252  
WUUS52 KJAX 202036  
SVRJAX  
FLC019-107-109-202130-  
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0223.260820T2036Z-260820T2130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
436 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...  
NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...  
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...  
 
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 435 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BARDIN, OR  
NEAR PALATKA, MOVING NORTH AT NEAR 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PALATKA, GREEN COVE SPRINGS, HASTINGS, EAST PALATKA, BOSTWICK,  
FEDERAL POINT, GEORGE'S LAKE, ORANGE MILLS, BARDIN, AND PICOLATA.  
 
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 THIS STORM. 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 THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2965 8151 2962 8188 2994 8184 2999 8169  
2997 8150  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 177DEG 16KT 2973 8168  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
SHASHY  
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