SKYWARN · Florida · Georgia

NWS Jacksonville JAX

29 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #fl-wx #ga-wx

1 active · 1 warning

NWS checked 11:28 PM

Flood WarningSevere · FLSJAX · until Thu 1:15 AM
Brantley, GA

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KVAX interactive ↗ · KVAX at College of DuPage ↗ · KJAX interactive ↗ · KJAX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · SE sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by JAX so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near Jacksonville yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS Jacksonville yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

14 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.400 MHz KEB97 · Lake Citycovers Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee · 300 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.550 MHz KHB39 · Jacksonvillecovers Camden, Charlton · 1000 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.425 MHz WNG522 · Palatkacovers Clay, Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns · 300 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.525 MHz WWF85 · Ocalacovers Marion · 250 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.425 MHz WWH39 · Brunswickcovers Brantley, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh · 300 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.450 MHz WXJ28 · Jesupcovers Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Liberty, Long, McIntosh (West), Pierce, Tattnall, Wayne · 300 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.475 MHz WXJ60 · Gainesvillecovers Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Putnam, Suwannee, Union · 1000 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.475 MHz WXK75 · Waycrosscovers Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Glynn, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Ware, Wayne · 500 W · NWS Jacksonville

162.525 MHz WXM65 · Baxleycovers Appling, Jeff Davis, Tattnall, Toombs · 300 W · NWS Jacksonville · ⚠ Out Of Service

162.400 MHz KIH26 · Daytona Beachcovers Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Orange, Putnam, Seminole, Volusia · 1000 W · NWS Melbourne

162.500 MHz KPS505 · Sumtervillecovers Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter · 1000 W · NWS Tampa Bay Area

162.400 MHz WWF38 · Invernesscovers Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Marion, Sumter · 300 W · NWS Tampa Bay Area

162.425 MHz WWF88 · Salemcovers Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor · 1000 W · NWS Tallahassee

162.500 MHz WWH31 · Valdostacovers Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes · 1000 W · NWS Tallahassee

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Jacksonville. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #fl-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Jacksonville · 29

FLC001 Alachua

FLC003 Baker

FLC007 Bradford

FLC019 Clay

FLC023 Columbia

FLC031 Duval

FLC035 Flagler

FLC041 Gilchrist

FLC047 Hamilton

FLC083 Marion

FLC089 Nassau

FLC107 Putnam

FLC109 St. Johns

FLC121 Suwannee

FLC125 Union

GAC001 Appling

GAC003 Atkinson

GAC005 Bacon

GAC025 Brantley

GAC039 Camden

GAC049 Charlton

GAC065 Clinch

GAC069 Coffee

GAC101 Echols

GAC127 Glynn

GAC161 Jeff Davis

GAC229 Pierce

GAC299 Ware

GAC305 Wayne