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Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 23, 200721 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 23, 2007, 4:03 AM EDT for 21 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 23, 2007, 1:00 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 23, 2007, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 21 counties

Bleckley County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2007-04-23Temperature 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 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 2007-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 230803
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
403 AM EDT MON APR 23 2007

GAZ074-076-083>086-093-095>098-104>113-231615-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0033.070423T1700Z-070423T2300Z/
WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MACON-
HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-
WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
403 AM EDT MON APR 23 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR AREAS SOUTH OF AN AMERICUS TO LOUISVILLE LINE...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH WINDS OF 8 TO 15 MPH. 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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS82 KFFC 231542
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1142 AM EDT MON APR 23 2007

GAZ074-076-083>086-093-095>098-104>113-232300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0033.070423T1700Z-070423T2300Z/
WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MACON-
HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-
WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
1142 AM EDT MON APR 23 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR AREAS SOUTH OF AN AMERICUS TO LOUISVILLE LINE.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH.
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.

$$

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.