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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 16, 20265 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2026, 11:48 AM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Brantley County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 5.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

325 
WUUS52 KJAX 161535
SVRJAX
GAC025-049-065-229-299-161615-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0021.260316T1535Z-260316T1615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1135 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Pierce County in southeastern Georgia...
  Southwestern Brantley County in southeastern Georgia...
  Central Ware County in southeastern Georgia...
  Northern Clinch County in southeastern Georgia...
  Northwestern Charlton County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 1215 PM EDT.

* At 1135 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Argyle,
  moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Waycross, Homerville, Argyle, Boggy Bay, Pebble Hill, Manor,
  Cogdell, Braganza, Dixie Union, and Jamestown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EDT for southeastern
Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3119 8269 3118 8267 3120 8267 3138 8244
      3107 8216 3082 8274 3103 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 233DEG 42KT 3101 8267 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

DUBOIS

1 follow-up statement

156 
WWUS52 KJAX 161548
SVSJAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1148 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

GAC025-049-065-229-299-161558-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-260316T1615Z/
Pierce GA-Brantley GA-Ware GA-Clinch GA-Charlton GA-
1148 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE...
SOUTHWESTERN BRANTLEY...CENTRAL WARE...NORTHERN CLINCH AND
NORTHWESTERN CHARLTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty winds are 
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EDT for southeastern
Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3119 8269 3118 8267 3120 8267 3138 8244
      3107 8216 3082 8274 3103 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 233DEG 42KT 3111 8252 

$$

DUBOIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	46 min
Mar 15, 11:35 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	11 hr
Mar 16, 5:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch	40 min
Mar 16, 5:56 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee	36 min
Mar 16, 6:24 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Pierce, Ware	23 min
Mar 16, 10:28 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	22 hr
Mar 16, 10:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Clinch, Echols, Ware	47 min
Mar 16, 10:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	52 min
Mar 16, 11:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols	37 min
Mar 16, 11:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	15 min
Mar 16, 11:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	46 min
Mar 16, 11:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Clinch, Echols, Pierce, Ware	40 min
Mar 16, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware	49 min
Mar 16, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Ware	28 min
Mar 16, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Glynn	37 min
Mar 16, 1:38 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	JAX	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 8 more	23 hr
Mar 16, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	33 min
Mar 16, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton, Ware	30 min
Mar 16, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Camden, Glynn	19 min
Mar 16, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.