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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
541 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

AMZ450-452-454-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-
162>166-031800-
ALACHUA-ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-
APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-CAMDEN (COASTAL)-
CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT TO 20 NM-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-
GLYNN (COASTAL)-GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-
PIERCE-PUTNAM-ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-
SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
541 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2007

..SMOKE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS TODAY...

LARGE WILDFIRES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY DENSE SMOKE AND
ABUNDANT SMOKE AND HAZE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST
FLORIDA TODAY. ANOTHER WILDFIRE IN SOUTHERN FLAGLER COUNTY IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA HAS PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE WHICH WILL
ALSO AFFECT AREAS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST.

LOCALLY DENSE SMOKE MAY IMPACT DOUGLAS...WAYCROSS...BLACKSHEAR...
ALMA...PEARSON...NAHUNTA...FOLKSTON AND HOMERVILLE THIS MORNING.
VISIBILITIES IN THESE AREAS MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 2 MILES AT
TIMES. ELSEWHERE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE GENERALLY REDUCED TO 3 TO 5
MILES AT TIMES IN SMOKE AND HAZE. LIGHT WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL ALLOW
THE SMOKE TO DRIFT SOUTHWEST THEN NORTHWEST BY THE AFTERNOON.

COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU PLEASE DO NOT CALL 9 1 1 TO
REPORT A FIRE UNLESS YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE FLAMES.

PERSONS WHO HAVE RESPIRATORY AILMENTS THAT CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SMOKE
SHOULD CONSIDER STAYING INDOORS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT
FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY.

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MKT

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