Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this red flag warning at Apr 16, 2006, 3:59 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 16, 2006, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2006, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2006, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KCHS 160759 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 359 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-161600- /O.NEW.KCHS.FW.W.0002.060416T1400Z-060417T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 359 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FACTORS...ALONG WITH VERY DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE A CONSIDERABLE FIRE DANGER TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET AS WINDS DIMINISH AND HUMIDITIES SLOWLY RECOVER. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ JRL
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KCHS 161501 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1101 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-162130- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060417T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1101 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...THESE FACTORS WILL CREATE A CONSIDERABLE FIRE DANGER TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET AS WINDS DIMINISH AND HUMIDITIES GRADUALLY RECOVER. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KCHS 161936 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 336 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-170000- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060417T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 336 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...THESE FACTORS WILL MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER SITUATION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET AS WINDS DIMINISH AND HUMIDITIES GRADUALLY RECOVER. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ JPC
000 WWUS82 KCHS 162341 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 741 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-170045- /O.EXP.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060417T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 741 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER THIS EVENING AFTER BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 25 PERCENT AT MOST LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE SUBSIDING AS WELL SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS ON MONDAY...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A RED FLAG FIRE ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.