Wildfire in Florida, April 16, 2011

Name: Wildfire in Florida, April 16, 2011
Start: 2011-04-16T15:53
End: 2011-04-16T15:53
Location: Florida

April 16, 2011 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A small wildfire was reported near Lynne.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.

A small wildfire was reported near Lynne.

What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 16, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
345 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...UPDATED FOR SCA FOR WINDS IN NEARSHORE WATERS...

.SHORT TERM...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS FCST AREA LATE THIS AFTN
AND EARLY TNGT. DYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION MAINLY NORTH OF OUR
FCST AREA...WITH GUID SUGGESTING WEAK SUBSIDENCE S OF JET STREAM
AXIS. UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND WEAK NEAR-SFC CONVERGENCE SUPPORTING A
FEW SHRA/TSRA AHEAD OF FRONT. MODEL GUID SUGGESTS THIS ACTIVITY
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE REMAINDER OF AFTN INTO THE EVNG. BEST RAIN
CHANCES DURING LATE AFTN HOURS APPEARS TO BE COASTAL SE GA WHERE AN
ISOLATED STRONG T-STORM POSSIBLE UNTIL ACTIVITY MOVES OFFSHORE.

WINDS GUSTING TO 30-35 MPH ACROSS FCST AREA...A LITTLE BELOW WIND
ADVY CRITERIA...SO WILL GO WITH JUST LAKE WIND ADVY ACRS FCST AREA
FOR REMAINDER OF THIS AFTN.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER FCST AREA SUN...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPS AND LIGHT WINDS. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT SFC AND ALOFT
IS MAINTAINED OVER FCST AREA MONDAY...WITH SOMEWHAT WARMER TEMPS
EXPECTED...ESP INTERIOR PORTION.

.LONG TERM...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT SFC AND ALOFT REMAINS OVER
FCST AREA TUE-THU. ON THU...SHORTWAVE PASSES WELL N OF FCST
AREA...BUT BRINGS WEAK COLD FRONT DOWN TO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
AL/GA/SC...BRINGING SLGT CHC SHOWERS TO NRN PART OF FCST AREA. FRONT
WASHES OUT N OF FCST AREA ON FRI WITH RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BECOMING ESTABLISHED AGAIN OVER AREA FRI NGT/SAT.

&&

.AVIATION...HAVE VCTS IN TAFS UNTIL AROUND 21Z WHEN CONVECTION
SHOULD BE ENDING. SW WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
TONIGHT WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

UPDATE...SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS NEARING 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ARE NOW EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN NEARSHORE WATERS. THUS...
HAVE ISSUED SCA FOR WINDS THROUGH 8 PM.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...SW WINDS WILL STAY UP THIS EVENING AND
THEN DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE NW AFTER MIDNIGHT. QUIETER
CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER
THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND THEN EAST OF THE AREA NEXT WEEK.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...STRONG WINDS TODAY AND VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS BUT
RH'S ONLY FALLING TO AROUND 40 PERCENT OVER PARTS OF NE FL SO NO
HEADLINES. DRIER AIR ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL PRODUCE CRITICALLY
LOW RH'S BUT WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND ERC VALUES WILL BE TOO LOW
FOR A WATCH/WARNING...THOUGH A DANGER STATEMENT MAY BE NEEDED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  49  77  48  83 /  10   0   0   0
SSI  56  72  57  76 /  10   0   0   0
JAX  53  77  50  82 /  10   0   0   0
SGJ  58  73  56  77 /  10   0   0  10
GNV  53  81  50  86 /  10   0   0   0
OCF  55  81  51  87 /  10   0   0  10

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
     ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-FLAGLER-
     GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-MARION-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-
     SUWANNEE-UNION.

GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR APPLING-
     ATKINSON-BACON-BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-CLINCH-COASTAL CAMDEN-
     COASTAL GLYNN-COFFEE-ECHOLS-INLAND CAMDEN-INLAND GLYNN-JEFF
     DAVIS-PIERCE-WARE-WAYNE.

AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALTAMAHA
     SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
     FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
     ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
     ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
     FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-ST AUGUSTINE
     TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM.

&&

ARS/EZ

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 1:20 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
220 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-171100-
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-
220 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH
EARLY EVENING...

GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
EARLY THIS EVENING.

AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS IS POSSIBLE OVER
COASTAL SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 10:24 AM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1124 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

GAZ150-163-161615-
CLINCH-WARE-
1124 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN WARE
AND SOUTHEASTERN CLINCH COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS
VALID UNTIL 1215 PM EDT...

AT 1124 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER CLINCH COUNTY...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES
THROUGH 1215 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK
ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3079 8237 3058 8224 3058 8237 3059 8254
      3059 8255 3062 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 238DEG 34KT 3063 8247

ZIBURA

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 10:56 AM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1156 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

FLZ024-GAZ150-164-161645-
CHARLTON-NASSAU-WARE-
1156 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WARE...NORTHWESTERN NASSAU AND CENTRAL CHARLTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS VALID UNTIL 1245 PM EDT...

AT 1156 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 16 MILES WEST OF HILLIARD...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND HILLIARD AND KINGS
FERRY THROUGH 1245 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3065 8185 3061 8223 3072 8224 3082 8198
      3083 8190 3079 8187 3078 8180 3079 8179
      3076 8178 3078 8177 3075 8173 3073 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1556Z 249DEG 31KT 3068 8217

ZIBURA

Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:03 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
203 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0139 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST JACKSONVILLE INTL ARPT  30.48N 81.71W
04/16/2011  M41 MPH          DUVAL              FL   ASOS

            PEAK WIND GUST OF 41 MPH OR 35 KNOTS MEASURED FROM 220
            DEGREES.

&&

ARS

Local storm report, Apr 16, 2:26 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
326 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0227 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 E ARLINGTON           30.33N 81.52W
04/16/2011  M41 MPH          DUVAL              FL   ASOS

            CRAIG AIRPORT ASOS MEASURED PEAK WIND OF 41 MPH OR 35
            KNOTS FROM 220 DEGREES.

&&

ARS

Local storm report, Apr 16, 2:33 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
333 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 S DUNGENESS           30.67N 81.46W
04/16/2011  M43 MPH          NASSAU             FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            NOS TIDE STATION AT FERNANDINA BEACH MEASURED PEAK WIND
            OF 43 MPH OR 37 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

&&

ARS

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Marion

When: April 16, 3:53 PM EST
Where: Marion forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement

A small one acre wildfire was reported near the intersection of County Road 314A and State Road 40. The location was about 2 miles ESE of Lynne.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, April 2011

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 288056.