Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this red flag warning at Dec 2, 2007, 3:20 PM EST for 5 counties in South Carolina; 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 3, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 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 2, 2007, 3:20 PM EST (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2007, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 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, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 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 022020 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 320 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 031000- /O.UPG.KCHS.FW.A.0007.071203T1600Z-071203T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FW.W.0009.071203T1700Z-071203T2200Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 320 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY. ALSO...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO RECENT DRY CONDITIONS...THE GUSTY WINDS AND CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ISSUED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KCHS 030231 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 931 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 031045- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0009.071203T1700Z-071203T2200Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 931 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND MOST OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS AND CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS TO PRODUCE A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KCHS 030839 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 339 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 031700- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0009.071203T1700Z-071203T2200Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 339 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS AND CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS TO PRODUCE A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KCHS 031605 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1105 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 032200- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0009.071203T1700Z-071203T2200Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1105 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ATTAIN CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS INTO THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE. ALSO...DUE TO RECENT DRY CONDITIONS... FUEL MOISTURE REMAINS LOW. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KCHS 032012 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 312 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 032200- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T2200Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 312 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. UNTIL 5 PM...CRITICAL WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. ALSO...DUE TO RECENT DRY CONDITIONS...FUEL MOISTURE REMAINS LOW. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RISE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KCHS 032151 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 451 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 032300- /O.EXP.KCHS.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T2200Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 451 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL SLOWLY RECOVER ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS BY 7 PM...AFTER BOTTOMING OUT IN THE 17 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 4:05 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 34 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2007Red Flag Warnings in South Carolina, 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.