Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at May 1, 2008, 11:44 AM EDT for 27 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 1, 2008, 2:00 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
- May 1, 2008, 11:44 AM EDT (15:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 27 counties
Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Harris County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 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 011544 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1144 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 GAZ069-078>080-089>093-102>106-012300- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0025.080501T1800Z-080501T2300Z/ UPSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 1144 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WARNING IS GENERALLY FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON...TO THOMASTON...TO CORDELE. THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE OR OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH TO 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. $$ 19
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 011950 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 350 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 GAZ021>023-031>034-043>045-053>055-067-012300- /O.EXA.KFFC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080501T2300Z/ CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MERIWETHER- 350 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WARNING IS GENERALLY FOR THE ATLANTA METRO COUNTIES AND AROUND LAKE LANIER. THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE OR OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ GAZ069-078>080-089>093-102>106-012300- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080501T2300Z/ UPSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 350 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORIGA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WARNING IS GENERALLY FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON...TO THOMASTON...TO CORDELE. THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE OR OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20 MPH TO 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. $$ 16
000 WWUS82 KFFC 012310 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 710 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 GAZ021>023-031>034-043>045-053>055-067-069-078>080-089>093- 102>106-020015- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080501T2300Z/ CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MERIWETHER-UPSON- HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON- STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 710 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RISEN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. $$
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.