Wildfire, Flagler
- When
- April 9, 8:46 PM EST
- Where
- Flagler forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 29.471, -81.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 600 acre wildfire was reported near Rima Ridge.
Wildfire in Florida, April 9, 2016
A red flag warning was in effect due to a dry air mass and breezy northwest winds gusting up to 35 mph at times.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A red flag warning was in effect due to a dry air mass and breezy northwest winds gusting up to 35 mph at times.
What forecasters said that day
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 9, 7:46 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 7:46 PM EST, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 846 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 .UPDATE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NW WITH ONLY SCATTERED THIN CIRRUS WILL LEAD TO MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 5 MPH OR LESS INLAND WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S OVER INTERIOR SE GA AND LOWER 40S OVER INTERIOR NE FL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER AT THE COAST WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. DECREASING NW WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NE ON SUNDAY WITH AN INCREASE IN AFTERNOON STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST. && .MARINE...NW WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST BY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NW BUILDS E. WINDS AND SEAS WILL STAY ELEVATED THROUGH SUNDAY AND SMALL CRAFTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK BECOMING MODERATE ON SUNDAY AS WINDS BECOME ONSHORE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 38 70 51 80 / 0 0 0 0 SSI 50 66 60 73 / 0 10 0 0 JAX 45 71 57 78 / 0 10 10 0 SGJ 52 71 61 75 / 0 10 0 0 GNV 44 76 55 81 / 0 0 0 0 OCF 45 77 57 82 / 0 0 0 0 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ZIBURA/PETERSON/COMBS
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 6:07 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 707 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-100900- COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING- WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN- ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 707 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...MINOR RIVER FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY IN NORTH FLORIDA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SEVERAL RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE IN MINOR FLOOD. RIVERS WITHIN THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING THE ALAPAHA... WITHLACOOCHEE AND SANTA FE WERE NEAR OR IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AN INCREASE IN RIP CURRENT RISK EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SURF. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 9, 4:51 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
551 PM EDT SAT APR 09 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0546 PM WILDFIRE 12 SSE BUNNELL 29.30N 81.21W
04/09/2016 FLAGLER FL EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS A 600 ACRE WILDFIRE NEAR RIMA
RIDGE.
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COMBSThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, April 9, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, April 9 to 10, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 9 to 10, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in Maryland, April 9 to 10, 2016
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, April 9, 2016
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2016
- Heavy Rain in California, April 9 to 10, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 9 to 10, 2016
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, April 9, 2016
- High Wind in North Carolina, April 9, 2016
- High Wind in Virginia, April 9, 2016
- High Wind in Virginia, April 9, 2016
More
Every storm in Florida in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, April 2016
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 624286.