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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 20, 202613 counties in Florida; 14 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 20, 2026, 12:38 AM EDT for 13 counties in Florida; 14 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 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 20, 2026, 12:38 AM EDT (04:38 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

All 27 counties

Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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 19, 8:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 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 20, 12:38 AM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	JAX	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Marion and 2 more	14 hr
Apr 20, 2:53 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	JAX	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 5 more	29 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2026 Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2026 Every red flag warning in 2026

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.