Florida Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/08/2026 18:40

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 8 at 9:40PM EDT until May 8 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 8, 2026 - 6:40pm
Expires: 
May 8, 2026 - 7:15pm
Description: 
SVRJAX The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Nassau County in northeastern Florida... Northeastern Duval County in northeastern Florida... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 940 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Callahan, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Fernandina Beach, Callahan, Yulee, and Amelia City.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are 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.
Area Description: 
Duval, FL; Nassau, FL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jacksonville FL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov