NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1:36 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2011
FLZ023>025-030>032-GAZ150-164-100000-
BAKER-BRADFORD-CHARLTON-CLAY-DUVAL-NASSAU-UNION-WARE–
1:36 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2011
…SMOKE AND ASH FROM HONEY PRAIRIE WILDFIRE WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST
THEN SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON…
PLUMES OF THICK SMOKE FROM THE HONEY PRAIRIE WILDFIRE IN THE
OKEFENOKEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST THEN SOUTH
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE PLUMES WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN WARE…SOUTHERN
CHARLTON…WESTERN NASSAU…DUVAL AND BAKER COUNTIES. SMOKE PLUMES
MAY ALSO IMPACT THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CLAY…BRADFORD AND UNION
COUNTIES AS WELL. VISIBILITIES NEAR AND JUST TO THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRE MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES.
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA…VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 5
MILES AT TIMES.
ASH FALLING FROM THE SMOKE PLUME MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. PERSONS
WHO HAVE RESPIRATORY ALIMENTS THAT CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SMOKE SHOULD
CONSIDER STAYING INDOORS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
CHANGES IN VISIBILITY.
05-09-11
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