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WWUS82 KJAX 182114
SPSJAX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
514 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
FLZ021-030-035-136-236-422-522-182200-
EASTERN ALACHUA FL-SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA FL-WESTERN ALACHUA FL-
UNION FL-SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA FL-SUWANNEE FL-GILCHRIST FL-
514 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT GILCHRIST...WESTERN ALACHUA
SOUTHWESTERN UNION...SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA AND SOUTHEASTERN SUWANNEE
COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 514 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELL TO NEAR HIGH
SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH, NICKEL SIZE HAIL, EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING, AND MINOR FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE. MINOR FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON, BELL, WORTHINGTON SPRING, ICHETUCKNEE SPRING, ALACHUA, HIGH
SPRINGS, ARCHER, FORT WHITE, WORTHINGTON SPRINGS, AND PROVIDENCE.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2970 8294 2977 8295 2980 8292 2981 8293
2983 8289 2988 8287 2990 8290 2989 8292
2992 8292 3008 8260 2992 8241 2949 8234
2948 8255 2954 8256 2953 8265 2956 8266
2956 8275 2958 8278 2958 8295 2961 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 329DEG 14KT 2982 8287 2979 8262
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
HESS
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