Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Feb 17, 2007, 3:44 PM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 18, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 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
- Feb 17, 2007, 3:44 PM EST (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard 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, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk 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, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 1748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 172044 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 344 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 GAZ027-036>039-046>051-056>062-068>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 180445- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0007.070218T1700Z-070218T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0012.070218T1700Z-070219T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070217T2300Z/ MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON- MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM- HANCOCK-WARREN-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- 344 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT HAVE CREATED DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. 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. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-030>035-041>045-052>055-066-067-180445- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0007.070218T1700Z-070218T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0012.070218T1700Z-070219T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-TROUP-MERIWETHER- 344 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 180328 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1028 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 GAZ001>009-015-016-180430- /O.CAN.KFFC.FW.W.0012.070218T1700Z-070219T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- LUMPKIN-WHITE- 1028 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED IN EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DESPITE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...FUEL MOISTURE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE EXTREME NORTH DUE TO RECENT RAIN AND SNOW. $$ GAZ011>014-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098- 102>113-181130- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0012.070218T1700Z-070219T0000Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON- GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL- DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE- TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 1028 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND FOR ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST...AND PORTIONS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 180831 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 331 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 GAZ013-014-021>024-180945- /O.CAN.KFFC.FW.W.0012.070218T1700Z-070219T0000Z/ PICKENS-DAWSON-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS- 331 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED NORTH OF A WOODSTOCK TO CANDLER TO HOMER LINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING. AS THE SURFACE FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA YESTERDAY LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW INCREASED 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURES TO ABOVE 10 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AID IN DRYING MOISTURES THIS AFTERNOON FUEL MOISTURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 10 PERCENT ACROSS THIS AREA...THUS THE FIRE DANGER WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ GAZ011-012-019-020-025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-181645- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0012.070218T1700Z-070219T0000Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 331 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MAINLY SOUTH OF A CLOUDLAND TO WOODSTOCK TO CANDLER TO HOMER LINE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 182105 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 405 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 GAZ011-012-019-020-025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-190515- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0013.070219T1700Z-070220T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070219T0000Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- 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- 405 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. 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. $$ GAZ001>009-013>016-021>024-190515- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0013.070219T1700Z-070220T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS- 405 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:07 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:07 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 52 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:37 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Red 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.