Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Jun 5, 2006, 11:07 PM EDT for 66 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jun 6, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 5, 2006, 11:07 PM EDT (03:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 66 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding 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, Walton 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KFFC 060307 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1107 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2006 GAZ014-015-022>025-027-034>039-046>051-056>062-068>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061115- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0023.060606T1700Z-060606T2300Z/ DAWSON-LUMPKIN-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK- WARREN-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-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- 1107 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM DAHLONEGA AND DAWSONVILLE TO THOMASTON AND HAMILTON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST AND PORTIONS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 25 PERCENT AFTER 1 PM. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 061647 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1247 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2006 GAZ014-015-022>025-027-034>039-046>051-056>062-068>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-062300- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0023.060606T1700Z-060606T2300Z/ DAWSON-LUMPKIN-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK- WARREN-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK- JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON- JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 1247 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE... THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM DAHLONEGA AND DAWSONVILLE TO THOMASTON AND HAMILTON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST AND PORTIONS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 25 PERCENT AFTER 1 PM. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 062244 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 644 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2006 GAZ014-015-022>025-027-034>039-046>051-056>062-068>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-062345- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-060606T2300Z/ DAWSON-LUMPKIN-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK- WARREN-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-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- 644 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING HUMIDITIES WILL BE ON THE RISE. THIS WILL EASE THE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS CAUSED BY LOW HUMIDITIES DURING THE DAY. $$
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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.