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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 17, 2026Putnam County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2026, 3:08 PM EDT for Putnam County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 17, 2026, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Putnam County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1697 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
1697 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBradford23 min
Jul 17, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSaint Johns31 min
Jul 17, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion31 min
Jul 17, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion25 min
Jul 17, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion38 min
Jul 17, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion26 min
Jul 17, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCitrus31 min
Jul 17, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam29 min
Jul 17, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion27 min
Jul 17, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam23 min
Jul 17, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAlachua, Marion, Putnam34 min
Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam29 min
Jul 17, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua27 min
Jul 17, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam28 min
Jul 17, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGilchrist33 min
Jul 17, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXGilchrist36 min
Jul 17, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXColumbia28 min
Jul 17, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXGilchrist36 min
Jul 17, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee18 min
Jul 17, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXColumbia, Hamilton, Suwannee36 min
Jul 17, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton, Suwannee44 min
Jul 17, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Pierce37 min
Jul 17, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Bacon, Pierce46 min
Jul 17, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXJeff Davis46 min
Jul 17, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Jeff Davis21 min
Jul 17, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXEchols31 min

Nearby

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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.