Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2007, 2:15 PM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 5, 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
- Mar 4, 2007, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 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 19:16 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, 7.3 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
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 104 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 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 041915 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 215 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-050830- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0012.070305T1700Z-070306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0020.070305T1700Z-070306T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070304T2300Z/ 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- 215 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. FOR MONDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND 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. $$ BDL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 050853 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 353 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 GAZ024-025-027-033>039-042>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 051700- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0013.070306T1800Z-070307T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0020.070305T1700Z-070306T0000Z/ BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-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- 353 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAYAFTERNOON ARE FOR LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. FOR TODAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND 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. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. 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. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>032-041-051700- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0020.070305T1700Z-070306T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON- 353 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAYAFTERNOON ARE FOR LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. FOR TODAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND 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. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 052044 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 344 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 GAZ024-025-027-033>039-042>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 060445- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0013.070306T1800Z-070307T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0021.070306T1900Z-070306T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070306T0000Z/ BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE- WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 344 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS IS A RESULT OF FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS BELOW 10 PERCENT AND SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS NOW ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE RED FLAG WARNINGS INCLUDE BOTH THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ GAZ004>009-011>016-019>023-030>032-041-060445- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0021.070306T1900Z-070306T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070306T0000Z/ WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-CHATTOOGA-GORDON- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL- POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON- 344 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS IS A RESULT OF FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS BELOW 10 PERCENT AND SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS NOW ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE RED FLAG WARNINGS INCLUDE BOTH THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND 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. $$ GAZ001>003-060000- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070306T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA- 344 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS IS A RESULT OF FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS BELOW 10 PERCENT AND SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:51 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:24 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 10 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.