Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this red flag warning at Mar 17, 2007, 10:06 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. 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
- Mar 17, 2007, 10:06 AM EDT (14:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 KCHS 171406 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1006 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-180000- /O.NEW.KCHS.FW.W.0004.070317T1406Z-070318T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 1006 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. LOW HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER AFTER SUNSET. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ JPC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KCHS 171859 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 259 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-180000- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070318T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 259 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... LOW HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 20 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER AFTER SUNSET. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ JPC
000 WWUS82 KCHS 172357 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 757 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-180100- /O.EXP.KCHS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070318T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 757 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE NOW ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN CRITICAL LEVELS...AND AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:32 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:23 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 13 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.