Special Weather Statement issued October 10 at 6:51PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
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At 651 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hawthorne, or 9 miles north of Citra, moving north at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts around 40 mph and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is possible. Locations impacted include... Interlachen, Keystone Heights, Melrose, Citra, Hawthorne, George's Lake, Lake Geneva, Florahome, Melrose Landing, and Cross Creek. 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.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- FL, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Bradford; Eastern Alachua; Western Clay; Western Putnam; Central Marion; Western Marion
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-10T18:51:00-04:00
- states
- ["FL"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-10T18:51:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2d9627e7ac4c7210f02673217c9395a213e24468.001.1
- references
- []
- 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.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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