056  
WUUS52 KJAX 202013  
SVRJAX  
FLC001-083-107-202100-  
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0221.260820T2013Z-260820T2100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
413 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN ALACHUA COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...  
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA...  
WEST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...  
 
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 413 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF WILLISTON TO NEAR ORANGE SPRINGS,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
INTERLACHEN, CITRA, HAWTHORNE, ROCHELLE, CROSS CREEK, ORANGE  
SPRINGS, HOLLISTER, MICANOPY, REDDICK, AND MCINTOSH.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING  
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING  
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR  
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2960 8238 2960 8213 2963 8174 2942 8182  
2930 8238  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 203DEG 10KT 2937 8231 2949 8189  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
SHASHY  
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