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Red Flag Warning 47, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 200765 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Jun 22, 2007, 3:24 AM EDT for 65 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jun 22, 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
Jun 22, 2007, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 22, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 22, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 65 counties

Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow 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, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2007-06-22Temperature 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 2007-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
2482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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 220724
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
324 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>071-078-079-
089>091-102-103-221530-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0028.070622T1800Z-070623T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0047.070622T1800Z-070623T0000Z/
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-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-
LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-STEWART-
WEBSTER-
324 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...

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.

VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY...ALLOWING DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS TO COMBINE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS. THIS WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE MAXIMUM HEATING HOURS
OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE
NATIONAL FORESTS. 

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 221500
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1100 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>071-078-079-
089>091-102-103-222300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0047.070622T1800Z-070623T0000Z/
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-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-
LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-STEWART-
WEBSTER-
1100 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

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

VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...
ALLOWING DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS TO COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE MAXIMUM HEATING HOURS OF THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE
NATIONAL FORESTS.

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.