Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 180 days · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Clay County, Florida recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 63 hail reports with hail up to 0.75", among 123 severe weather events logged here in the last 180 days, together with 60 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Wellborn to Doctors Inlet. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph, excessive cloud-to-ground lightning, and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Wellborn to Doctors Inlet. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph, excessive cloud-to-ground lightning, and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 459 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Normandy, or 7 miles southwest of Jacksonville, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph, excessive cloud-to-ground lightning, and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Excessive cloud-to-ground lightning is occurring.”
“At 459 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Normandy, or 7 miles southwest of Jacksonville, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph, excessive cloud-to-ground lightning, and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Excessive cloud-to-ground lightning is occurring.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 404 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Middleburg to near Interlachen. Movement was north at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph, excessive cloud-to-ground lightning, and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 127 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Kingsley, or near Starke, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Starke, Middleburg, Kingsley, Sampson, Camp Blanding, Penney Farms, Lawtey, and Asbury Lake.”
7 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 546 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near New River, or 7 miles east of Worthington Spring, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 to 50 mph.. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 529 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bostwick, or 9 miles north of Palatka, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up around 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 701 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Starke, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Starke, Kingsley, Camp Blanding, and Lawtey.”
1 SPC verified storm report
“Tree down on powerlines along county road 218 near Louie Carter Rd. (JAX)”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 642 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Orange Park, moving north at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, Orange Park, Mandarin, Fruit Cove, Arlington, Fleming Island, Cisco Gardens, Ortega, Switzerland, and Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace.”
“At 642 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Orange Park, moving north at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, Orange Park, Mandarin, Fruit Cove, Arlington, Fleming Island, Cisco Gardens, Ortega, Switzerland, and Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 758 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sanderson, or 7 miles north of Raiford, moving southwest at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is possible. Locations impacted include... Raiford, Glen St.”
“At 822 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Raiford, moving south at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Starke, Raiford, Beasley, Lawtey, Johnstown, and Ellerbee.”
1 SPC verified storm report · 6 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 124 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Folkston to near Cisco Gardens to near Middleburg. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 124 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Folkston to near Cisco Gardens to near Middleburg. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
8 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 556 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Baymeadows, or near Unf. A strong thunderstorm was nearly stationary. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 532 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over East Palatka, moving north at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Palatka, Pomona Park, Hastings, East Palatka, Bostwick, Federal Point, Orange Mills, Bardin, Satsuma, and San Mateo.”
1 SPC verified storm report
“Large tree down in backyard... destroying screened in porch. (JAX)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 504 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Keystone Heights, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
6 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 610 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bostwick, or 8 miles northwest of Hastings, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Green Cove Springs, Bostwick, Federal Point, Picolata, and Bakersville.”
“At 610 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bostwick, or 8 miles northwest of Hastings, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Green Cove Springs, Bostwick, Federal Point, Picolata, and Bakersville.”
5 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 545 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Guana River State Park to near Green Cove Springs. Movement was north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 545 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Guana River State Park to near Green Cove Springs. Movement was north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 544 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Middleburg to near Alachua. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 544 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Middleburg to near Alachua. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 534 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Nas Jax, or near Orange Park, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, Orange Park, Unf, Arlington, Mandarin, Nas Jax, Baymeadows, Ortega, San Marco, and Riverside.”
“At 418 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over San Marco, or near Arlington, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 340 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace to near Marineland. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is possible.”
“At 340 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace to near Marineland. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor flooding due to heavy rainfall is possible.”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 626 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Callahan to near Oakleaf Plantation. Movement was east at 10 mph. Outflow boundary and storms could produce gusts 40 to 50 mph. Colliding boundaries could spin up a quick landspout. Hazard: Landspouts and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
“At 626 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Callahan to near Oakleaf Plantation. Movement was east at 10 mph. Outflow boundary and storms could produce gusts 40 to 50 mph. Colliding boundaries could spin up a quick landspout. Hazard: Landspouts and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 425 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lake Geneva, or near Keystone Heights, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 mph, pea size hail, and excessive cloud-to-ground lightning. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 605 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Middleburg, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Middleburg and Oakleaf Plantation.”
“At 520 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near St. George, or 18 miles southwest of Callahan, moving east at 5 mph. Additionally, outflow winds from other thunderstorms may cause strong wind gusts. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Macclenny, Glen St. Mary, St.”
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 441 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fruit Cove, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 441 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fruit Cove, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
5 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 252 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bostwick, or 11 miles south of Green Cove Springs, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 252 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bostwick, or 11 miles south of Green Cove Springs, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 256 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a landspout near Glen St. Mary, or 10 miles north of Raiford, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Landspouts and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Macclenny, Glen St.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lake Geneva, or near Putnam Hall, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Bostwick, George's Lake, Florahome, and Putnam Hall.”
“At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lake Geneva, or near Putnam Hall, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Bostwick, George's Lake, Florahome, and Putnam Hall.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 308 PM EDT/208 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms in the Florida Panhandle, southeast Alabama, and extreme southwest Georgia. These storms are drifting around 5 to 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph, hail up to penny sized, and heavy rain. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
2 SPC verified storm reports · 13 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 230 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Maxville to Keystone Heights. Movement was northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 230 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Maxville to Keystone Heights. Movement was northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
8 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 908 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms centered near Doctors Inlet, or near Middleburg, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 908 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms centered near Doctors Inlet, or near Middleburg, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 123 severe weather events in Clay County over the last 180 days. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 63 hail reports in the last 180 days, with hail up to 0.75" recorded.
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