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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 6, 20266 counties in Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 7, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2026, 2:55 AM EDT
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Clay County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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 nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 294 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 2026-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 2026-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 2:12 AM EDTGale WatchJAX11 hr
Apr 6, 1:06 PM EDTGale WarningJAX61 hr
Apr 6, 1:08 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryJAXDuval, Flagler, Nassau, Saint Johns4 days
Apr 6, 2:17 AM EDTFire Weather WatchJAXAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols and 4 more24 hr

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.