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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
947 AM EDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE PRESENT FOR INLAND AREAS
OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...
.A COMBINATION OF A DRY, ANOMALOUSLY WARM, AND BREEZY WEATHER
TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUEL BEDS AND LEAD TO RED
FLAG CONDITIONS.
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BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-UNION-BRADFORD-INLAND FLAGLER-
EASTERN HAMILTON-EASTERN CLAY-EASTERN ALACHUA-EASTERN PUTNAM-
EASTERN MARION-TROUT RIVER-WESTERN CLAY-WESTERN PUTNAM-
CENTRAL MARION-NORTHERN COLUMBIA-SOUTH CENTRAL DUVAL-
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN DUVAL-WESTERN ST. JOHNS-
947 AM EDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS FOR
PORTIONS OF INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA BETWEEN INTERSTATE 75 AND
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDORS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY, BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS, AND
CRITICALLY DRY DROUGHT-STRICKEN FUELS. THIS WILL BE IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN FLORIDA, BAKER, INLAND NASSAU, UNION,
BRADFORD, INLAND FLAGLER, EASTERN HAMILTON, EASTERN CLAY,
EASTERN ALACHUA, EASTERN PUTNAM, EASTERN MARION, TROUT RIVER,
WESTERN CLAY, WESTERN PUTNAM, CENTRAL MARION, NORTHERN
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CENTRAL DUVAL, SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA, WESTERN
DUVAL AND WESTERN ST. JOHNS.
* TIMING...
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AROUND 15 MPH AND GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 87.
* IMPACTS...EXISTING WILDFIRES MAY BEHAVE ERRATICALLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. CONTROLLING NEW AND EXISTING
WILDFIRES WILL BECOME MORE DIFFICULT FOR RESPONDING
LAND MANAGERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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