Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Dec 3, 2007, 3:16 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 4, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. 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
- Dec 3, 2007, 3:16 PM EST (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 4, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 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 20:15 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 12:00Z, 8.3 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
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 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 032016 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-040430- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0019.071204T1200Z-071205T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0039.071204T1700Z-071204T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 316 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AS A DRY AIRMASS LINGERS OVER THE REGION....RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IN ADDITION... COORDINATION WITH LAND MANAGERS INDICATES THAT FUEL MOISTURES WILL BE LOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-032300- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-071203T2300Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 316 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. COORDINATION WITH LAND MANAGERS INDICATES THAT FUEL MOISTURES ARE LOW. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ARK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KGSP 032256 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 556 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-040000- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-071203T2300Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 556 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE TAPERED OFF AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASED SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-040700- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0039.071204T1700Z-071204T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 556 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY. AS A DRY AIRMASS LINGERS OVER THE REGION....RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IN ADDITION... COORDINATION WITH LAND MANAGERS INDICATES THAT FUEL MOISTURES WILL BE LOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KGSP 040801 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 301 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-042300- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0039.071204T1700Z-071204T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 301 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AS A DRY AIRMASS LINGERS OVER THE REGION....RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IN ADDITION... COORDINATION WITH LAND MANAGERS INDICATES THAT FUEL MOISTURES WILL BE LOW THIS AFTERNOON. 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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MCAVOY
000 WWUS82 KGSP 042250 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-050000- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-071204T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 550 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE COOLING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS RISING TO ABOVE 25 PERCENT...SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.