NWS Jacksonville FLSV.W 0261October 3, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Duval and Nassau, FL
The National Weather Service office in Jacksonville issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Duval and Nassau in Florida, which was in force until 8:15 p.m. local time on October 3. It was the 261st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Jacksonville issued in 2026. Florida had 1 severe thunderstorm warning in October 2026, against 9 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Florida's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 36 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jacksonville FL
- Area
- Duval and Nassau
- State
- Florida
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:39 p.m. EDT, October 3, 2026
- Expires
- 8:15 p.m. EDT, October 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJAX SV.W 0261
- 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... Western Nassau County in northeastern Florida... Northwestern Duval County in northeastern Florida... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 739 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bryceville, or 8 miles south of Callahan, moving north at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hilliard, Callahan, Ratliff, and Nassau Village-Ratliff.
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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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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, October 20262,023 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels