A wildfire started in the Halfmoon Lake area from an illegal camp fire. The fire burned a total of 150 acres before it was contained.
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 wildfire started in the Halfmoon Lake area from an illegal camp fire. The fire burned a total of 150 acres before it was contained.
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 6, 7:27 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
827 PM EDT SAT APR 6 2013
.UPDATE...SURFACE RIDGE AXIS JUST NORTH OF THE AREA PRODUCING AN
ONSHORE FLOW. ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL ADVECT INLAND TONIGHT WITH
SGJ ALREADY REPORTING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AT 00Z. ONLY MINOR
TWEAKS TO FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION...EXPECT MVFR CIGS AFTER 06Z TONIGHT AS STRATOCUMULUS
ADVECTS INLAND FROM THE ATLANTIC. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN
AFTER 14Z AS CLOUDS BREAK UP AS DAYTIME VERTICAL MIXING INCREASES.
PATCHY LIGHT FOG POSSIBLE INLAND LATE TONIGHT MAINLY AT GNV AND
VQQ.
&&
.MARINE...WILL LET SCA EXPIRE AT 01Z AND GO WITH SCEC FOR FL WATERS
AS WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASE. SEAS WILL BE SLOWER TO FALL AND REMAIN
IN 4 TO 6 FOOT RANGE OFFSHORE TONIGHT.
RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK THROUGH THE WEEKEND DUE TO ONSHORE
WINDS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 47 77 53 82 / 0 10 10 0
SSI 55 68 59 75 / 10 10 10 0
JAX 52 77 54 79 / 10 10 10 0
SGJ 56 75 60 77 / 10 10 10 0
GNV 50 78 54 83 / 0 10 10 0
OCF 53 79 55 84 / 0 10 10 10
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FERNANDINA
BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-ST
AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
&&
ZIBURA/WOLF/GUILLETHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1005 PM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-071000- 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- 1005 PM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MAY CONTINUE AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK DUE TO A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. .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.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Halfmoon Lake wildfire started on April 7th and continued into the 8th. The fire started south of State Road 40 about 5 miles WSW of Juniper Springs. The fire burned about 400 acres. Firelines were created around 200 homes in the Lakes in the Forest neighborhood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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