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Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 17, 200726 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 17, 2007, 5:29 AM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 18, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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 17, 2007, 5:29 AM EDT (09:29 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 18, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
10 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 09:35 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, 9.5 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 2007-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -134 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-87 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 170929
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
529 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT
SATURDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO
EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG
BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
35 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE
TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
25 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...COOL DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION
THIS WEEKEND. THIS DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
IN THE MIDDLE 60S TODAY AND SUNDAY TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA. 20-FT WINDSPEEDS AND DISPERSION INDICES WILL ALSO APPROACH 
CRITICAL VALUES THIS AFTERNOON.

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-172000-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0035.070318T1500Z-070319T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1500Z-070319T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0038.070317T1500Z-070318T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
529 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 /429 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY...

COOL DRY AIR FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL ALLOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS TODAY AND SUNDAY.

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>161-172000-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0038.070317T1800Z-070318T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0035.070318T1900Z-070318T2300Z/
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-
529 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

12-WATSON
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 171904
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
304 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8 PM
EDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO
EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG
BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35
PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE
TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25
PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR MORNING AFTERNOON FOR THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED
LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...COOL DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE
REGION THROUGH MONDAY. THIS DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA. 20-FT WINDSPEEDS AND DISPERSION INDICES WILL ALSO
APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-180000-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0035.070318T1900Z-070318T2300Z/
/O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1900Z-070318T2300Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070318T0000Z/
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-
304 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 7 PM EDT SUNDAY...

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>029-034-180000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0036.070319T1800Z-070319T2200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070318T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1500Z-070319T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
304 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 /204 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON...

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS 
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

GIBBS
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 180102
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
902 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG
BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35
PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
25 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MORNING AFTERNOON FOR THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED
LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...COOL DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE
REGION THROUGH MONDAY. THIS DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA. 

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-181200-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1500Z-070319T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0036.070319T1800Z-070319T2200Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
902 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 /802 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-181200-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1900Z-070318T2300Z/
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-
902 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 7 PM EDT
SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 7 PM EDT
SUNDAY. 

$$

BLOCK
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 180751
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
351 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG
BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
25 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MORNING AFTERNOON FOR THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED
LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...COOL DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE
REGION THROUGH MONDAY. THIS DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA.

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-181600-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1500Z-070319T0100Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0036.070319T1800Z-070319T2200Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
351 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 /251 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-181600-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1900Z-070318T2300Z/
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-
351 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 


$$

LANIER
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 181041
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
641 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG
BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
25 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MORNING AFTERNOON FOR THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED
LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...COOL DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE
REGION THROUGH MONDAY. THIS DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA.

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-182000-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1500Z-070319T0100Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0036.070319T1800Z-070319T2200Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
641 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 /541 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON...

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-182000-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1900Z-070318T2300Z/
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-
641 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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.

$$

LANIER
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 181906
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
306 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS FOR THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST...

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING 
FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

.DISCUSSION...DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A DRY AIRMASS TO
PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG
BEND THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY. IT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS DRY ACROSS
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY...SO THIS AFTERNOON
WILL LIKELY BE THE LAST DAY OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR THIS AREA. 

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-190100-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0036.070319T1800Z-070319T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0040.070319T1600Z-070320T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070319T0100Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
306 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 /206 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS...

THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS FALLEN BELOW THE CRITICAL 35 PERCENT
LEVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR ANOTHER 3
TO 5 HOURS. AS TEMPERATURES WARM AGAIN ON MONDAY THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP BELOW THE 35 PERCENT LEVEL FOR 4 OR
MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MORE HUMID
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE PANHANDLE COAST...AND
RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL NOT OCCUR THERE.

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

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-190000-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0039.070318T1906Z-070319T0000Z/
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-
306 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING 
FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS FALLEN BELOW THE CRITICAL 25 PERCENT
LEVEL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR ANOTHER 2
TO 4 HOURS. 

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

$$

FOURNIER
000 
WWUS82 KTAE 190109
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
909 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 
FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE
COAST...

.DISCUSSION...DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A DRY AIRMASS TO
PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG
BEND MONDAY. IT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS DRY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-191130-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070319T0100Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0040.070319T1600Z-070320T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
909 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 /809 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED THIS SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF 
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...
EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 3:04 PM EDTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more24 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.