Fire Weather Watch

Locations Affected

Jacksonville, FL ∙ Gainesville, FL ∙ Palm Coast, FL ∙ Ocala, FL ∙ Saint Marys, GA ∙ Clark, FL ∙ Rochelle, FL ∙ Lochloosa, FL ∙ Nassau Village-Ratliff, FL ∙ East Palatka, FL

Headline

Red flag warning this afternoon and evening for locations from waycross southward...
fire weather watches remain posted area-wide from early monday afternoon through early monday evening...

Full Alert Message

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1253 AM EST Sun Feb 22 2026 Red flag warning this afternoon and evening for locations from waycross southward... fire weather watches remain posted area-wide from early monday afternoon through early monday evening... ...red flag warning remains in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 9 PM EST this evening for low humidity and strong northwesterly winds for portions of southeastern georgia and all of northeast and north central florida... ...fire weather watch remains in effect from monday afternoon through monday evening for low humidity and strong northwesterly winds for all of southeast georgia, northeast and north central florida... * affected area, in florida, suwannee, baker, inland nassau, union, bradford, gilchrist, inland flagler, eastern hamilton, coastal nassau, coastal duval, eastern clay, eastern alachua, eastern putnam, coastal flagler, eastern marion, western hamilton, trout river, western clay, northeast coastal st. johns, western alachua, western putnam, central marion, northern columbia, south central duval, southeast coastal st. johns, western marion, southeastern columbia, western duval, northern inland st. johns, southwestern columbia, southern inland st. johns and western st. johns. in georgia, echols, clinch, northeastern charlton, southern ware and western charlton. * timing, 1 PM to 9 PM sunday. * winds, northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * relative humidity, as low as 20 percent. * temperatures, up to 72. * impacts, ongoing wildfires will become difficult to contain and newly ignited fires may exhibit erratic fire behavior. rapid rates of wildfire spread is expected. precautionary/preparedness actions... 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. 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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