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Gale Warning 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 12, 2026

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this gale warning at Mar 12, 2026, 3:25 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2026, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 12, 3:21 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 3:21 AM EDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 8:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	41 min
Mar 12, 9:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Suwannee	29 min
Mar 12, 9:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee	45 min
Mar 12, 9:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia, Suwannee	32 min
Mar 12, 10:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Baker	29 min
Mar 12, 10:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		65 min
Mar 12, 10:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Columbia	30 min
Mar 12, 10:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	30 min
Mar 12, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	33 min
Mar 12, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	34 min
Mar 12, 11:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	28 min
Mar 12, 11:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	44 min
Mar 12, 11:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		58 min
Mar 12, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Duval	28 min
Mar 12, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		58 min
Mar 12, 7:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Ware	53 min
Mar 12, 7:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	36 min
Mar 12, 8:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce and 2 more	51 min
Mar 12, 8:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Clinch	19 min
Mar 12, 8:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Ware	27 min
Mar 12, 8:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Echols, Pierce, Ware	44 min
Mar 12, 9:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Brantley, Pierce, Ware, Wayne	43 min
Mar 12, 9:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	35 min
Mar 12, 9:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	26 min
Mar 12, 9:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Glynn	24 min
Mar 12, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden, Glynn	36 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.