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WWUS82 KJAX 160356
SPSJAX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1156 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
FLZ031-035-136-236-240-340-160430-
EASTERN ALACHUA FL-WESTERN ALACHUA FL-CENTRAL MARION FL-
WESTERN MARION FL-BRADFORD FL-GILCHRIST FL-
1156 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN GILCHRIST
WEST
CENTRAL BRADFORD...ALACHUA AND NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES THROUGH
1230 AM EDT...
AT 1156 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCHER TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GAINESVILLE, CITRA, ALACHUA, ARCHER, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, SPARR,
ROCHELLE, CROSS CREEK, GAINESVILLE AIRPORT, AND NEWNANS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2922 8249 2922 8240 2948 8241 2948 8255
2954 8256 2953 8265 2956 8266 2957 8270
2963 8274 2992 8238 2978 8216 2932 8202
2918 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 230DEG 24KT 2958 8261 2924 8241
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HESS
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