Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2006, 12:46 PM EDT for 12 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 2, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- May 2, 2006, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Dodge County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 KFFC 021646 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1246 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 GAZ074>076-085-086-097-098-109>113-030000- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0018.060502T1700Z-060503T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-LAURENS-TREUTLEN- DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 1246 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 25 PERCENT AND WINDS OF NEAR 5 MPH. THIS WILL 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KFFC 022352 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 752 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 GAZ074>076-085-086-097-098-109>113-030100- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060503T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-LAURENS-TREUTLEN- DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 752 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HUMIDITY LEVELS WERE ON THE RISE TUESDAY EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL MAKE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LESS DANGEROUS. $$
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.