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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this fire weather watch at May 5, 2007, 4:23 PM EDT for 62 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 7, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2007, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 2:01 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 62 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris 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, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike 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, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KFFC 052023 RFWFFC FIRE WEATHER WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 423 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAZ025-027-035>039-046>051-056>062-066>076-078>086-089>098- 102>113-060430- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0021.070507T1800Z-070508T0000Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE- WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-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- 423 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EAST GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE...TO GRIFFIN...TO JEFFERSON. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RED FLAG EVENT IN 12 TO 72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ 19
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 060751 RFWFFC FIRE WEATHER WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 351 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 GAZ025-027-035>039-046>051-056>062-066>076-078>086-089>098- 102>113-061600- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0021.070507T1800Z-070508T0000Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE- WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 351 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL MOISTURES COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO GRIFFIN...CONYERS AND DANIELSVILLE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RED FLAG EVENT IN 12 TO 72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 061801 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 201 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 GAZ025-027-035>039-046>051-056>062-066>076-078>086-089>098- 102>113-070215- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0021.070507T1800Z-070508T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0039.070507T1800Z-070508T0000Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE- WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-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- 201 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR DRY FUEL MOISTURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT OR LESS TO 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. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-030>034-041>045-052>055-070215- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0039.070507T1800Z-070508T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON- GWINNETT-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD- COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- 201 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO DRY FUEL MOISTURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 25 PERCENT TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 40 min |
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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.