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WWUS82 KJAX 182302
SPSJAX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
702 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
FLZ030-031-136-232-236-237-240-340-422-522-182330-
EASTERN ALACHUA FL-SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA FL-WESTERN ALACHUA FL-
CENTRAL MARION FL-WESTERN CLAY FL-UNION FL-WESTERN MARION FL-
SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA FL-WESTERN PUTNAM FL-BRADFORD FL-
702 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRADFORD...ALACHUA
NORTHWESTERN
MARION...WEST CENTRAL PUTNAM...UNION...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 702 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PROVIDENCE TO NEAR
MELROSE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, PEA 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...
GAINESVILLE, OCALA, STARKE, RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES, LAKE BUTLER,
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, MELROSE, WORTHINGTON SPRING, CITRA, AND ALACHUA.
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 2904 8253 2921 8254 2922 8240 2948 8241
2948 8255 2954 8256 2954 8261 2979 8261
3016 8269 3011 8241 2991 8190 2968 8204
2922 8209 2904 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 346DEG 15KT 3006 8256 2967 8209
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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