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Red Flag Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 6, 200737 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Nov 6, 2007, 2:38 PM EST for 37 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 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
Nov 6, 2007, 2:38 PM EST (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 37 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, White County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 12:00Z on 2007-11-06Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-11-06The 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
791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 061938
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
238 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2007

GAZ006-008-009-014>016-022>025-027-034>039-046>051-058>062-
071>076-082>084-070345-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0033.071107T1800Z-071107T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0054.071107T1800Z-071107T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0053.071106T1938Z-071106T2300Z/
FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-BUTTS-JASPER-
PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-
JEFFERSON-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-
238 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY DUE
TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

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

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND WINDS OF 10 TO 20 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.

$$

GAZ001>005-007-011>013-019>021-030>033-041>045-052>057-066>070-
078>081-085-086-089>098-102>113-070345-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0033.071107T1800Z-071107T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0054.071107T1800Z-071107T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-GILMER-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-
PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-HARRIS-
TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-
MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
238 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY DUE
TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND WINDS OF 10 MPH TO POSSIBLY
CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES 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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 7:58 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens and 3 more6 hr
Nov 6, 3:12 AM ESTFreeze WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 81 more24 hr
Nov 6, 3:12 AM ESTFreeze WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 59 more30 hr
Nov 6, 3:19 AM ESTFire Weather WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more11 hr
Nov 6, 2:38 PM ESTRed 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.