Alert archive / South Carolina / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2007, 3:16 PM EDT for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 7, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 6, 2007, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
All 21 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 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 KCAE 061916 RFWCAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 316 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FIRE DANGER INCREASING FOR SATURDAY... .A DRY AIRMASS WILL SPREAD INTO THE CAROLINAS...AND FUEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH SATURDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE AROUND 20 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY LOW...WITH 15 TO 20 PERCENT EXPECTED. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 070900- /O.UPG.KCAE.FW.A.0001.070407T1600Z-070408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.FW.W.0001.070407T1400Z-070408T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 316 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FUEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION USHERING IN MUCH DRIER AIR. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 20 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 OR 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KCAE 070929 CCA RFWCAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 501 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...FIRE DANGER HIGH TODAY... .VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND FUEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. SUSTAINED WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE AROUND 20 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY LOW...WITH 15 TO 20 PERCENT EXPECTED. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 080000- /O.CON.KCAE.FW.W.0001.070407T1400Z-070408T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 501 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. FUEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TODAY. IN ADDITION...VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 20 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 OR 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KCAE 070929 CCA RFWCAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 501 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...FIRE DANGER HIGH TODAY... .VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND FUEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. SUSTAINED WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE AROUND 20 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY LOW...WITH 15 TO 20 PERCENT EXPECTED. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 080000- /O.CON.KCAE.FW.W.0001.070407T1400Z-070408T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 501 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. FUEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TODAY. IN ADDITION...VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 20 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 OR 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KCAE 071912 RFWCAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 312 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...FIRE DANGER HIGH THIS EVENIGN... .VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. FUEL MOISTURES WILL REMAIN LOW. SUSTAINED WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE AROUND 20 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY LOW...WITH 15 TO 20 PERCENT EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RISE AFTER SUNSET. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 080000- /O.CON.KCAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070408T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 312 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. FUEL MOISTURES WILL REMAIN LOW. SUSTAINED WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE AROUND 20 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY LOW...WITH 15 TO 20 PERCENT EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RISE AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL THIS EVENING. $$
000 WWUS82 KCAE 080000 RFWCAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 800 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 080100- /O.EXP.KCAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070408T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 800 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TO 5 TO 10 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RECOVERING TO 50 TO 60 PERCENT. AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:55 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in South Carolina, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
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.