A controlled burn for originally 70 acres transformed into a wildfire due to varying wind shifts near the marshlands. The resultant wildfire burned about 400 acres.
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.
A controlled burn for originally 70 acres transformed into a wildfire due to varying wind shifts near the marshlands. The resultant wildfire burned about 400 acres. Two homes were in danger, but fire fighters were able to save the structures. Roads were closed in the area including Black Hammock Island was shut down to traffic. Other roads west of the island that were closed included Nungezer Road, Cedar Point Drive and Boney Road.
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 2, 8:22 AM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 922 AM EDT TUE APR 2 2013 .UPDATE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT BRINGING A DRIER AIR MASS TO THE AREA. FULL SUN AND SUBSIDENCE ALOFT RESULTS IN MAX TEMPS WARMING TO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S EXCEPT A LITTLE COOLER AT THE COAST DUE TO A SEA BREEZE. && .AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES. WINDS VEERING TO NE THIS AFTERNOON 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TODAY. && .FIRE WX...DRIER CONDITIONS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TODAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING BELOW 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND ERC VALUES WILL NOT REACH CRITICAL LIMITS...THEREFORE NO EED FLAGS ARE WARRANTED. MOISTURE LEVELS INCREASE AGAIN WED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 78 48 76 56 / 0 0 30 70 SSI 72 56 71 60 / 0 0 20 70 JAX 78 51 77 61 / 0 0 20 50 SGJ 76 58 75 63 / 0 0 20 40 GNV 82 50 79 59 / 0 0 30 40 OCF 83 51 82 60 / 0 10 40 40 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && PP/ACS/JDS/KG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 457 AM EDT TUE APR 2 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-031100- 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- 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-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- 457 AM EDT TUE APR 2 2013 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... ...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON TWO GEORGIA RIVERS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PATCHES OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON...AND THE ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH OUR AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ONSHORE WINDS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES EXPECTED BY EARLY THURSDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO OUR REGION BY LATE THURSDAY...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH OUR AREA ON FRIDAY...POSSIBLY PRECEDED BY A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .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. NELSON
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Pumpkin Hill Preserve wildfire started as a controlled burn. Dry fuels combined with breezy and variable winds given the locations close proximity to the coast and nearby estuaries enabled the fire to quickly grow to a wildfire by noon on the 2nd. Overnight on the 3rd crews were able to control the fire. The fire burned 400 acres. No structures were damaged.
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