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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 19, 2026Atkinson County, Coffee County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 19, 2026, 8:20 AM EDT for Atkinson County, Coffee County, Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 19, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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: Apr 19, 2026, 8:20 AM EDT (12:20 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Atkinson County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 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 Apr 18, 7:26 PM EDT, 12 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 7:26 PM EDT, 12 hours 54 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
Apr 19, 2:26 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		48 hr
Apr 19, 1:32 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	JAX	Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Saint Johns	36 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.