NWS Jacksonville FLSV.W 0060May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Clay, Putnam and St. Johns, FL
The National Weather Service office in Jacksonville issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Clay, Putnam and St. Johns in Florida, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 60th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Jacksonville issued in 2026. Florida had 68 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 81 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Florida's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 38 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jacksonville FL
- Area
- Clay, Putnam and St. Johns
- State
- Florida
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:52 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJAX SV.W 0060
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida since 2008Every warning type in Florida
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The notice as issued
SVRJAX 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 452 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over George's Lake, or 11 miles east of Keystone Heights, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Palatka, Hastings, East Palatka, Bostwick, Federal Point, George's Lake, Orange Mills, Bardin, Florahome, and Carraway.
What the agency told people to do
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida since 2008590 a year
- Every warning type in Florida
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels