Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 36, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Nov 10, 2007, 1:55 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 10, 2007, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 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 10, 2007, 1:55 PM EST (18:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 10, 2007, 2:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 101855 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 155 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007 GAZ017-018-026-028-029-102300- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0036.071110T1900Z-071110T2300Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 155 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS FALLEN TO AROUND 25 PERCENT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...APART FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN AT LEAST THIS LOW THROUGH THE WARMEST PART OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD RECOVER THIS EVENING AT SUNSET. THE WIND WILL GUST FROM THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ MOORE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KGSP 102304 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 604 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007 GAZ017-018-026-028-029-110015- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071110T2300Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 604 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RISEN ABOVE 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA ENDING THE THREAT OF EXTREME FIRE DANGER. $$
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 Nov 10, 12:31 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 12:31 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1231 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A FAIRLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND REMAIN THROUGH SUNDAY...BEFORE MOVING SOUTH OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MOUNTAINS FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY AND SLOWLY CROSS THE CAROLINA REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN THURSDAY BEFORE ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM AFFECTS THE AREA FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 1054 AM...THE SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE REGION AS OF 15Z. EXPECT A DRY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS UNTIL THE HIGH BUILDS IN LATE IN THE DAY AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. STILL THINK THAT MOUNTAIN WINDS WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE CURRENT HIGH TEMP FORECAST LOOKS REASONABLE AND WILL NOT BE CHANGED...BUT SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE TO THE DEWPOINTS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 130 AM SATURDAY...SFC HIPRES WILL BUILD ATOP THE CWFA TONIGHT WITH JUST A NOMINAL INFLUX OF HIGHER LVL CLOUDS EXPECTED. AS LONG AS CLOUDS REMAIN LIMITED...GOOD RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR... ALLOWING SUNDAY MORNING MINS TO FALL TO SVRL CATEGORIES BELOW NORMAL. DEVELOPING RETURN FLOW OUT OF THE WESTERN GULF EXPECTED TO SPREAD SHOWER CHANCES ACRS THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS SUNDAY...BUT LINGERING LLVL RIDGING WILL KEEP OUR WEATHER DRY. THE COMBINATION OF BUILDING S/WV RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS AND CONTINUED BLOCKING OF THE LLVL FLOW FROM THE EASTERN GULF...WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER DRY DAY ON MONDAY WITH MAX TEMPS BOOSTED TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 130 AM SATURDAY...PLAN ON CONTINUING WITH THE WARM FCST FOR TUESDAY AND POPULATING WITH YESTERDAY/S FINAL HPC POP GRIDS... WHICH LIMIT ANY SLIGHT SHOWER CHANCES TO JUST THE FAR WESTERN MTNS. FOLLOWING THIS SAME LINE OF THINKING RESULTS IN AN UPWARD TWEAK FOR SHOWER CHANCES TUESDAY NIGHT AND/OR WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MTNS...AS MOISTURE POOLS ALONG APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WITH ONGOING MEDIUM RANGE MODEL DISCREPANCIES...BEST TO LEAVE PROGRESSIVELY COOLER AND MAINLY DRY FCST FOR DAYS 6-7 AS IS. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GUSTY N TO NW WIND SHOULD ABATE LATE IN THE DAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. SOME CIRRUS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE NW LATE TONIGHT AND SHOULD THICKEN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT NO OTHER CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED. OUTLOOK THROUGH THURSDAY... VFR EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MORNING FOG WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT KAVL AS DEWPOINTS INCREASE. SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOW CLOUDS AHEAD AND ALONG A FRONT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH VFR AGAIN THURSDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS MIXING OUT INTO THE 20S TO PRODUCE RH VALUES IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MIXING WILL ALLOW FOR WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH AT TIMES TO FURTHER HEIGHTEN FIRE DANGER. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE SHY OF RED FLAG CRITERIA FOR THE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BE HEADLINED THE FWF. IF CONDITIONS WARRANT...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...PM SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...MOORE FIRE WEATHER...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 5:52 AM EST, 8 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 552 AM EST SAT NOV 10 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-111100- 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- 552 AM EST SAT NOV 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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.