Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Nov 22, 2008, 3:27 PM EST for 43 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 23, 2008, 12:00 PM EST. 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
- Nov 22, 2008, 3:27 PM EST (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 43 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 222027 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 327 PM EST SAT NOV 22 2008 GAZ052>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-230000- /O.CAN.KFFC.FW.A.0028.081123T1700Z-081124T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-081123T0000Z/ 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- 327 PM EST SAT NOV 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WARNING INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. TODAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT AND GENERALLY EAST TO SOUTH WINDS 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. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>051-230430- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0028.081123T1700Z-081124T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0046.081123T1700Z-081124T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-081123T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- 327 PM EST SAT NOV 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WARNINGS INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. TODAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT AND GENERALLY EAST TO SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ON SUNDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS COULD COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KFFC 222359 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 659 PM EST SAT NOV 22 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>051-231000- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-081123T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0046.081123T1700Z-081124T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- 659 PM EST SAT NOV 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. ON SUNDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 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. $$ GAZ052>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-230100- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-081123T0000Z/ HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM- HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES- BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR- CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 659 PM EST SAT NOV 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 230807 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 307 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>051-231615- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0046.081123T1700Z-081124T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- 307 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF ALINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO COVINGTON...TO WASHINGTON. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 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. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 230808 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 308 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>051-231615- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0046.081123T1700Z-081124T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- 308 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO COVINGTON...TO WASHINGTON. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 231431 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 931 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030-031-041>044-046>051-231545- /O.CAN.KFFC.FW.W.0046.081123T1700Z-081124T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-POLK-PAULDING-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- 931 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN AFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE AREA WEST AND SOUTH OF A CHATSWORTH TO DOUGLASVILLE TO MONROE TO GREENSBORO LINE. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO KEEP THE AREA FROM MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-032>039-045-232245- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0046.081123T1700Z-081124T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE- FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB- 931 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE TO MARIETTA TO WASHINGTON. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 232035 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 335 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-032>039-045-240000- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-081124T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE- FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB- 335 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE TO MARIETTA TO WASHINGTON. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND PORTIONS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 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. $$
000 WWUS82 KFFC 232351 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 651 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-032>039-045-240100- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-081124T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE- FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB- 651 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS... THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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.