Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2007, 3:33 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 6, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 5, 2007, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 19:36 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, 7.6 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
- 1580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 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 051933 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 333 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-060345- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0009.070406T1600Z-070407T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 333 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FUEL MOISTURES HAVE DROPPED TO CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER FOR SEVERAL HOURS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FOR THIS REASON A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS SO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-060345- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 333 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS SO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KGSP 060200 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1000 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-061000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0009.070406T1600Z-070407T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 1000 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FUEL MOISTURES HAVE DROPPED TO CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER FOR SEVERAL HOURS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FOR THIS REASON A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS SO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-061000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1000 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS SO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ LANE
000 WWUS82 KGSP 061055 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 655 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-061900- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0009.070406T1600Z-070407T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 655 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FUEL MOISTURES HAVE DROPPED TO CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR THIS REASON A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA AND COULD BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING LATER 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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-061900- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 655 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED...AND COULD BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING LATER TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MOORE
000 WWUS82 KGSP 061849 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-070300- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0010.070407T1300Z-070408T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.A.0005.070408T1200Z-070409T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070407T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 249 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. FUEL MOISTURES HAVE DROPPED TO CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR THIS REASON A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS...ALONG WITH VERY DRY FUEL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS AND A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-070300- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0010.070407T1300Z-070408T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.A.0005.070408T1200Z-070409T0000Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK- 249 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS...ALONG WITH VERY DRY FUEL MOISTURE...WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS AND A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY. WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ SCZ001>014-019-070300- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0004.070407T1200Z-070408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0010.070407T1300Z-070408T0200Z/ OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 249 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS SATURDAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO THESE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW FUEL MOISTURE...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY. 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. $$
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 Apr 5, 3:15 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:15 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
315 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
BROAD UPPER TROF REMAINS OVER E STATES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM
WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVG THROUGH LATE TONIGHT BRINGING INCREASED
CLOUDS TO THE AREA...PLUS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW TO THE
NC MTNS ALONG THE TN BORDER FRI MORNING. ANOTHER STRONGER
SHORTWAVE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NW LATE FRI AND HAVE CHANCE
POPS OVER N MTNS...SLIGHT CHANCE REST OF NC MTNS FRI AFTN INTO
EARLY EVE. EXPECT SNOW AT ELEVS ABOVE 3500 FEET LATE FRI. SFC LOW
OFF COAST MOVES QUICKLY NE FRI AND WITH THE RELAXED PRESSURE
GRADIENT WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG. LOW TEMPS WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER FRI MORNING WITH MOST OF THE AREA AROUND OR
BELOW 32F AND A FREEZE WARNING HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS.
THE STRONG CHANNELED VORT MAX WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS FRIDAY NIGHT. ANY DEEPER MOISTURE TO SPEAK OF SHOULD
REMAIN MOSTLY NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY...BUT LOW END SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS FOR SNOW WILL
BE NEEDED IN THE NRN TIER.
A FREEZE WATCH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT. A SECONDARY WAVE
WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN THIS COLD AIR THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT MOISTURE
SHOULD BE VERY LIMITED THROUGH THE LATE WEEKEND.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NORTHEASTERN LOW PRESSURE CENTERS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE
DEEPER VORTEX IN EASTERN CANADA THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE. A SOUTHERN
STREAM WAVE AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL PASS SOUTH OF AREA EARLY
MONDAY. THE CONTINUED COOL THICKNESSES WILL KEEP FROST/FREEZE
POSSIBILITIES IN THE PICTURE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER FLOW
WILL THEN FLATTEN OUT SOMEWHAT OVER THE SOUTHEAST TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY...AS A REINFORCING SHORTWAVE DIGS THROUGH THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. BROAD MOIST UPGLIDE WILL ADVANCE INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY...WITH CONVECTION POSSIBLE ALONG THE
TRAILING FROPA THROUGH WED NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z-18Z/...
EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. SOME MID
CLOUDS AND INCREASED HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY.
WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM THE N.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
CANCELLED RED FLAG WARNING FOR NC MTNS SINCE CRITERIA WERE NOT
MET. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON FRI AND WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES...RH ONLY BRIEFLY TOUCHES CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FRI
AFTN IN THE NC NW PIEDMONT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. DO NOT ANTICIPATE
MEETING RED FLAG CONDITIONS ANYWHERE IN THE CWA FRI EXCEPT FOR
GEORGIA WHERE RH WILL DROP TO THRESHOLD FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING
THE AFTERNOON.
WILL POST A FIRE WEATHER WATCH THROUGHOUT FOR SATURDAY AS AFTN MIN
RH CONTINUES TO DIP TO CRITICAL LEVELS...PLUS WINDS WILL INCREASE
AND BECOME GUSTY DURING DEEP MIXING.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR GAZ018-026-028-
029.
FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
SATURDAY FOR GAZ018-026-028-029.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
NC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR NCZ035>037-056-
057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
SATURDAY FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-
508-510.
SC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-019.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR SCZ004>014-019.
FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
SATURDAY FOR SCZ004>014-019.
&&
SHORT TERM...RB/HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...RB
FIRE WEATHER...RB/HGHazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 10:08 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1008 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007 GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-061415- RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 1008 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND 20S WILL BE LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ033-048>050-052-053-059-063>065-501-503-505-507-509-061415- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- 1008 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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 RED FLAG WARNING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS LED TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ051-058-062-061415- SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON- 1008 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. RED FLAG WARNING WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS LED TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND 20S WILL BE LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-061415- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1008 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH 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. FREEZE WARNING BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW THE FREEZING MARK EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ADDITIONAL FREEZE WATCHES AND WARNINGS...AND POSSIBLY FROST ADVISORIES...ARE LIKELY. PLAN AHEAD NOW TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION LATER THIS WEEK. BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:11 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 28 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:33 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 23 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 12 hr |
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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.