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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Jacksonville, FL

June 18, 2026Appling County, Pierce County, Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT for Appling County, Pierce County, Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Appling County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2026-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1831 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2026-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 8:14 AM EDT, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 8:14 AM EDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:13 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:19 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 5 more9 hr
Jun 18, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion28 min
Jun 18, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion34 min
Jun 18, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion32 min
Jun 18, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam28 min
Jun 18, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion27 min
Jun 18, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam23 min
Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion10 min
Jun 18, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam34 min
Jun 18, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay35 min
Jun 18, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX54 min
Jun 18, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion32 min
Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam29 min
Jun 18, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXLake20 min
Jun 18, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX60 min
Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns34 min
Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler31 min
Jun 18, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion21 min
Jun 18, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler31 min
Jun 18, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX68 min
Jun 18, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler31 min
Jun 18, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX57 min
Jun 18, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX55 min
Jun 18, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX28 min
Jun 18, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX67 min
Jun 18, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX64 min
Jun 18, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXJeff Davis36 min
Jun 18, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling37 min
Jun 18, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne32 min
Jun 18, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley31 min
Jun 18, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne37 min
Jun 18, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWare23 min
Jun 18, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Pierce29 min
Jun 18, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling30 min
Jun 18, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWayne30 min
Jun 18, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGlynn9 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.