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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 20, 200640 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at May 20, 2006, 10:40 PM EDT for 40 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 21, 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 20, 2006, 10:40 PM EDT (02:40 UTC)
In effect from
May 21, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 21, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 40 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, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston 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, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot 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, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-21Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
2905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 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 210240
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1040 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006

GAZ061-062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-211045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0022.060521T1600Z-060521T2300Z/
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-
1040 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EDT SUNDAY
FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EDT SUNDAY.
THE WARNING AREA IS FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
HAMILTON THROUGH FORSYTH AND MILLEDGEVILLE TO WARRENTON.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL
FOREST AND THE PIEDMONT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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.

$$

16
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS82 KFFC 211259
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
859 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2006

GAZ061-062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-212100-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0022.060521T1600Z-060521T2300Z/
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-
859 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE
NATIONAL FOREST AND THE PIEDMONT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON. 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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray44 min
May 20, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Lumpkin39 min
May 20, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer49 min
May 20, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Pickens51 min
May 20, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin24 min
May 20, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union41 min
May 20, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White24 min
May 20, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin25 min
May 20, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall33 min
May 20, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin27 min
May 20, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White37 min

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.