Arson caused a string of 8 to 12 fires over a 6 week period in the Treaty Park area of St. Johns county.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Arson caused a string of 8 to 12 fires over a 6 week period in the Treaty Park area of St. Johns county. Dry conditions fueled fire development.
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 Dec 14, 9:37 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
937 PM EST TUE DEC 14 2010
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...
.UPDATE...
TEMPS DROPPED OFF QUICKLY THIS EVENING WITH MANY LOCATIONS
DROPPING TO OR BELOW FREEZING BY 7 PM. DEWPOINTS REMAIN VERY LOW
WITH AMG CURRENTLY REPORTING A DEWPOINT OF 9 DEGREES. MSAS SURFACE
PRESSURE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT HIGH PRESSURE HAS NOSED ITS WAY
INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST WITH MANY SITES ALREADY COMPLETELY
DECOUPLED...PARTICULARLY OVER SE GEORGIA. SOME LIGHT DRAINAGE FLOW
HAS KEPT WINDS IN THE 3 TO 4 KNOT RANGE ALONG THE COAST. TEMPS ARE
STILL IN THE MID 30S AT THE COAST AND DOWN INTO THE MID TO UPPER
20S EVERYWHERE ELSE. HOURLY FORECAST IS PRETTY MUCH ON
TRACK...MAYBE A TAD LOW AT THE COAST...BUT OVERALL IN EXCELLENT
SHAPE. MID LEVEL CLOUDS UPSTREAM HAVE BEEN DISSIPATING OVER
CENTRAL GEORGIA AS THEY MOVE INTO EXTREMELY DRY AIRMASS. MODELS
STILL INSIST THAT SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL SPREAD OVER WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. PREVIOUS FORECAST HAS ALL OF
THIS WELL IN HAND AND NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE TEMP FORECAST
TONIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE
INTERIOR TO THE MID TO UPPER 20S AT THE BEACHES. JAX AND GNV
SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS BREAKING RECORDS TONIGHT GIVEN THAT THEY
ARE CURRENTLY ONLY 2 DEGREES AWAY FROM PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED
RECORDS FOR THIS DATE.
DEC 15TH
SITE RECORD MIN
---- ----------
JAX 25 IN 1962
GNV 26 IN 1989*
AMG 17 IN 1962
SSI 23 IN 1962
* AND PREVIOUS YEARS
&&
.AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR. FEW-SCT MID CLOUDS FROM THE NW SHOULD
BEGIN TO ARRIVE AROUND SUNRISE WED MORNING.
&&
.MARINE...OFFSHORE WATERS ARE EXPERIENCING SCEC CONDS WITH AN
OCCASIONAL GUST ABOVE 20 KT. SEAS ARE NOW 4-5 FT AT BUOY 41012.
WILL MAKE NO SIG CHANGES IN THE UPDATE.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...A FEW SITES CONTINUE TO REPORT RH'S LESS THAN 30
PERCENT AS DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS.
EXCEEDINGLY DRY CONDS EXPECTED AGAIN WED AND RED FLAGS ARE IN PLACE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 20 48 31 65 / 0 0 0 10
SSI 26 48 38 63 / 0 0 0 0
JAX 20 51 32 65 / 0 0 0 0
SGJ 24 51 36 66 / 0 0 0 0
GNV 17 53 29 66 / 0 0 0 0
OCF 17 54 29 68 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALACHUA-BAKER-
BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-MARION-
NASSAU-PUTNAM-SUWANNEE-UNION.
HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR FLAGLER-ST
JOHNS.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALACHUA-
BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-
HAMILTON-MARION-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-
FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-MARION-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-
SUWANNEE-UNION.
GA...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR APPLING-
ATKINSON-BACON-BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-CLINCH-COASTAL CAMDEN-
COASTAL GLYNN-COFFEE-ECHOLS-INLAND CAMDEN-INLAND GLYNN-JEFF
DAVIS-PIERCE-WARE-WAYNE.
AM...NONE.
&&
JDS/MKTHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1030 AM EST TUE DEC 14 2010 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-151000- 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- 1030 AM EST TUE DEC 14 2010 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS TONIGHT... COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY REACHING THE 40S. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER TODAY...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 30S MOST OF THE DAY. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE. SEE THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE DRY AIRMASS WILL BRING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. PP/SEC
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A string of 8 to 12 wildfires in St. Johns county was due to arson. Fires burned near the Treaty Park area and Flagler Estates. Homes were threatened at times, but no damage was reported. By the afternoon of the 16th, the fires had burned about 12-15 acres.
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