Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12:00PM
The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Gilchrist County in northern Florida... Alachua County in northern Florida... Southern Bradford County in northern Florida...
* Until noon EDT.
* At 1121 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alachua, or near Gainesville, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Gainesville, Alachua, High Springs, Hawthorne, University Of Florida, Rochelle, Cross Creek, Orange Heights, Gainesville Airport and Newnans Lake.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BRADFORD, FL ... ALACHUA, FL ... GILCHRIST, FL
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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.
Address/Location
HS Alerts
18586 NW 238th St
High Springs, FL 32643
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 386-454-4089
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning