Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2008, 3:22 PM EDT for 50 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 30, 2008, 2:49 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 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
- Apr 29, 2008, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2008, 2:49 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 50 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton 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, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -140 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 291922 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 322 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 GAZ066>073-078>084-089>097-102>111-300330- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0024.080430T1700Z-080501T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080430T0000Z/ TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR- WHEELER- 322 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. BOTH OF THESE WARNINGS INCLUDE THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS 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. $$ GAZ036>039-046>062-074>076-085-086-098-112-113-300000- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080430T0000Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY- BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON- JOHNSON-EMANUEL-TREUTLEN-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 322 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 292358 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 758 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 GAZ066>073-078>084-089>097-102>111-301000- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080430T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0024.080430T1700Z-080501T0000Z/ TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR- WHEELER- 758 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS 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. $$ GAZ036>039-046>062-074>076-085-086-098-112-113-300100- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080430T0000Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY- BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON- JOHNSON-EMANUEL-TREUTLEN-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 758 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 300649 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 249 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 GAZ046>049-052>060-098-112-113-301500- /O.EXA.KFFC.FW.W.0024.080430T1700Z-080501T0000Z/ ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TREUTLEN-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 249 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF 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. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS 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. $$ GAZ066>073-078>084-089>097-102>111-301500- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0024.080430T1700Z-080501T0000Z/ TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR- WHEELER- 249 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 301540 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 GAZ046>049-052>060-066>073-078>084-089>098-102>113-302345- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0024.080430T1700Z-080501T0000Z/ ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON- LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB- TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 1140 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS 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. $$
675 WWUS82 KFFC 302341 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 741 PM EDT WED APR 30 2008 GAZ046>049-052>060-066>073-078>084-089>098-102>113-010045- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080501T0000Z/ ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON- LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB- TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 741 PM EDT WED APR 30 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE RISEN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:24 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 57 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:22 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 67 more | 18 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 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.