Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Jul 1, 2008, 2:30 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jul 2, 2008, 3:39 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 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
- Jul 1, 2008, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 2, 2008, 3:39 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 KGSP 011830 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 230 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 GAZ018-026-028-029-021000- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0021.080702T1500Z-080703T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080702T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 230 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MOST LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 THIS AFTERNOON...AND SIMILAR VALUES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S IN THIS DRY AIRMASS. SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH DRY BRUSH WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL HEIGHTEN FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GAZ010-017-021000- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.A.0004.080702T1500Z-080703T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM- 230 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 40S TO PRODUCE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT. THESE CRITICAL HUMIDITY VALUES COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE TO ENHANCE FIRE DANGER. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GERAPETRITIS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KGSP 020739 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 339 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 GAZ010-017-022000- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0004.080702T1500Z-080703T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.FW.W.0021.080702T1500Z-080703T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM- 339 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 80S ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS MIXING INTO THE MID 40S WILL CREATE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 100 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES ACROSS THE AREA AND ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-022000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0021.080702T1500Z-080703T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 339 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 80S ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS MIXING INTO THE MID 40S WILL CREATE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 100 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES ACROSS THE AREA AND ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL HEIGHTEN FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KRENTZ
000 WWUS82 KGSP 020800 CCA RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 359 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 GAZ010-017-022030- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0004.080702T1500Z-080703T0000Z/ /O.COR.KGSP.FW.W.0021.080702T1500Z-080703T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM- 359 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 80S ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS MIXING INTO THE MID 40S WILL CREATE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 100 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES ACROSS THE AREA AND ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-022030- /O.COR.KGSP.FW.W.0021.080702T1500Z-080703T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 359 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 80S ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS MIXING INTO THE MID 40S WILL CREATE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 100 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES ACROSS THE AREA AND ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL HEIGHTEN FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KRENTZ
000 WWUS82 KGSP 021526 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1126 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-030000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080703T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 1126 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FROM THE MID 80S IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO AROUND 90 IN THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY AIR TO PRODUCE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES ACROSS THE AREA TO HEIGHTEN THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL HEIGHTEN FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GERAPETRITIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:35 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 16 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:30 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 14 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.