Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Nov 3, 2006, 11:57 AM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 4, 2006, 12:00 PM EST. 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
- Nov 3, 2006, 11:57 AM EST (16:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard 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, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk 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, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 2564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 031657 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1157 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-032300- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0017.061104T1700Z-061104T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0029.061104T1700Z-061104T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0028.061103T1700Z-061103T2300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-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- 1157 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND SPREAD MUCH DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 032302 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 602 PM EST FRI NOV 3 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-040715- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-061103T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0029.061104T1700Z-061104T2300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-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- 602 PM EST FRI NOV 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. A COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND SPREAD MUCH DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. 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 040718 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 218 AM EST SAT NOV 4 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-041600- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0029.061104T1700Z-061104T2300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-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- 218 AM EST SAT NOV 4 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND SPREAD MUCH DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS AROUND 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. 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. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 041938 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 238 PM EST SAT NOV 4 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-042300- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-061104T2300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 238 PM EST SAT NOV 4 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE BEEN IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 25 PERCENT THROUGH AROUND 6 PM ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS AROUND 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 3:13 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:43 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 65 more | 29 hr |
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.