Florida Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 06/18/2026 11:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 2:56PM EDT until June 18 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
June 18, 2026 - 11:56am
Expires: 
June 18, 2026 - 12:30pm
Description: 
SVRJAX The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Marion County in northern Florida... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 256 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ocala Airport, or near Ocala, moving northeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Ocala, Sparr, Anthony, Ocala Airport, Reddick, Lowell, and Burbank.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description: 
Marion, FL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jacksonville FL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov