Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2007, 9:09 AM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 5, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. 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
- Mar 5, 2007, 9:09 AM EST (14:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 14:11 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, 2.2 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
- 2045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 051409 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 909 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-052215- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0006.070305T1700Z-070306T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 909 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT BY NOON TODAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN VERY LOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES REPORT VERY LOW SURFACE FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES IN THIS SITUATION. ANY BURNING SHOULD BE COORDINATED WITH LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ NED
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KGSP 051927 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 227 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-060000- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.A.0003.070306T1800Z-070307T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070306T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 227 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE SAME AREA. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN VERY LOW THROUGH SUNSET TODAY. LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES REPORT VERY LOW SURFACE FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES IN THIS SITUATION. ANY BURNING SHOULD BE COORDINATED WITH LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WHILE THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS LOW WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MCAVOY
000 WWUS82 KGSP 060000 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 700 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-061000- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070306T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.A.0003.070306T1800Z-070307T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 700 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY REMAIN BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING...BUT MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE HUMIDITY INCREASE ABOVE 25 PERCENT BY 9 PM. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WHILE THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS LOW WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ LANE
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 Mar 5, 2:30 AM EST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:30 AM EST, 6 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN TO LINGER OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT FEATURING DRY NORTHWEST FLOW. STOUT NORTHWEST LLVL JET IN
PLACE...AS EVIDENCED BY CURRENT NC MTN OBS AT KAVL/KTNB/KGEV. EVEN
THOUGH CAA FLOW WILL ABATE FOR WHILE TODAY...DECENT MIXING SHOULD
KEEP GUSTY WINDS ACRS THE MTNS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WITH RISING
LLVL THICKNESS VALUES OUT AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT...GUST
POTENTIAL LOOKS TO BE LIMITED ACRS THE PIEDMONT...WITH BEST POTENTIAL
FOR SEEING GUSTY WIND THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
I-40. OTHERWISE...ABUNDANT SUNSHINE IS ON TAP FOR TODAY AND
AFOREMENTIONED THICKNESS RISES WILL RESULT IN A NOTICEABLY MILDER
AFTERNOON. MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO OUR GOING TEMPERATURE FCST. EXPECT
DRY FROPA TONIGHT WITH JUST A PERIOD OF STRATOCU IN IT/S
WAKE...MAINLY ACRS THE UPSLOPE AREAS. DEVELOPING CAA REGIME WILL
KEEP THE THREAT OF WINDY CONDITIONS GOING ALL NIGHT ACRS MUCH OF THE
NC MTNS AS 85H WINDS ARE PROGGED TO INCREASE TO 50+ KNOTS OVER NW
NC.-CSH
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GT LAKES/MIDWEST ON TUESDAY MORNING WILL MOVE
QUICKLY BY TO OUR N LATE IN THE DAY AND OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
TUESDAY NIGHT. HAVE KEPT MAX TEMP TUESDAY IN LINE WITH NEW MAV
GUIDANCE INSTEAD OF COOLER MET...WITH A LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE EAST OF
THE MTNS. BOTH MODELS AGREE THAT A SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE
BROAD EASTERN UPPER TROF WILL DRIVE A WEAK SURFACE LOW PAST WELL TO
OUR N ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT
WILL EVENTUALLY FALL DOWN INTO NC ON WED NITE...BUT WITH MINIMAL
UPPER SUPPORT OR MOISTURE. SOME PRECIP IS NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE
QUESTION ACROSS THE NRN MTNS...BUT IT DOES NOT BEAR MENTIONING AT
THIS POINT. -PM
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPPER RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY AS ANOTHER SURFACE HIGH MOVES ACROSS THE GT LAKES AND OFF
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. THE LATEST GFS AND CANADIAN KEEP THE HIGH
CLOSER ON FRIDAY AND THUS DELAY ANY MOISTURE RETURN UNTIL THE
WEEKEND. A MINOR ADJUSTMENT WILL BE MADE TO REMOVE THE SLIGHT CHC
POP FOR THE DAYTIME FRIDAY BASED ON THE SLOWER MODEL TIMING. WITH
THE HIGH STICKING AROUND A BIT LONGER...HAVE ALSO NUDGED MIN/MAX
TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES THU NITE/FRIDAY. THE NEW GFS ALSO CALLS
INTO QUESTION ANY COLD FRONT PASSAGE LATE ON SATURDAY...INSTEAD
SUGGESTING IT WILL BE MORE LIKE SUNDAY. FOR NOW...THE CHC POP
STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT WILL NOT BE CHANGED AND NEITHER WILL TEMPS
THIS FAR OUT.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z-06Z/...
JUST A WIND FCST THIS PERIOD AS DRY NW FLOW CONTINUES. GUSTY NNW
WINDS SHOULD KEEP UP FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD AT KAVL WITH WESTERLY
WINDS 10-12 KTS AT KGSP/KAND/KCLT. MAGNITUDE OF LLVL JET COULD BE
ENOUGH TO RESULT IN GUSTS TO 20 KTS AT KCLT THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH CRITICALLY LOW THRESHOLDS
FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT...IT APPEARS THAT WIND POTENTIAL WILL NOT BE QUITE HIGH
ENOUGH TO GO WITH A RED FLAG WARNING RIGHT NOW...BUT THIS WILL
CERTAINLY BE MONITORED. ACROSS NE GEORGIA...THE LOW RH SHOULD BE
THERE...SO A RED FLAG WARNING WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED DEPENDING
ON THE FUEL MOISTURE. COORDINATION IS NEEDED THIS MORNING WITH
LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OVER NE GEORGIA.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR NCZ033-049-050-501-
503-505.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR NCZ048-053-065-
507-509.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...CSH/PM
LONG TERM...MOORE
AVIATION...CSH
FIRE WEATHER...PMHazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 5:08 AM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 508 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-061015- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 508 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ048-053-065-507-509-061015- MADISON-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 508 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-051-052-056>059-062>064- 068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-061015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 508 AM EST MON MAR 5 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2:27 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 16 hr |
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.