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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 22, 202613 counties in Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2026, 9:47 AM EDT for 13 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 22, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2026, 9:47 AM EDT (13:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 22, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Union County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 22, 7:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 7:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 4:22 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 5:35 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more	4 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.