Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Alachua, FL
Official alert fields
What you need to know
- Applies to
- Alachua
- Effective
- Ended
- Official severity
- Severe
- Official urgency
- Immediate
- Official certainty
- Observed
What is happening
SVRJAX The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Alachua County in northern Florida... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 546 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alachua, or 7 miles west of Gainesville, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny...
What the bulletin says to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Full official description
Bulletin details
SVRJAX The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Alachua County in northern Florida... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 546 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alachua, or 7 miles west of Gainesville, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Gainesville, Alachua, Hawthorne, Archer, University Of Florida, Rochelle, Cross Creek, Orange Heights, Gainesville Airport, and Newnans Lake.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 5:46PM EDT until August 18 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
Official revision
Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Jacksonville FL. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
- CAP status
- Actual
- Message type
- Alert
- Last collected