Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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, 7.5 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.
- 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
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. $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:01 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 34 hr |
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.