A large grass fire was reported near Salt Springs.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A large grass fire was reported near Salt Springs.
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 4, 8:59 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
959 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011
...SLIGHT RISK OF SOME SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...
.PUBLIC UPDATE...AREA SOUNDINGS AND RADAR-DERIVED WIND DATA INDICATE
WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE ARE QUITE STRONG AND THE RUC MODEL INDICATES
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WITH AMPLE
SUNSHINE/HEATING...THESE WINDS WILL TRANSLATE TO THE SURFACE BY MIDDAY.
THUS...HAVE ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE FORECAST AREA
LATE THIS EVENING...WITH DAY 1 SPC OUTLOOK NOW INCLUDING PORTIONS OF
THE INTERIOR UNDER SLIGHT RISK. WILL LIKELY BEEF UP THUNDERSTORM
WORDING WITH AFTERNOON PACKAGE AND HAVE ALSO UPDATED HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT.
&&
.AVIATION...FORECAST CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT INCREASING WINDS THRU
THE DAY...WITH LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER 06Z. WILL CONTINUE VCTS WORDING FOR NOW...BUT
TEMPO GROUPS WILL BE NEEDED BY EITHER 18Z OR 00Z TAF PACKAGE.
&&
.MARINE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OFFSHORE LEGS BEGINS AT 4
PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...AND AT 7 PM EDT FOR THE NEARSHORE LEGS. MAY
NEED A GALE WARNING FOR THE OFFSHORE LEGS DUE TO WIND GUSTS...BUT
WILL EXAMINE THIS WITH AFTERNOON PACKAGE.
&&
.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 FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT
TUESDAY 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 FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EDT TUESDAY 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.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
TODAY...STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST...MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST REGION LATE IN THE
DAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR LAKE WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA...BUT HAVE REFRAINED FROM ISSUING ONE AS IT IS MARGINAL AT
BEST...AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THIS STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
RAISE TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S.
TONIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM THE WEST AS THE FRONT
MOVES IN...AND THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR A PRE-FRONTAL
SQUALL LINE. HAVE MADE MINOR CHANGES TO POP GRIDS...AND HAVE KEPT
CATEGORICAL TO LIKELY POPS OVER THE INLAND AREAS. MIN TEMPS WILL
DROP INTO THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S.
TUESDAY...COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AROUND SUNRISE. SOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING...WITH BULK SHEAR
EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA SUPPORTING
ORGANIZED STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND A TORNADO THREAT.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL GENERALLY END WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE AND
ANTICIPATE RAIN TO END FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN-MOST ZONES BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED...MAX TEMPS
IN THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S.
TUESDAY NIGHT...A VERY DRY AND COOL AIR MASS WILL SETTLE IN PLACE
FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT. DECREASING WINDS IN THE EVENING WILL
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE 40S WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
UPPER 30S OVER THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INTERIOR AND SUWANNEE RIVER
VALLEY.
WEDNESDAY...POST-FRONTAL HIGH WILL QUICKLY ADVANCE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...AND WILL PUSH OFF THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST IN
THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S...MIN
TEMPS IN THE 50S.
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. THERE IS A WARMING TREND...INTO THE UPPER 80S BY THE END OF
THE PERIOD.
&&
ZAPPEHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 948 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-051000- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 948 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SUSTAIN AT 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN...BUT HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ...SLIGHT RISK OF SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY MORNING... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH THE SEVERE THREAT ENDING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF ACTIVATE SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. ECZ
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A large grass fire was reported northwest of Salt Springs near 29.37N, 81.77W. The acreage was unknown, and the location was based on radar imagery.
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