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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 22, 200726 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 22, 2007, 3:58 AM EST for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 23, 2007, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 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
Feb 22, 2007, 3:58 AM EST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 23, 2007, 9:00 PM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 42 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 00:00Z on 2007-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 220858
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
358 AM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION
FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLIP SOUTH OF THE
REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING AN EVEN DRIER LOW
LEVEL AIRMASS TO THE FORECAST AREA. THE COMBINATION OF THIS DRY
AIR AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S WILL RESULT IN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW CRITICAL VALUES FOR LONG
DURATIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING SOUTHERLY FLOW BETWEEN
THIS HIGH AND A STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST WILL BRING INCREASING
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.


GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-222100-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
358 AM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY
DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
25 PERCENT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-222100-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
358 AM EST THU FEB 22 2007 /258 AM CST THU FEB 22 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

14-MROCZKA
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 221826
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
126 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EST/6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING
FOR ALL OF THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND REGION DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE
REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLIP
SOUTH OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING AN
EVEN DRIER LOW LEVEL AIRMASS TO THE FORECAST AREA. THE COMBINATION
OF THIS DRY AIR AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S WILL
RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW CRITICAL VALUES
FOR LONG DURATIONS TODAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WILL MOVE
EAST OF THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING
SOUTHERLY FLOW BETWEEN THIS HIGH AND A STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST
WILL BRING INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE AREA FOR THE
WEEKEND.

FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-230000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0022.070222T1826Z-070223T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
126 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 /1226 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 
35 PERCENT...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST
/10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

FLZ012-014-015-230000-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-
126 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 /1226 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-230000-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
126 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

AG/MROCZKA
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 222115
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
415 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR 
SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS...BROOKS AND LOWNDES COUNTIES
IN GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25
PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EST/6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND REGION DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT
WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION BEHIND IT. 
MUCH DRY AIR OVER SOUTH MOST GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA HAVE
DROPPED RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. RED FLAG LEVELS ARE AGAIN
EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA ON FRIDAY.

GAZ155>160-222300-
/O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070222T2300Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-
415 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED
FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-230000-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070223T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
415 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 /315 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST
/10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

FLZ012-014-015-230515-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-
415 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 /315 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-161-230515-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-LANIER-
415 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

BLOCK
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 230004
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
704 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION
BEHIND IT. CONTINUED VERY DRY AIR OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTH
FLORIDA WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-230815-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070223T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
704 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 /604 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

FLZ012-014-015-230815-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-
704 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 /604 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-230815-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
704 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

BLOCK
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 230005
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
705 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION
BEHIND IT. CONTINUED VERY DRY AIR OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTH
FLORIDA WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-231300-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
705 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 /605 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-231300-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
705 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 230852
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
352 AM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ TODAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST TODAY FOR
ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO NOSE DOWN INTO THE
REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A CONTINUED SUPPLY OF DRY LOW
LEVEL AIR. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
70S WILL COMBINE WITH THIS DRY AIR TO PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
FORECAST AREA. THIS HIGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY
FLOW BETWEEN THIS HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST WILL BRING
INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND EVENTUALLY RAIN CHANCES TO
THE REGION FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-232100-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1500Z-070224T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
352 AM EST FRI FEB 23 2007 /252 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-232100-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.070223T1700Z-070223T2300Z/
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
352 AM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY
BELOW 25 PERCENT...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

14-MROCZKA
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 231955
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
255 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY
FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...

.DISCUSSION...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY...BUT NOT BEFORE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE
MET ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.

FLZ016>019-026>029-034-240200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0023.070224T1600Z-070224T2200Z/
/O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070224T0200Z/
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
255 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING
FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY
FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY. A RED
FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RISE ABOVE 35 PERCENT THIS
EVENING DUE TO THE VERY DRY AIRMASS THAT IS IN PLACE. THE HUMIDITY
IS FORECAST TO ONCE AGAIN DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT SATURDAY BETWEEN
11 AM AND NOON EST...AND REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL LATE
AFTERNOON WHEN THE MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST FLOW
OFF THE GULF AND ATLANTIC. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

FLZ007-009>015-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-240200-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070224T0200Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-
BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-
SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
255 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007 /155 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RISE ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS
EVENING DUE TO THE VERY DRY AIRMASS THAT IS IN PLACE.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

FOURNIER
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 240213
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
913 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY FOR
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...

.DISCUSSION...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY...BUT NOT BEFORE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE
MET ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.

FLZ016>019-026>029-034-241315-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070224T0200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0023.070224T1600Z-070224T2200Z/
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
913 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

FLZ007-009>015-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-240315-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070224T0200Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-
BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-
SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
913 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007 /813 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

BLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 1:26 PM ESTRed Flag WarningTAEBrooks, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes, Seminole, Thomas6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.