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Red Flag Warning 60, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 27, 20077 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 27, 2007, 2:50 PM EDT for 7 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 28, 2007, 2:57 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 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 27, 2007, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2007, 2:57 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 27, 2:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 6:05 AM EDT, 8 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
605 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-281000-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-
COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-
GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
605 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...LARGE WILDFIRE CONTINUES IN WARE COUNTY IN GEORGIA...

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EDT FROM
THE I-10 CORRIDOR NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

A LARGE WILDFIRE CONTINUES IN NORTHERN WARE COUNTY. SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL PUSH THE SMOKE TO THE NORTHEAST. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO
2 MILES OR LESS IN WAYCROSS...BLACKSHEAR...WAYCROSS...BLACKSHEAR...
PATTERSON...HOBOKEN AND NAHUNTA. PERIODIC ROAD CLOSURES ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN WARE COUNTY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE AND ACCOMPANY
THE FRONT. WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AND INCREASE
TO 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND I-10
NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WHERE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
POSTED. THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRIER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL RESULT IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER ESPECIALLY FROM THE SUWANNEE
VALLEY REGION OF NORTH FLORIDA INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A DRY AIRMASS WILL BE OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST
PART OF NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN A CONTINUED HIGH FIRE DANGER. WILDFIRES
MAY PERSIST FOR SEVERAL DAYS PRODUCING SMOKY SKIES AND RESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
SPOTTERS IMPACTED BY THE SMOKE ARE URGED TO REPORT WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

PP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 4:12 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAXBaker, Nassau, Suwannee, Union14 hr
Apr 27, 5:59 AM EDTRed Flag WarningJAXSuwannee13 hr
Apr 27, 2:50 PM EDTFire Weather WatchJAXBaker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more24 hr
Apr 27, 7:27 PM EDTFire Weather WatchJAXAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more8 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007

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.