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Red Flag Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 30, 200796 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 30, 2007, 4:17 AM EDT for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 30, 2007, 11:36 AM EDT. 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
Apr 30, 2007, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2007, 11:36 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
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 08:15 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-04-30Temperature 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 2007-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 300817
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
417 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007

GAZ080-085-086-089>098-102>113-301630-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0020.070430T1600Z-070430T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0036.070430T1600Z-070430T2300Z/
TAYLOR-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-
DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-
TOOMBS-
417 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA DUE TO LOW
HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG 
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS 
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE QUITE HIGH IN THIS
PART OF THE STATE AND CONDITIONS ARE ABNORMALLY DRY.

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.

$$

GAZ024-025-027-035>039-047>051-058>062-069>076-078-079-081>084-
301630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0036.070430T1600Z-070430T2300Z/
BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-
417 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA DUE TO LOW
HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG 
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS 
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE QUITE HIGH IN THIS
PART OF THE STATE AND CONDITIONS ARE ABNORMALLY DRY.

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 301536
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1136 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>034-041>046-052>057-066>068-302300-
/O.EXA.KFFC.FW.W.0036.070430T1600Z-070430T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-HEARD-
COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-
1136 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR 
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND LOW FUEL 
MOISTURE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE QUITE
HIGH IN THIS PART OF THE STATE AND CONDITIONS ARE ABNORMALLY DRY.

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.

$$

GAZ024-025-027-035>039-047>051-058>062-069>076-078>086-089>098-
102>113-302300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0036.070430T1600Z-070430T2300Z/
BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-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-
1136 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES 
AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE QUITE
HIGH IN THIS PART OF THE STATE AND CONDITIONS ARE ABNORMALLY DRY.

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 302023
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
423 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-010430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0037.070501T1700Z-070501T2300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070430T2300Z/
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-
423 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO DRY FUEL MOISTURE
CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY
FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO DRY FUEL MOISTURE
CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY. A
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

THESE WARNINGS INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL
FORESTS.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE QUITE
HIGH IN THIS PART OF THE STATE AND CONDITIONS ARE ABNORMALLY DRY.

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 302318
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
718 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-010800-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070430T2300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0037.070501T1700Z-070501T2300Z/
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-
718 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT
TUESDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO DRY FUEL MOISTURE
CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. A RED 
FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL
FORESTS.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE QUITE
HIGH IN THIS PART OF THE STATE AND CONDITIONS ARE ABNORMALLY
DRY.

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 4:23 PM EDTRed Flag WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more27 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.