The Olive Wildfire in western Putnam county was burning since Nov. 24, 2011, north of State Road 20 just west of Interlachen and east of Melrose.
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.
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
The Olive Wildfire in western Putnam county was burning since Nov. 24, 2011, north of State Road 20 just west of Interlachen and east of Melrose. As of Jan. 9th, the fire had burned about 1000 acres in the Levy Prairie. Smoke from the fire combined with fog to produce near zero visibilities at times. Several roads were closed in the area on the 8th and 9th, including portions of State Road 20 between County Roads 315 and 20A. Ochwilla Elementary had to be closed on the 9th due to smoke in the area, and opened late on the 10th due to smoke. Several auto accidents were blamed on poor visibilities in the vicinity of the fire on the 8th and the 9th.
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 Jan 7, 8:38 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 838 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2012 .UPDATE... WEAK CONVECTION ALONG A SURFACE/LOW LEVEL TROUGH HAS ENDED OVER SE GA AS THE RUC INDICATED IT WOULD. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS SOUTH OF THE AREA. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PRODUCING TSTMS TO OUR NORTH WILL REMAIN THERE AND NOT EXPECTING ANY MORE SHOWERS TONIGHT...BUT MODELS SUGGEST A REPEAT OF SHOWERS MAINLY OVER SE GA SUNDAY AFTN. MODELS ARE NOT HITTING FOG QUITE AS MUCH TONIGHT ALTHO ADVECTION FOG IS STILL EXPECTED TO ADVANCE INLAND FROM THE GULF COAST AND MARCH TO THE EAST COAST LATE TONIGHT. HAVE TWEAKED GRIDS TO SHOW FOG BEGINNING AROUND 03Z WEST OF I-75 CORRIDOR AND STEADILY MOVING EASTWARD. OTHERWISE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS HAS BEEN MADE TO TEMPS. && .AVIATION...EXPECT LOWERING VSBYS/CIGS LATER TONIGHT ONCE LOW LEVEL TROUGH OVER SE GA AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BECOME DIFFUSE. TEMPS WERE IN THE LOWER 50S INLAND AROUND 830 EST...WITH DEW PTS NEAR 50 WITH CALM WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THUS AS DECOUPLING JUST ABOVE THE SFC INCREASES...SUSPECT VSBYS AND LOW CIGS WILL DEVELOP. HAVE GNV AND VQQ DROPPING TO VLIFR AROUND 06-07Z...WITH LIFR AT JAX AND CRG. WILL NEED TO MONITOR SSI WITH ONLY MVFR FORECAST AT THIS TIME SINCE MID CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASE FROM THE WEST. && .MARINE...WSW 10 KTS AND SEAS 1-3 FT TONIGHT. NO HEADLINES...EXCEPT IF DENSE FOG DRIFTS OFFSHORE OF THE COAST EARLY SUN MORNING AS WAS THE CASE THIS MORNING. VSBYS COULD BE 1 NM OR LESS IF FOG BANK DOES MATERIALIZE LATE TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK LIKELY ON SUNDAY DUE TO LINGERING LONG PERIOD EAST SWELLS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 47 73 49 74 / 10 10 10 10 SSI 51 68 53 71 / 10 10 10 10 JAX 48 73 51 75 / 10 10 10 10 SGJ 50 69 52 72 / 10 10 10 0 GNV 47 74 49 76 / 10 10 10 0 OCF 47 75 50 76 / 10 10 10 0 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && TRABERT/ENYEDI/LETRO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 503 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2012 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-081030- 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- 503 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2012 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE CAN BE EXPECTED. EASTERLY SWELLS WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. .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. MT
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Olive wildfire continued to burn through January 2012, with most impacts reported on the 8th-10th. Smoke caused road closures, auto accidents, and the closing of a school.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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