Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2008, 4:13 AM EST for 45 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 6, 2008, 12:14 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
- Mar 6, 2008, 4:13 AM EST (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2008, 12:14 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 45 counties
Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 1889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 060913 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 413 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 GAZ046-048-052>059-066>072-078>083-089>096-102>108-061715- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0008.080306T1800Z-080307T0000Z/ ROCKDALE-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION- SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX- 413 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS PARTS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING SOUTH OF A FRANKLIN TO COVINGTON LINE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES PARTS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KFFC 061714 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1214 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 GAZ014-021-022-032-033-043>045-070000- /O.EXA.KFFC.FW.W.0008.080306T1800Z-080307T0000Z/ DAWSON-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-COBB-NORTH FULTON-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- DEKALB- 1214 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA THAT INCLUDE COUNTIES AROUND ATLANTA. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ GAZ046-048-052>059-066>072-078>083-089>096-102>108-070000- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0008.080306T1800Z-080307T0000Z/ ROCKDALE-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION- SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX- 1214 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA GENERALLY SOUTH OF ATLANTA AND WEST OF MACON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES PARTS OF THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 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. $$ BDL
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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.