Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at May 12, 2008, 4:07 AM EDT for 30 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 12, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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 12, 2008, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 30 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 108 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 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 120807 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 407 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 GAZ069-071>073-078>084-089>097-102>111-121615- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0028.080512T1800Z-080513T0000Z/ UPSON-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- 407 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING 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 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WEST POINT TO MILLEDGEVILLE TO LUMBER CITY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 121400 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1000 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 GAZ069-071>073-078>084-089>097-102>111-130000- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0028.080512T1800Z-080513T0000Z/ UPSON-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB- TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- 1000 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WEST POINT TO MILLEDGEVILLE TO LUMBER CITY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ BDL
000 WWUS82 KFFC 121928 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 328 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 GAZ069-071>073-078>084-089>097-102>111-130330- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0029.080513T1800Z-080514T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080513T0000Z/ UPSON-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- 328 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WEST POINT TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND LUMBER CITY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR THIS SAME AREA. THIS WARNING INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR 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 MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THESE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GAZ052>054-056-066>068-070-098-112-113-130330- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0029.080513T1800Z-080514T0000Z/ HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- TREUTLEN-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 328 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND VIDALIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ 20
000 WWUS82 KFFC 122356 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 756 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 GAZ069-071>073-078>084-089>097-102>111-130800- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080513T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0029.080513T1800Z-080514T0000Z/ UPSON-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- 756 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE AREA COVERED BY THESE WARNINGS IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WEST POINT TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND LUMBER CITY. THESE WARNINGS INCLUDE A PORTION OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THESE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GAZ052>054-056-066>068-070-098-112-113-130800- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0029.080513T1800Z-080514T0000Z/ HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- TREUTLEN-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 756 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND VIDALIA.. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 3:28 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Crawford and 35 more | 24 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.