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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 7, 20069 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2006, 3:57 AM EDT for 9 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 7, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 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 7, 2006, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 7, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dodge County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WWUS82 KFFC 070757
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
357 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

GAZ085-086-097-098-109>113-072200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0017.060407T1800Z-060407T2200Z/
JOHNSON-EMANUEL-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-
TOOMBS-
357 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 25 PERCENT AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT AND WINDS UP TO 10 MPH TO CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000
WWUS82 KFFC 072157
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
557 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

GAZ085-086-097-098-109>113-072300-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060407T2200Z/
JOHNSON-EMANUEL-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-
TOOMBS-
557 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
HUMIDITIES WILL BE RISING DURING THE EVENING AS SOUTHERLY WINDS
BRING IN MOIST AIR OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND AS TEMPERATURES
BEGIN TO FALL. DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE EASING.

$$

Nearby

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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.