Brush fires on the island expanded from 50 acres to almost 700 acres due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts to the west of the island.
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Brush fires on the island expanded from 50 acres to almost 700 acres due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts to the west of the island.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 26, 3:01 AM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 401 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 .SHORT TERM...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS IS JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA PROVIDING A MOIST SWLY FLOW THIS MORNING. A WEAK TROUGH AXIS IS LOCATED ACROSS SRN GA. EXPECTED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TODAY APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED ON WED. STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SEABREEZES AS WELL AS THE WEAK TROF. THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL PUSH INLAND WITH SCT TSTMS IN THE SOUTH PORTION MOVING NEWD AND MEETING THE E CST SEA BRZ LATE IN THE AFTN. TEMPS AT 500 MB WILL REMAIN NEAR -10C ALLOWING ISOL STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WET MICROBURSTS BUT A WEAK SHEAR ENVIRONMENT WILL PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD SEVERE. A POTENT LOW PRES SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES RGN WILL PUSH THE MID/UPR TROF SWD AND THE MEAN RIDGE AXIS WILL DRIFT TOWARD S/CTRL FL BY SATURDAY. THE NAM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPING A LOW OVER THE GULF OF MEX EARLY FRI AND MOVING IT INTO THE WRN FL PNHNDL SAT. THE GFS SHOWS A SFC TROF AND PRECIP BULLS EYE IN THE SAME AREA. THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE WILL BE WEST OF OUR AREA BUT WILL INCREASE LOCALLY ALSO. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THE WRN PORTION AND 50% ELSEWHERE FRI AFTN WITH A CONVERGENCE OF SEA BREEZES NEAR THE E COAST. BY SATURDAY THE DEEP MOISTURE SPREADS NEWD AND WILL GO WITH 50% POPS AREA WIDE ALTHOUGH THIS COULD BECOME LIKELY OR EVEN CATEGORICAL AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. WITH THE RIDGE AXIS TO THE SOUTH...WLY FLOW WILL BRING RAIN FROM THE GULF TO THE E COAST. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL ALTHOUGH INCREASING CLOUDINESS MAY KEEP MINS A TAD ABOVE AND MAXES A TAD BELOW. .LONG TERM...THE AFOREMENTIONED UPR TROF WILL PUSH INTO THE LOCAL AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED EACH DAY. HIGHEST POPS NEAR 50% ARE EXPECTED SUN/MON AS A FRONT PUSHES INTO GA. GFS INDICATES THE FRONT WILL PUSH INTO N FL TUE/WED RESULTING IN DRIER AIR PUSHING INTO SE GA. HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO POPS AND TEMPS THRU THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... TODAY SHOULD BE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. ANY PATCHY FOG SHOULD BURN OFF RATHER QUICKLY UPON SUNSET. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN ONCE AGAIN TODAY WITH A FOCUS ALONG MESOSCALE BOUNDARY INTERSECTIONS. WILL CONTINUE TO TIME BEST CHANCES DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS...MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AT ALL TERMINALS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. && .MARINE... LONG PERIOD SWELLS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATER TODAY WITH SEAS CLIMBING TO AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW HEADLINE THRESHOLDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS IN AFTERNOON SEABREEZES AND NOCTURNAL SURGES TO AROUND 15 KNOTS POSSIBLE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 94 69 91 71 / 50 20 50 20 SSI 89 75 88 75 / 40 20 50 30 JAX 92 72 92 72 / 40 30 50 30 SGJ 89 73 89 73 / 50 30 50 30 GNV 93 69 92 71 / 50 30 60 20 OCF 92 70 92 71 / 50 30 50 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && TRABERT/SHULER/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 451 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-271000- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 451 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING LIGHTNING STORMS...FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR CAR. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFF THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED EACH DAY. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. MKT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Brush fires grew from 50 acres to around 700 acres in 24 hours from strong thunderstorm wind gusts in the vicinity. On the 27th, the fire on the north end of the island grew to 1,200 acres. By July 4th, the fire had grown to 2,400 acres on the island.
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