Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 3:59 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 15 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.