Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2008, 1:15 PM EDT for 36 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 13, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 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 13, 2008, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 36 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 2085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 KFFC 131715 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 115 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2008 GAZ039-051-061-062-072>076-080>086-091>098-102>113-140000- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0011.080313T1900Z-080314T0000Z/ WILKES-TALIAFERRO-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON- EMANUEL-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 115 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORIGA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING COVERS AREAS SOUTH OF A LUMPKIN TO MACON TO WASHINGTON AND INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KFFC 132345 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 745 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2008 GAZ039-051-061-062-072>076-080>086-091>098-102>113-140045- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080314T0000Z/ WILKES-TALIAFERRO-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON- EMANUEL-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 745 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE RISING DURING THE EVENING. $$
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.