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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 22, 200871 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2008, 2:31 PM EDT for 71 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 23, 2008, 9:28 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 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 22, 2008, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2008, 9:28 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 23, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 71 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-22Temperature 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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 KFFC 221831
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
231 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008

GAZ025-027-033>039-042>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-230245-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0007.080323T1700Z-080324T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0014.080323T1700Z-080324T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-
WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
231 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY DUE TO
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY.
THIS REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
TIME PERIOD. 

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
INTO MONDAY EVENING.

THE WARNING AND WATCH INCLUDE THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING...AND LIKELY AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72 HOURS.
LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ019>024-030>032-041-230245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
HARALSON-
231 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH
GEORGIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
MONDAY EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS MAY COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL
FOREST. 

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72 HOURS.
LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

20
4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS82 KFFC 230827
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
427 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

GAZ085-086-097-098-108>113-231630-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FW.W.0014.080323T1700Z-080324T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
JOHNSON-EMANUEL-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
427 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO 
LOW HUMIDITY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ON MONDAY.
THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO
72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ025-027-033>039-042>062-066>076-078>084-089>096-102>107-231630-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0014.080323T1700Z-080324T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-
WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-
HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-
427 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO
LOW HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO
LOW HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

THE WARNING AND WATCH INCLUDE THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON...AND LIKELY AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO
72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ019>024-030>032-041-231630-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
HARALSON-
427 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA DUE TO LOW
HUMIDITY...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS MAY COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO
CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL
FOREST.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO
72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$
000
WWUS82 KFFC 231328
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
928 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

GAZ085-086-097-098-108>113-232130-
/O.EXA.KFFC.FW.W.0014.080323T1700Z-080324T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
JOHNSON-EMANUEL-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
928 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE
TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO
15 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND
POSSIBLY AGAIN ON MONDAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72
HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ025-027-033>039-042>062-066>076-078>084-089>096-102>107-232130-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0014.080323T1700Z-080324T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-
WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-
HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-
928 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

THE WARNING AND WATCH INCLUDE THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AND LIKELY AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO
72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ019>024-030>032-041-232130-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
HARALSON-
928 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS MAY COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO
CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL
FOREST.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO
72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$
000
WWUS82 KFFC 231915
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
315 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

GAZ025-027-033>039-042>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-240315-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0015.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0009.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080324T0000Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-
WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
315 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY DUE TO 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND 
CENTRAL GEORGIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY 
AFTERNOON. THESE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.

THESE WATCHES AND WARNINGS INCLUDE THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72 HOURS.
LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ019>024-030>032-041-240315-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0008.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0015.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0009.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
HARALSON-
315 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY DUE TO 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH 
GEORGIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. 

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE DANGEROUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.

THESE WATCHES AND WARNINGS INCLUDE PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
NATIONAL FOREST.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72 HOURS.
LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-240315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0009.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
315 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH 
GEORGIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS MAY COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO
72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$
000
WWUS82 KFFC 232346
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
746 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

GAZ025-027-033>039-042>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-240800-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080324T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0015.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0009.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-
WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
746 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT
MONDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF 
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A RED
FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AS WELL.

THESE WATCHES AND WARNINGS INCLUDE THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72 HOURS.
LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ019>024-030>032-041-240800-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0015.080324T1700Z-080325T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0009.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
HARALSON-
746 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT
MONDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF 
NORTH GEORGIA...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT
MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO
15 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THESE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.

THESE WATCHES AND WARNINGS INCLUDE PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
NATIONAL FOREST.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO
72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-240800-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0009.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
746 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF 
NORTH GEORGIA...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS MAY COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO
CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO
72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

20

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 22, 5:35 AM EDT, 8 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 5:35 AM EDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
535 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
WEAK FRONT MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE TN VALLEY REGION EARLY THIS
MORNING PROGD TO SWEEP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY.
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW LITTLE MOISTURE OVER OUR AREA AS THIS
FEATURE MOVES THROUGH AND EXPECTING ONLY VARYING AMOUNTS OF CLOUDS.
BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO SOUTH GEORGIA TONIGHT AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. BEHIND IT. MODELS NOW SHOWING
WEAKER IMPULSE SKIRTING ACROSS THE TN VALLEY/NORTH GA REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE. MOS GUIDANCE POPS NOW GENERALLY 10
PERCENT OR LESS. PLAN TO DROP ALL MENTION OF PRECIP SUNDAY NIGHT...
INDICATING JUST CLOUDS. IMPULSE PULLS EAST INTO THE THE CAROLINAS
MONDAY...BUT COULD SEE LINGERING CLOUDS EAST SIDE OF COUNTY WARNING
AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON. AFTER HIGHS IN THE 70S ACROSS MUCH OF OUR
AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SHOULD SEE TEMPS COOL INTO THE 30S AND 40S
TONIGHT. COOLER AIRMASS SETTLES IN OVER THE STATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY
WITH HIGHS ADVERTISED TO BE SOME 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL.

