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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
144 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
INLAND NORTHEAST FL AND SOUTHEAST GA MONDAY AFTERNOON...
FLZ021-023-024-030-031-035-120-136-220-232-236-322-422-425-522-
GAZ162-190900-
/O.CON.KJAX.FW.A.0004.260420T1700Z-260421T0100Z/
SUWANNEE-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-UNION-BRADFORD-GILCHRIST-
EASTERN HAMILTON-EASTERN ALACHUA-WESTERN HAMILTON-WESTERN CLAY-
WESTERN ALACHUA-NORTHERN COLUMBIA-SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN DUVAL-SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA-ECHOLS-
144 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR CRITICAL HUMIDITY AND ELEVATED WINDS FOR
PORTIONS OF INLAND NORTHEAST FL AND SOUTHEAST GA...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN FLORIDA, SUWANNEE, BAKER, INLAND NASSAU,
UNION, BRADFORD, GILCHRIST, EASTERN HAMILTON, EASTERN ALACHUA,
WESTERN HAMILTON, WESTERN CLAY, WESTERN ALACHUA, NORTHERN
COLUMBIA, SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA, WESTERN DUVAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA. IN GEORGIA, ECHOLS.
* TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 81.
* 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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