A wildfire broke out over Bacon county after a few days of hot temperatures an heat advisories.
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A wildfire broke out over Bacon county after a few days of hot temperatures an heat advisories.
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 Jul 29, 1:01 PM EST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 201 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...MUCH DRIER AND COOLER TONIGHT... .SHORT TERM...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CONVECTION ON THE BACK SIDE OF A COOL FRONT PRESSING SOUTHWARD OVER CENTRAL FL WILL SKIRT OUR SOUTHERN ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GNV-SGJ LINE. THE HRRR INITIALIZED WELL ALL DAY WITH PRECIP TRENDS...AND LEANED TOWARD IT WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLD TSTORM POTENTIAL THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVENING SOUTH OF JAX FOCUSED NEAR AND EAST OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN WHERE SHALLOW SFC CONVERGENCE WILL COINCIDE WITH LINGERING INSTABILITY WHERE SFC DEW PTS WERE STILL IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND TEMPS WERE NEAR 90. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SE GA AND THE I-10 CORRIDOR OF N FL...DRY AIR MIXED DOWN DUE TO INSOLATION AND DEW PTS DROPPED INTO THE MID/UPPER 50S OVER INLAND SE GA TO THE MID 60S ACROSS NE FL EARLY THIS AFTN. WITH THE DRY AIR IN PLACE AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT...LEANED ON THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE WITH MIN TEMPS FALLING BELOW CLIMO VALUES...EVEN NEAR RECORD VALUES AT JAX...RANGING FROM THE MID 60S INLAND TO MID 70S RIVER BASIN/COAST. COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOP OVERNIGHT GIVEN DRIER AIR ALOFT AND COOLER SFC TEMPS...BUT CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST. RECORD LOW TEMPS FOR JULY 30TH JAX 68/1894 GNV 62/1924 AMG 59/1954 SSI 69/1962 WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...DRY AIR OVER THE AREA WILL LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH PWATS FALLING TO AROUND 1 INCH. EXPECT ANOTHER DRY DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S PRODUCING LESS HUMID CONDITIONS. MOISTURE WILL START TO INCREASE ON THURSDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PM SEABREEZE CONVECTION. SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL AMPLIFY UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SE AND AFFECT MAINLY SE GA ON FRIDAY WITH POPS RETURNING TO AT LEAST CLIMO. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...DEEP-LAYERED TROUGHING WILL SHARPEN OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THIS WEEKEND...WITH THE AXIS LOCATED JUST WEST OF OUR REGION. THIS PATTERN WILL PROMOTE A SOUTHWESTERLY STEERING FLOW...WITH A CONTINUED WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT PROMOTING ACTIVE SEA BREEZES. EXPECT A RETURN TO A SEASONABLY WET WEATHER PATTERN...WITH HIGH-END CHANCE DIURNAL POPS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR CLIMO. && .AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR LESS A BRIEF PERIOD OF PREVAILING MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT VQQ AND GNV EARLY WED MORNING AFTER 07Z. REMOVED VCSH FROM ALL TERMINALS WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE THIS AFTN. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES WITH WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KTS OR LESS TONIGHT AS BROAD LOW PRESSURE MEANDERS OVER THE DEEP SOUTH AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NORTH OF THE REGION. EASTERLY FLOW 10 KTS OR LESS WILL PREVAIL LATE WED THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO THE NE...WITH SEAS 3 FT OR LESS. BY THE WEEKEND SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP WITH AN INCREASE TO 10-15 KTS LATE FRI INTO THE WEEKEND AS LOW PRESSURE TRIES TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE GULF COAST REGION. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TODAY AND LIKELY AGAIN ON WED. && .FIRE WEATHER...DRIER AIR ADVECTING INTO THE AREA BEHIND COLD FRONT WILL LOWER RHS'S INTO THE 30S WELL INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS AND FUEL MOISTURE WILL NOT MEET CRITERIA SO NO HEADLINES. RH'S WILL START TO INCREASE THURSDAY ALONG WITH RAIN CHANCES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 65 93 71 93 / 0 10 10 20 SSI 75 87 75 87 / 0 10 10 20 JAX 68 90 73 90 / 0 10 10 20 SGJ 74 89 74 87 / 20 10 10 20 GNV 67 91 70 91 / 10 0 0 20 OCF 69 92 71 91 / 20 0 0 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ENYEDI/ZIBURA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 136 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136- 149>154-162>166-300930- 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- 136 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GAINESVILLE TO SAINT AUGUSTINE LINE. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STORM MOTION WILL BE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...WITH A RETURN TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1043 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014
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0635 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNE WILLACOOCHEE 31.41N 83.02W
07/28/2014 ATKINSON GA 911 CALL CENTER
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER LINES ALONG TALMADGE
MCKINNON ROAD. THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS BASED ON RADAR
IMAGERY.
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AENYEDIThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
About 200 firefighters were battling a 600 acre wildfire located just north of Alma along Bennett Still Highway. Crews reported that the fire was 80 percent contained. Twelve homes were threatened. One forest service crew member was taken to the hospital due to heat related illness.
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