Gilchrist County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 180 days · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Gilchrist County, Florida recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 22 hail reports with hail up to 0.88", among 37 severe weather events logged here in the last 180 days, together with 15 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.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Gilchrist County
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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.
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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.
Thursday, July 30, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 911 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a landspout 7 miles south of Obrien, or 11 miles west of Ichetucknee Spring, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Landspouts, wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph, excessive cloud-to- ground lightning, and pea size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
“At 656 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Dowling Park to 6 miles west of Columbia to Upland Pines. Movement was southeast 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" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 1256 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Trenton, moving southeast 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... Trenton, Archer, and Newberry.”
“At 813 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bell, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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. Excessive cloud-to-ground lightning is occurring.”
- Wind 55 mph Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 944 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near High Springs, or 9 miles southwest of Worthington Spring, moving southwest at 10 to 15 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...”
- Wind 50 mph Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 17, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“7 reports of trees and power lines down in the Trenton area. Time estimated via radar. (JAX)”
- Wind Unknown Trenton SPC verified report
Monday, July 13, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Fort White to near Trenton to near Manattee Road. Movement was east 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...”
“At 1151 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Ichetucknee Spring to 6 miles northeast of Cross City. 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. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1202 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles east of Trenton, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph, pea size hail, 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. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 341 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Ichetucknee Spring, moving 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... Ichetucknee Spring, Fort White, Obrien, Mcalpin, Branford, and Hildreth.”
- Wind 50 mph Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 442 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bell, moving northwest at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Bell.”
- Wind 50 mph Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — 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.”
- Wind 50 mph Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1239 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bell, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 mph, pea size hail, 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. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 13, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 333 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a couple of strong thunderstorms centered near Ichetucknee Spring, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Bell, Ichetucknee Spring, Fort White, and Hildreth.”
- Wind 50 mph Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 24, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 915 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near High Springs to near Sparr. Movement was north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph, frequent lightning, and heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 553 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms centered over Alachua, or 9 miles southwest of Worthington Spring, 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...”
- Wind 50 mph Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 17, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 434 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of Bell, moving north at 15 mph. Another area of storms were over northwest Alachua county moving northwest at 10 mph. 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 512 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fort White, or near Ichetucknee Spring, moving north at 10 to 15 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... Fort White.”
- Hail 0.88" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 16, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 759 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Trenton, moving northwest at 10 to 15 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... Trenton and Bell.”
“At 732 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Trenton, moving north at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 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... Trenton.”
- Hail 0.5" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 3, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 509 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Mcalpin to 9 miles southwest of High Springs. Movement was moving north at 10 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...”
“At 437 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Mcalpin to 7 miles northeast of Bell. These storms were moving north to northwest at 10 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...”
- Hail 0.5" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 145 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Race Pond to near Bell. Movement was northeast at 50 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...”
“At 600 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Obrien, or 9 miles east of Mayo, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 mph, pea size hail, and minor flooding due to heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1156 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of Archer to 6 miles north of Rainbow Lakes Estates. Movement was northeast at 30 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.”
- Hail 0.25" Gilchrist County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Gilchrist County, FL?
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 37 severe weather events in Gilchrist County over the last 180 days. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Gilchrist County recently?
Yes — 22 hail reports in the last 180 days, with hail up to 0.88" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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