Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 44 min |
| May 20, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin | 39 min |
| May 20, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 49 min |
| May 20, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 51 min |
| May 20, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 24 min |
| May 20, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 41 min |
| May 20, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 24 min |
| May 20, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 25 min |
| May 20, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 33 min |
| May 20, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 27 min |
| May 20, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 37 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.