Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 25, 2007, 2:52 PM EST for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 26, 2007, 11:00 AM EST. 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
- Jan 25, 2007, 2:52 PM EST (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2007, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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 19:57 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 12:00Z, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -231 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 KTAE 251952 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 252 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND REGION...EXCLUDING DIXIE...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES DUE TO EXPECTED RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT COINCIDENT WITH SURFACE WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH... ...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 BIG BEND REGION DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...THE CLOUDS HAVE FINALLY MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND DEW POINTS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO FALL. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. FOR TOMORROW...RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING AND WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID TEENS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. BY SATURDAY...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE AREA THEREBY PRECLUDING RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER... FLZ007-009>013-016>019-026>029-260000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0005.070126T1500Z-070127T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0005.070126T1600Z-070127T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070126T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 252 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 /152 PM CST THU JAN 25 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING 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. 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...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. $$ FLZ014-015-034-260000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0005.070126T1500Z-070127T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0005.070126T1600Z-070127T0000Z/ GULF-FRANKLIN-DIXIE- 252 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 /152 PM CST THU JAN 25 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-260000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0005.070126T1700Z-070127T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0005.070126T1900Z-070127T0000Z/ 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- 252 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ BARRY
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KTAE 260016 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 716 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A DRY AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ007-009>013-016>019-026>029-261200- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070126T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0005.070126T1600Z-070127T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 716 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 /616 PM CST THU JAN 25 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS...MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA IN THIS AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ014-015-034-261200- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0005.070126T1600Z-070127T0000Z/ GULF-FRANKLIN-DIXIE- 716 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 /616 PM CST THU JAN 25 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS...MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA IN THIS AREA. 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. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-261200- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0005.070126T1900Z-070127T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 716 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS...MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA IN THIS AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FOURNIER
000 WWUS82 KTAE 260844 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 344 AM EST FRI JAN 26 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TODAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA TODAY. THIS IS A DRY AIRMASS AND WILL PRODUCE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-262030- /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0005.070126T1800Z-070126T2300Z/ 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- 344 AM EST FRI JAN 26 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-262030- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0005.070126T1600Z-070127T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 344 AM EST FRI JAN 26 2007 /244 AM CST FRI JAN 26 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 18-WOOL
000 WWUS82 KTAE 262000 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 300 PM EST FRI JAN 26 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TO 6 PM EST TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TODAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A CONTINUED DRY AIRMASS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-270000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070127T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 300 PM EST FRI JAN 26 2007 /200 PM CST FRI JAN 26 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-262300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070126T2300Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 300 PM EST FRI JAN 26 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:37 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 15 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.