Fire Weather Watch issued October 16 at 7:42AM CDT until October 17 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Mobile AL
Official severe-weather alerts, warning areas, and disaster updates.
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...RED FLAG WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO DRY FUELS, BREEZY WINDS AND SEVERE DROUGHT... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 067, 075, 076, 078 and 079. * WINDS...North 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 23 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- MS, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Wayne; Perry; Greene; Stone; George
- event
- Fire Weather Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-17T10:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["MS"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-16T07:42:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ceb3e54a5f46ab2c4d6d0e5eabe8bf99e7d18419.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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