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WWUS82 KJAX 032038  
SPSJAX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
438 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2026  
 
FLZ136-236-032130-  
EASTERN ALACHUA FL-WESTERN ALACHUA FL-  
438 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ALACHUA COUNTY THROUGH  
530 PM EDT...  
 
AT 438 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, OR NEAR GAINESVILLE, MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AND MINOR FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY  
RAINFALL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GAINESVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE AIRPORT, NEWNANS  
LAKE, ROCHELLE, AND WALDO.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2954 8224 2956 8244 2983 8245 2979 8214  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 188DEG 11KT 2963 8233  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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