Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.