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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 9, 200821 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this fire weather watch at Feb 9, 2008, 3:30 AM EST for 21 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 10, 2008, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2008, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2008, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 9, 2008, 2:51 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 21 counties

Banks County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 2:51 PM ESTRed Flag WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 21 more30 hr
Feb 9, 2:57 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 38 more30 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.