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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2016, 3:06 AM EDT for 8 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2016, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:46 PM EDT | WILDFIRE | 12 Sse Bunnell, FL | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS A 600 ACRE WILDFIRE NEAR RIMA RIDGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417 WWUS82 KJAX 090706 RFWJAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 306 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-092300- /O.UPG.KJAX.FW.A.0001.160409T1600Z-160409T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.FW.W.0002.160409T1700Z-160409T2300Z/ COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE- BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON- INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 306 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 132...133...134...135... 136...149...150...151...152...153...154...162...163...164... 165 AND 166. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...15-20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * 10-HR FUEL MOISTURE...5-7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-092300- /O.NEW.KJAX.FW.W.0002.160409T1700Z-160409T2300Z/ HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 306 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...023... 024...025...030...031...032...033...035...036...037...038... 040...124 AND 125. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...27-33 UNITS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NELSON
1 follow-up statement
472 WWUS82 KJAX 092303 RFWJAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 703 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166- 100015- /O.EXP.KJAX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160409T2300Z/ HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING- WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN- ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 703 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Long, Wayne | 6 days |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.