Fire Weather Watch issued October 16 at 12:21AM CDT until October 17 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
Official severe-weather alerts, warning areas, and disaster updates.
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...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... .A cold front will move through the area later today bringing very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts around 30 mph. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. * AFFECTED AREA...Pearl River, Hancock, Harrison and Jackson. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 32 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
- Pearl River; Hancock; Harrison; Jackson
- event
- Fire Weather Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-17T09:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["MS"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-16T00:21:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c3ccd5506aa8bf503173867d0947dde1e89adbe9.001.1
- 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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