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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 3, 20089 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2008, 2:29 AM EST for 9 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 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
Mar 3, 2008, 2:29 AM EST (07:29 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2008, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2008-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WWUS82 KFFC 030729
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
229 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008

GAZ005>009-013>016-031530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0007.080303T1200Z-080304T0000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
229 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING FOR HIGH WINDS AND DRY FUEL MOISTURE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FORESTS.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF
10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS82 KFFC 031458
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
958 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008

GAZ005>009-013>016-032300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080304T0000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
958 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FORESTS.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF
10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 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 040005
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
705 PM EST MON MAR 3 2008

GAZ005>009-013>016-040115-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080304T0000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
705 PM EST MON MAR 3 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EXPIRED AT 7 PM EST.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE CRITICAL 25 PERCENT LEVEL
AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THIS VALUE THROUGH TUESDAY.
THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 12:01 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more34 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.