NWS Jacksonville FLFW.W 0009April 20, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Suwannee, Inland Nassau, Gilchrist and 21 more, FL and GA
The National Weather Service office in Jacksonville issued a red flag warning for Suwannee, Inland Nassau, Gilchrist and 21 more in Florida, Georgia, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on April 20. It was the 9th red flag warning the NWS office in Jacksonville issued in 2026. Florida had 11 red flag warnings in April 2026, against 18 in an average April of 2008-2025 (Florida's red flag warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 12 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jacksonville FL
- Area
- Suwannee, Inland Nassau, Gilchrist and 21 more
- State
- Florida
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:38 a.m. EDT, April 20, 2026
- In force from
- 8:00 a.m. EDT, April 20, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. EDT, April 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KJAX FW.W 0009
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST GA AND INLAND NORTHEAST FL THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * AFFECTED AREA...In Florida, Suwannee, Inland Nassau, Gilchrist, Eastern Hamilton, Western Hamilton, Northern Columbia, Southeastern Columbia and Southwestern Columbia. In Georgia, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Bacon, Appling, Wayne, Atkinson, Pierce, Brantley, Inland Glynn, Echols, Clinch, Inland Camden, Northern Ware, Northeastern Charlton, Southern Ware and Western Charlton. * TIMING...Monday morning through evening. * WINDS...Northeast around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 14 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 81. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...Existing or newly ignited wildfires may exhibit erratic fire behavior, spread rapidly and become difficult to contain or suppress.
What the agency told people to do
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.