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS DOMINANT OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA INTO TUESDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO SHIFT OFF THE SOUTHEAST
U.S. COAST TUESDAY NIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE TN VALLEY.
LATEST GFS SHOW SOME INCREASE IN DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS EXTREME
NORTH GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AS THE BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS TN...AND
WILL FOLLOW PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS
THAT AREA. BOUNDARY SLIPS A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
WILL SPREAD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH GA.
BOUNDARY THEN APPEAR TO DRIFT A LITTLE BACK TO THE NORTH THURSDAY
WITH BULK OF DEEPER MOISTURE ALSO SHIFTING NORTH OF THE STATE AND
PLAN TO LIMIT LOW POPS TO EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES. HIGH PRESSURE
LOOK TO BUILD BACK TO THE WEST FROM THE ATLANTIC FRIDAY WHICH
WOULD TEND TO SQUASH ANY CHANCE FOR PRECIP...BUT WILL LET LOW POPS
RIDE ACROSS THE NORTH FOR NOW...BEING SEVERAL DAYS OUT AND MANY
MODEL RUNS YET TO GO.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE AHEAD OF WEAK COLD FRONT PROGD TO SWEEP
ACROSS THE STATE...SHOULD KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL
VALUES TODAY. DRIER AIR BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL MAKE FOR FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COULD DROP TO 25%
OR LESS FOR 4(+) HOURS. PLAN TO ISSUE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR NOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY TRACKING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY
IS PUSHING A COLD FRONT THROUGH TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT
WILL PASS THROUGH ALL TAF SITES LATER THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LACK OF
ANY MEANINGFUL MOISTURE WILL KEEP THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE DRY. IN
FACT...THIS FRONT WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO CREATE ANY CLOUD COVER AND
ONLY EXPECTING A BRIEF PERIOD OF SCT CLOUDS AROUND 5K FT AS IT
PASSES BY THE TERMINALS. THE ONE NOTICEABLE IMPACT OF THIS FRONT
WILL BE ON THE WINDS...AS THEY TURN TO A DIRECTION NEAR 300
EVERYWHERE BUT AHN THIS AFTERNOON AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT SLOWLY TIGHTENS...WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION GUSTS
NEAR 20 KTS.

THE ONLY ISSUE THAT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED IS THE POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF A CEILING AROUND 1500 FT /OR LOWER/ DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE COLD ADVECTION REGIME BEHIND THE FRONT.
TONIGHT THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF IFR/MVFR STRATUS DOWN INTO KY.
HOWEVER...BOTH NAM AND GFS CONTINUE TO SHOW THIS MOISTURE MAKING IT
TO ABOUT THE GA BORDER AND NO FURTHER...SO WILL KEEP ANY MENTION OF
IFR/MVFR CIGS OUT OF ALL TAFS.

MG

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          74  41  64  35  61 /   5   5   5   5   5
ATLANTA         72  40  61  36  58 /   0   0   5   5   5
BLAIRSVILLE     66  32  57  31  51 /   0   0   5  10  10
CARTERSVILLE    71  34  59  32  56 /   0   0   5   5   5
COLUMBUS        76  46  70  40  64 /   5   0   5   5   0
GAINESVILLE     73  41  62  36  54 /   0   5   5   5   5
MACON           78  42  70  38  64 /   5   0   5   5   5
ROME            74  39  62  36  61 /   0   0   5  10   5
PEACHTREE CITY  72  38  65  34  60 /   5   0   5   5   5
VIDALIA         76  44  70  40  63 /   0   0   5   5   5

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BARROW...BIBB...BLECKLEY...
BUTTS...CARROLL...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COWETA...
CRAWFORD...CRISP...DEKALB...DODGE...DOOLY...DOUGLAS...EMANUEL...
FAYETTE...GLASCOCK...GREENE...GWINNETT...HANCOCK...HARRIS...
HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...
JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...LAURENS...MACON...MADISON...MARION...
MERIWETHER...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON...
NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PEACH...PIKE...PULASKI...
PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...SCHLEY...SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART...
SUMTER...TALBOT...TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...
TREUTLEN...TROUP...TWIGGS...UPSON...WALTON...WARREN...
WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKES...WILKINSON.

&&

49
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 11:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1120 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-231000-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1120 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SYNOPSIS...
A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TO OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY...PUSHING A COLD FRONT ACROSS GEORGIA
THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A LACK OF MOISTURE...HOWEVER...
WILL KEEP THE FRONTAL PASSAGE DRY AND ONLY BRING ABOUT A REINFORCING
SHOT OF DRY AIR. THIS DRY AIR WILL LEAD TO RENEWED FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS FOR SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH GEORGIA AND ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA ON SUNDAY. NO OTHER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 3:50 AM EDTFire Weather WatchFFCBaldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll and 65 more11 hr
Mar 22, 2:31 PM EDTFire Weather WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 75 more25 hr

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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.