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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 9, 200796 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Jan 9, 2007, 4:03 PM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 10, 2007, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 89 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2007, 4:03 PM EST (21:03 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2007, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 10, 2007, 2:29 PM EST
In force
89 min
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 21:07 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, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WWUS82 KFFC 092103
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
403 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-100000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0002.070110T1800Z-070111T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070110T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-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-
403 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY
FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEOERGIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL
FORESTS.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS EVENING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WEDNESDAY. THIS
WILL 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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS82 KFFC 100838
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
338 AM EST WED JAN 10 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-101645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0001.070111T1700Z-070111T2300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0002.070110T1800Z-070111T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-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-
338 AM EST WED JAN 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH AND 
CENTRAL GEORGIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

THIS WARNING AND WATCH INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE
NATIONAL FORESTS.

AS STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD TODAY...DRY FUEL
MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20
TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE SURFACE
HIGH WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY...BUT DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
MOISTURE UNTIL LATER IN THE EVENING. THERE ARE ENOUGH
DISCREPANCIES IN THE MODELS AS TO HOW FAST THE MOISTURE WILL
INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND WITH DRY FUEL MOISTURE
CONDITIONS PERSISTING...A FIRE DANGER WATCH IS WARRANTED AT THIS
TIME.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

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 101450
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 AM EST WED JAN 10 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-102300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0002.070110T1800Z-070111T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0001.070111T1700Z-070111T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-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-
950 AM EST WED JAN 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW 
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR 
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

BOTH THE WARNING AND THE WATCH INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND
OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS.

AS STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD TODAY...DRY FUEL
MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF
20 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE CENTER OF
THE HIGH WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MOISTURE IS EXPECTED
UNTIL OVER NIGHT THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST MODELS AS TO HOW FAST THE MOISTURE
WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY...WITH DRY FUEL
MOISTURE CONDITIONS PERSISTING...A FIRE DANGER WATCH IS WARRANTED
AT THIS TIME.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A RED FLAG EVENT IN THE NEXT 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 101929
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
229 PM EST WED JAN 10 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-102030-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070111T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KFFC.FW.A.0001.070111T1700Z-070111T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-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-
229 PM EST WED JAN 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR 
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA 
FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELED THE
RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELED.

ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP TO AROUND OR 
SLIGHTLY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN SCATTERED LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON...
THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO LAST MORE THAN A COUPLE OF
HOURS. FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
ONCE AGAIN APPROACH 25 PERCENT BUT WILL NOT DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT 
OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 3:59 AM ESTRed Flag WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more15 hr
Jan 9, 3:59 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more15 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.