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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1222 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL FL...
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/O.NEW.KJAX.FW.A.0006.260507T1600Z-260508T0000Z/
INLAND NASSAU-INLAND FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-
EASTERN CLAY-EASTERN PUTNAM-COASTAL FLAGLER-EASTERN MARION-
TROUT RIVER-WESTERN CLAY-NORTHEAST COASTAL ST. JOHNS-
WESTERN PUTNAM-SOUTH CENTRAL DUVAL-SOUTHEAST COASTAL ST. JOHNS-
WESTERN DUVAL-NORTHERN INLAND ST. JOHNS-SOUTHERN INLAND ST. JOHNS-
WESTERN ST. JOHNS-
1222 AM EDT WED MAY 6 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND NEAR CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY
VALUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND NEAR CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY
VALUES, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN FLORIDA, INLAND NASSAU, INLAND FLAGLER,
COASTAL NASSAU, COASTAL DUVAL, EASTERN CLAY, EASTERN PUTNAM,
COASTAL FLAGLER, EASTERN MARION, TROUT RIVER, WESTERN CLAY,
NORTHEAST COASTAL ST. JOHNS, WESTERN PUTNAM, SOUTH CENTRAL
DUVAL, SOUTHEAST COASTAL ST. JOHNS, WESTERN DUVAL, NORTHERN
INLAND ST. JOHNS, SOUTHERN INLAND ST. JOHNS AND WESTERN ST.
JOHNS.
* TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 97.
* IMPACTS...EXISTING OR NEWLY IGNITED WILDFIRES MAY EXHIBIT
ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR, SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO
CONTAIN OR SUPPRESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
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