Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this red flag warning at Mar 24, 2008, 8:36 AM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina; 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 24, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 24, 2008, 8:36 AM EDT (12:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2008, 6:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 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 KCHS 241236 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 836 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-242130- /O.NEW.KCHS.FW.W.0002.080324T1400Z-080324T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 836 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WELL OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 22 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. THE WORST FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM EDT. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL JUST SHORT OF RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 30 MPH FOR ONE OUR OR MORE...BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL USERS INDICATE THE FIRE DANGER IS SUCH THAT A RED FLAG WARNING IS STILL NEEDED FOR THE REGION. HUMIDITY WILL BEING A SLOW RECOVERY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KCHS 241238 CCA RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 837 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-242145- /O.COR.KCHS.FW.W.0002.080324T1400Z-080324T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 837 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WELL OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 22 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. THE WORST FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM EDT. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL JUST SHORT OF RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 30 MPH FOR ONE OUR OR MORE...BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL USERS INDICATE THE FIRE DANGER IS SUCH THAT A RED FLAG WARNING IS STILL NEEDED FOR THE REGION. HUMIDITY WILL BEING A SLOW RECOVERY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KCHS 241436 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1036 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-242300- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080324T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1036 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WELL OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 22 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. THE WORST FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM EDT. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL JUST SHORT OF RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 30 MPH FOR ONE HOUR OR MORE...BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL USERS INDICATE THE FIRE DANGER IS SUCH THAT A RED FLAG WARNING IS STILL NEEDED FOR THE REGION. HUMIDITY WILL BEING A SLOW RECOVERY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KCHS 241927 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 327 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-242300- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080324T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 327 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE COMBINATION OF STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WELL OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ALONG WITH DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WORST FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR PRIOR TO 5 PM EDT. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL JUST SHORT OF RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 30 MPH FOR ONE HOUR OR MORE...BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL USERS INDICATE THE FIRE DANGER IS SUCH THAT A RED FLAG WARNING IS STILL NEEDED FOR THE REGION. HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN A SLOW RECOVERY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ RJB
000 WWUS82 KCHS 242258 RFWCHS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 658 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-250000- /O.CAN.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080324T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 658 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ALLOWED THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE. THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 7 PM EDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CHS | 17 hr | |
| Mar 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 17 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2008Red Flag Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.