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Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 12, 200744 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 12, 2007, 6:03 AM EDT for 44 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 12, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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
Apr 12, 2007, 6:03 AM EDT (10:03 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 44 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
466 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000
WWUS82 KFFC 121003
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007

GAZ061-062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-121815-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0019.070412T1800Z-070413T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0030.070412T1800Z-070413T0000Z/
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-
603 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25
PERCENT OR LESS AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES TO CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER
POTENTIAL.

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.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox17 min
Apr 11, 8:17 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMarion, Stewart, Webster43 min
Apr 11, 8:35 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCSchley, Sumter55 min
Apr 11, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen26 min
Apr 11, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon35 min
Apr 11, 10:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan36 min
Apr 11, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton, Walton39 min
Apr 12, 1:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren18 min
Apr 12, 1:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington25 min
Apr 12, 1:48 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 46 more2 hr
Apr 12, 2:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson31 min
Apr 12, 5:05 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 46 more3 hr
Apr 12, 5:05 AM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 56 more13 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.