Jones County, Mississippi · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
78 acres
Aug 21, 11:00 AM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Widow Fire is a wildfire near Jones County, Mississippi. It has burned about 78 acres (about 59 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Friday, August 21st at 11:00 a.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
Today
97°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 mph WNW · 45% chance of rain
Tonight
73°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 44% chance of rain
Saturday
97°F · Sunny
Wind 0 to 5 mph NNW · 0% chance of rain
Saturday Night
72°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 0 to 5 mph NNE · 5% chance of rain
Sunday
97°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 5 mph NNE · 15% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, August 21st at 11:06 a.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 1 other active fire, closest first:
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