Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Sep 30, 2007, 3:21 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Sep 30, 2007, 1:00 PM 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
- Sep 30, 2007, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 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 KGSP 300721 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 321 AM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 ...VERY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-301700- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0030.070930T1700Z-071001T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 321 AM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FALL TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH. HOWEVER...FUELS IN THIS AREA ARE VERY DRY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ NED
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KGSP 301448 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1048 AM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 ...VERY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-010000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0030.070930T1700Z-071001T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 1048 AM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FALL TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH. HOWEVER...FUELS IN THIS AREA ARE VERY DRY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KGSP 302344 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 744 PM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-010045- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-071001T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 744 PM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. RECOVERY WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH MAXIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 80 TO 90 PERCENT. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 30 PERCENT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Sep 30, 2:48 AM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 2:48 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 AM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK. A WEAK
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY BEFORE WASHING
OUT NORTH OF THE AREA. THEN HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER
THE AREA INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 245 AM EDT SUNDAY...BROAD HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO NOSE
SW ACROSS THE CWA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIN STREAKS OF CIRRUS WILL
REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO
TONIGHT...I WILL KEEP THE SKY GRIDS CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR. USING A
BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE...TEMPERATURES SHOULD TOP OUT A DEGREE OR TWO
COOLER THAN VALUES REACHED ON SAT. LOW DEWPOINTS...LIGHT WINDS...AND
MOSTLY CLEAR SKY WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO COOL TO THE LOW 50S EAST OF THE
MTNS AND MID 40S IN THE MTN VALLEYS. A FEW SPOTS IN THE NRN MTNS
WILL LIKELY DIP INTO THE U30S BY SUNRISE MON.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 135 AM EDT SUNDAY...LEANED TOWARD GFS SOLUTION WITH SFC HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGING IN FROM THE NE INTO MID WEEK. UPPER TROUGH MOVES
THRU H5 RIDGE MON-TUE BUT ATMOSPHERE TOO DRY FOR MUCH MORE THAN SCT
CLOUDS. USED A MODEL BLEND FOR TEMPS. LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S
MON-TUE...70S MTNS. LOWS IN THE 50S WITH SOME 40S IN THE MTNS.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 135 AM EDT SUNDAY...WENT WITH DRIER EC/GFS BLEND IN KEEPING
SFC LOW S OF REGION AND STRONG SFC RIDGE OVER AREA...SO TWEAKED FCST
DRIER THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. LOWERED POPS TO BELOW SLIGHT
CHANCE RANGE...ADJUSTED CLOUD COVER AND TWEAKED TEMPS TO REFLECT
THESE CHANGES.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 145 AM EDT SUNDAY...A FEW THIN STREAKS OF CIRRUS MAY CONTINUE
TO DRIFT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY. AT THE SFC...DOMINANT
DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED TO THE NE. THE POSITION OF
THE HIGH SHOULD SUPPLY NE TO ENE WINDS THROUGH THE TAF
PERIODS...FAVORING 040-070 ONCE MIXING OCCURS. KAVL WILL REMAIN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO CALM UNTIL MID MORNING...WINDS MAY BECOME SE
TO S LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. OVERALL...CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN VFR WITH WINDS BELOW 10 KTS. BRIEF FOG POSSIBLE AROUND
SUNRISE AT KAVL...DUE TO STEAM FOG FROM THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER.
HOWEVER...FOG CHCS ARE TOO LOW TO MENTION IN THE KAVL TAF.
OUTLOOK THROUGH THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA.
EXPECT EARLY MORNING VALLEY FOG AROUND KAVL BEGINNING MONDAY. A LOW
OFF THE SE COAST IS THEN EXPECTED TO HELP BRING DEEPER MOISTURE TO
THE REGION.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
AS OF 245 AM EDT SUNDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL
TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NE GA. HUMIDITY LEVELS
SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. WE WILL
ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR NE GA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
AFTERNOON. FUELS CONTINUE TO BE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY
REMAIN HEIGHTENED THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RB
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...NED
FIRE WEATHER...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 9:10 PM EDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 910 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-010115- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 910 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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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.