A Weather Impact Alert is in effect on Friday for severe thunderstorm threats and widespread, damaging winds. A Red Flag Warning is in effect for much of central and eastern Iowa due to "warm temperatures,

Additionally, we have been tracking extreme fire weather concerns. The Red Rock Creek Fire has been burning in northeastern Llano County near the Bluffton area, west of Lake Bucha

We will fine tune the timing of the rain as the system gets closer. As of Thursday, it looks like the rain will arrive in the western counties of the First Coast early Sunday morning, before progressing eastward toward and through the Jacksonville Metro Area after lunchtime and into the afternoon and evening hours.