current eruption can be seen on the right side of the image along with plumes of volcanic gas. USGS photo by H. Winslow.
At 437 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Yulee, or 8 miles northeast of Jacksonville International Arpt, moving east at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts around 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Fernandina Beach, Yulee, and Amelia City.
At 422 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Crawfordville, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Crawfordville, St. Marks, Sopchoppy, Shadeville, Hyde Park, Arran, Tully, Plum Orchard, Panacea, Shell Point, Port Leon, Medart, Wakulla Beach, Buckhorn, Spring Creek, and Liveoak Island.
At 257 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Chipley to 11 miles northwest of Vernon. Movement was east at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Vernon, Chipley, Graceville, Bonifay, Marianna, Bradford, Cottondale, Ponce De Leon, Alford, Caryville, Wausau, Esto, Westville, Noma, Whitehead Crossroads, Cerrogordo, Gritney, Izagora, New Hope, and Noma Junction.
