Columbia County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Looking for storm and wind reports in Columbia County, Florida? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records show 60 severe weather events in the last 12 months — 39 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph, plus 21 hail reports with hail up to 0.88". 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.
Columbia County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Columbia County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Columbia County
Recent storms — full detail available in the app
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 →Storm log — the official record, day by day
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.
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 4 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 346 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Jennings to near Maxville. Movement was south at 25 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.”
- Wind 55 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 4 WSW Lake City SPC verified report
Sunday, August 9, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 635 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Five Points, or near Lake City, moving north at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and excessive cloud-to-ground lightning. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Excessive cloud-to-ground lightning is occurring. Locations impacted include...”
“At 609 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Watertown, or near Lake City, moving north 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... Lake City, Watertown, and Five Points.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, August 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 355 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Glen St. Mary, or 17 miles north of Raiford, moving west at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up 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... Macclenny, Glen St.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 401 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 12 miles northwest of Taylor to near St. George. Movement was northeast at 15 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.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 30, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 310 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Taylor, or 23 miles north of Raiford, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 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... Taylor, Macclenny, Glen St.”
- Hail 0.5" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 642 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Live Oak, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lake City, Live Oak, White Springs, Columbia, Winfield, Suwannee Valley, Luraville, Mcalpin, Wellborn, and Five Points.”
“At 605 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Suwannee Springs, moving southeast 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... Lake City, Live Oak, White Springs, Suwannee Springs, Columbia, Taylor, Winfield, Suwannee Valley, Belmont, and Wellborn.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 242 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Suwannee Springs, moving southeast 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... Live Oak, Jasper, White Springs, Suwannee Springs, Wellborn, Five Points, Winfield, Suwannee Valley, Belmont, and Houston.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 20, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 413 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Belmont, or 8 miles northeast of Suwannee Springs, moving north 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...”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 19, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 444 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Suwannee River State Park to near Wellborn. Movement was north at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 13, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1229 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles south of Willacoochee to 11 miles northwest of Stephen Foster State Park to 6 miles southeast of Fargo. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 1158 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Belmont to Lake City to Ichetucknee Spring. Movement was northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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...”
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 601 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Watertown to near Maxville. Movement was 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... Lake City, Macclenny, Glen St.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 445 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Taylor to 6 miles east of Mayo. Movement was southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lake City, Ichetucknee Spring, Columbia, Macclenny, Fort White, Glen St.”
“At 410 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Wellborn, or 8 miles south of White Springs, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 20, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 502 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Wellborn to near Fort White. Movement was east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and excessive cloud-to-ground lightning. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Excessive cloud-to-ground lightning is occurring. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 19, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 201 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Belmont, or 11 miles southwest of Fargo, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and excessive cloud-to-ground lightning. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Excessive cloud-to-ground lightning is occurring. Locations impacted include... Belmont.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 443 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Jennings to 6 miles south of Wellborn. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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...”
- Hail 0.5" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 13, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a couple of strong thunderstorms centered 12 miles east of Fargo, moving south at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 459 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles west of Taylor, or 16 miles northeast of Lake City. A strong thunderstorm was nearly stationary. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 24, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 651 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Columbia, or near Ichetucknee Spring, moving north 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... Lake City, Columbia, Wellborn, Five Points, Winfield, and Watertown.”
“At 656 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a couple of strong thunderstorms centered over Palestine Community, or near Lake Butler, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lake Butler, Palestine Community, Watertown, Lulu, and Olustee.”
- Wind 55 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 17, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 259 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles east of Belmont, or 14 miles south of Fargo. The strong thunderstorm was drifting north. Hazard: Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“At 629 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Belmont, or 11 miles north of White Springs, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 mph, half inch 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.”
- Hail 0.88" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 8, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 842 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles west of Stephen Foster State Park to 7 miles southeast of Fargo to near White Springs. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hilliard, White Springs, Taylor, St.”
“At 816 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 12 miles north of Fargo to near Jasper. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Jasper, Fargo, Stephen Foster State Park, Belmont, and Needmore.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 3, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 626 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Belmont, or 12 miles east of Jasper, moving northwest at 10 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... Belmont and Needmore.”
“At 604 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Belmont, or 11 miles southwest of Fargo, moving northwest at 10 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... Belmont and Needmore.”
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
6 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 111 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Belmont to near Mcalpin. Movement was east at 45 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 1246 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Live Oak, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Live Oak, White Springs, Suwannee Springs, Wellborn, Winfield, Suwannee Valley, Belmont, Luraville, Newburn, and Houston.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1015 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers and thunderstorms along a line extending from near Taylor to near Obrien. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, February 15, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 411 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a landspout over Columbia, or 7 miles north of Ichetucknee Spring, moving east at 55 mph. Hazard: Landspouts and wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 343 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Taylor, or 18 miles southeast of Fargo, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hilliard, Taylor, and St. George.”
- Wind 55 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, January 25, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 844 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms capable of producing a landspout along a line extending from Statenville to 8 miles west of Suwannee River State Park. Movement was 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.”
- Wind 50 mph Columbia County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Columbia County, FL?
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 60 severe weather events in Columbia County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in Columbia County recently?
Yes — 21 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
How do I see hail history for a specific address in Columbia County?
Create a free IDOLCheck account and run an address check. It shows verified storm reports and official NWS warning boundaries around any specific property, including the most recent 30 days — county-level pages like this one only tell part of the story.