Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at May 19, 2006, 2:45 AM EDT for 45 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 19, 2006, 12:00 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 19, 2006, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 45 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KFFC 190645 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 245 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006 GAZ039-050-051-059>062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-191445- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0012.060519T1600Z-060519T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0020.060519T1600Z-060519T2300Z/ WILKES-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 245 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KFFC 191434 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1034 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006 GAZ039-050-051-059>062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-192245- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0020.060519T1600Z-060519T2300Z/ WILKES-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 1034 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
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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.