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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 2, 200612 counties in Georgia

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.

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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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.