Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Jun 20, 2008, 3:13 AM EDT for 15 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jun 20, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Jun 20, 2008, 3:13 AM EDT (07:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 20, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Harris County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 3391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 200713 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 313 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 GAZ066-067-078>080-089>093-102>106-201515- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0032.080620T1600Z-080620T2300Z/ TROUP-MERIWETHER-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE- MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 313 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS 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 FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY AIR OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 PERCENT. THESE HUMIDITIES...ALONG WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AN AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF LAGRANGE AND WEST OF THE FLINT RIVER. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 202024 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 424 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 GAZ066-067-078>080-089>093-102>106-202300- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080620T2300Z/ TROUP-MERIWETHER-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE- MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 424 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... DRY AIR OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 PERCENT. THESE HUMIDITIES...ALONG WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AN AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF LAGRANGE AND WEST OF THE FLINT RIVER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ 19
000 WWUS82 KFFC 202317 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 717 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 GAZ066-067-078>080-089>093-102>106-210030- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080620T2300Z/ TROUP-MERIWETHER-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE- MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 717 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ 19
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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.