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• HAIL EVENT - ALACHUA COUNTY (Added 04/11/2025)
  Lots of people in and around Gainesville experienced large hail when some storms crossed Alachua County. More info here.
• MARCH 2024 ALACHUA COUNTY SPOTTER TRAINING CLASS RESCHEDULED (Added 05/01/2024)
  The March spotter training class has been rescheduled for May 28th. More info here.
• MARCH 2024 ALACHUA COUNTY SPOTTER TRAINING CLASS CANCELED (Added 03/25/2024)
  The March spotter training class has been canceled. More info here.
• MARCH 2024 ALACHUA COUNTY SPOTTER TRAINING CLASS (Added 02/15/2024)
  Another spotter training class coming up for Alachua County. More info here.
• UPCOMING 2023 ALACHUA COUNTY SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES (Added 10/16/2023)
  Been a while, but NWS-JAX just posted some class dates for Alachua County. More info here.
• YAHOO TERMINATING EMAIL LISTGROUPS IN TWO MONTHS! (Added 10/12/2020)
  This action will affect the ACSKYWARN and ACEMWIN email listgroups, locally. We're scrambling to find a new server locaiton to handle the listgroup mail in the time allowed us to continue. More info here.
• TS SYSTEM SALLY ENTERING GULF (Added 09/13/2020)
  The National Hurricane Center continues to issue advisories on Tropical Storm Sally. For more information, click here.
• PROBLEMS WITH ACS TWITTER PAGE FIXED (Added 08/29/2019)
  More about it here.
• UPDATE: AUTOMATED FACEBOOK WEATHER BULLETIN POSTS STILL GOING! (Added 08/25/2019)
  So far, so good! Our Facebook posts are still making it out even though many EMWIN sysops across the country have been blocked. But we are unable to explain why. More about it here.
• HEADS UP: AUTOMATED FACEBOOK WEATHER BULLETIN POSTS TO BE BLOCKED (Added 08/01/2018)
  New Facebook security policies blocking weather bulletin postings from EMWIN servers around the world started August 1st. More information can be found HERE.
• 2017 ECLIPSE VIDEOS! (Added 08/25/2017)
  If you missed the eclipse, we went to Gaston South Carolina and took some videos. You can view them HERE.
• 2017 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE - Monday, August 21st! (Added 08/15/2017)
  There will be a total solar eclipse crossing the nation on August 21st. Gainesville should see an 84% partial. See here for more information...
• Alachua Co. SKYWARN Quad HD Smartphone Wallpaper Now Available (01/28/2016)
  Just created some wallpaper that will fit on most !uad HD displays. See here for more information...
• NEW EMWIN INGEST ENGINE NOW OPERATIONAL
  The new bulletin ingest engine is now up and operating. See here for more.
• Online Spotter Training Classes!
  See here for a list of upcoming online spotter training classes in the NWS-JAX County Warning Area!
• New Photo: Lightning Over UF!
  Local storm spotter Dr. Steven Robicsek has provided us with yet another stunning weather-related photograph with the University of Florida in the background. Click here! for more info!
• ACEMWIN-HURR-L List Gets Publicity Boost from NOAA
  The ACEMWIN-HURR-L Hurricane Bulletins Listgroup web site suddenly saw astronomical leaps in hits (on the order of nearly 2000 hits in the week starting 7/16/2013) while the listgroup itself saw also a huge increase in list membership that jumped from 36 users to nearly 400 in that same week - thanks to some recent web publicity help from NOAA. Click here! for more word about it.
• RADAR and Satellite data being added to ACS Storm Spotter Field Guide
  We've been learning some new radar and satellite image editing software and are in the process of adding lots of radar and satellite imagery to each storm event. Click here! for more about that.
• Photo of March 24, 2012 Alachua Funnel Cloud/Tornado!
  It could well be the very first photo ever taken within Alachua County of a funnel/tornado.See here for more information!
• How To View A KSC Rocket Launch In Gainesville
  A common question people are asking of late, especially now that the shuttle era is over, is whether one can actually see a launch from Gainesville. The next natural question that goes along WITH it is WHERE you can go to see a launch. The answer is "yes". You CAN see a launch from Gainesville. See this page for some examples of what a launch looks like from here, as well as the answer as to where to find a good location to view a launch.
• ALACHUA COUNTY AREA STORM SPOTTER'S FIELD GUIDE
  We're putting together a compilation of real examples of local area storm features for local storm spotters to use to help them in identifying things. If you have anything that you think might make a good addition to the Guide, please feel free to contact us. If we deem it worthy, we'll add your photos - with credit to you, of course! Click here to take a look!

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