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WWUS82 KJAX 182217
SPSJAX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
617 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
FLZ038-138-182300-
COASTAL FLAGLER FL-INLAND FLAGLER FL-
617 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FLAGLER COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM
EDT...
AT 616 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PALM COAST TO NEAR
ANDALUSIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH, HALF INCH 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...
PALM COAST, FLAGLER BEACH, BUNNELL, ANDALUSIA, BEVERLY BEACH, AND
ESPANOLA.
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.
LAT...LON 2947 8109 2946 8112 2943 8110 2942 8114
2941 8115 2927 8115 2926 8141 2940 8142
2939 8146 2940 8148 2945 8149 2949 8152
2959 8152 2960 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 008DEG 9KT 2955 8123 2954 8148
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
HESS
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