Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2007, 4:12 AM EDT for 46 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 2, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 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
- May 2, 2007, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 46 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 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 020812 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 412 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 GAZ027-036>039-049>051-059>062-069-071>076-079>086-091>098- 103>113-021615- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0038.070502T1800Z-070502T2300Z/ MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN- WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI- WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 412 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KFFC 021406 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1006 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 GAZ027-036>039-049>051-059>062-069-071>076-079>086-091>098- 103>113-022300- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0038.070502T1800Z-070502T2300Z/ MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN- WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI- WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 1006 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ BDL
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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.