AREAS OF SMOKE CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST FLORIDA…
A SMOKE PLUME EMANATING FROM THE HONEY PRAIRIE WILDFIRE WILL LOWER
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 3 MILES AT TIMES TODAY. A WESTERLY WIND
THIS MORNING WILL TAKE THE THICKEST SMOKE EASTWARD FROM THE
OKEFENOKEE SWAMP TO NAHUNTA…RACE POND…FOLKSTON…AND HILLIARD.
SOME SMOKE WILL ALSO AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS FROM FERNANDINA
BEACH TO BRUNSWICK. HIGHWAYS MOST AFFECTED BY THE SMOKE INCLUDED BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO U.S. HIGHWAY 301 AND HIGHWAY 121. IN ADDITION…
MOST OF INTERSTATE 95 OVER CAMDEN COUNTY AND NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY
WILL BE IMPACTED BY SMOKE. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING… THE
SMOKE PLUME WILL SLOWLY SHIFT BACK AWAY FROM THE COAST AND THEN
NORTHWARD BY LATE EVENING.
THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS OR SENSITIVITY TO THE SMOKE
INCLUDING THE ELDERLY…YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS…SHOULD REMAIN
INDOORS WITH AIR CONDITIONING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE…TRY TO
LIMIT YOUR EXPOSURE TO SMOKE BY STAYING INDOORS WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND
KEEP WINDOWS CLOSED IN YOUR HOME.
07-05-11
10:30 hrs