Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Dec 9, 2006, 3:09 PM EST for 37 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 10, 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
- Dec 9, 2006, 3:09 PM EST (20:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 37 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, White County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 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 092009 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 309 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2006 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030>032-041>044-052>058-066>073- 078>084-089>098-102>113-092300- /O.CAN.KFFC.FW.A.0024.061210T1500Z-061210T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-061209T2300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE- MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN- STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR- WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 309 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. 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. $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-033>039-045>051-059>062-074>076- 085-086-092300- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0024.061210T1500Z-061210T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0036.061210T1700Z-061210T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-061209T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE- FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON- MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL- 309 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST AND THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 PERCENT AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ BDL
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 092345 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 645 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2006 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-033>039-045>051-059>062-074>076- 085-086-100930- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0036.061210T1700Z-061210T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE- FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON- MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL- 645 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THIS WARNING INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST AND THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 20 PERCENT AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. 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. $$ BDL
000 WWUS82 KFFC 100921 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 421 AM EST SUN DEC 10 2006 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-033>039-045>051-059>062-074>076- 085-086-101730- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0036.061210T1700Z-061210T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE- FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON- MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL- 421 AM EST SUN DEC 10 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN GEORGIA... THIS WARNING INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST AND THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 20 PERCENT AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 101604 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1104 AM EST SUN DEC 10 2006 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-033>039-045>051-059>062-074>076- 085-086-102300- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0036.061210T1700Z-061210T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE- FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON- MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL- 1104 AM EST SUN DEC 10 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 20 PERCENT AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. 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. $$ BDL
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006
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.