Special Weather Statement issued October 9 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
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At 744 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a landspout over Keystone Heights, moving north at 25 mph. HAZARD...Landspouts and wind gusts around 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Starke, Interlachen, Keystone Heights, Melrose, Hawthorne, Lake Geneva, Florahome, Camp Blanding, Melrose Landing, and Orange Heights. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for northern Florida.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- FL, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Bradford; Eastern Alachua; Eastern Marion; Western Clay; Western Putnam; Central Marion
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-09T19:45:00-04:00
- states
- ["FL"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-09T19:45:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c8f39cceae6e82765ce4070dbabeba9843523667.001.1
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- []
- instruction
- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for northern Florida.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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