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Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Oct 31, 2008, 2:59 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 31, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- Oct 31, 2008, 2:59 AM EDT (06:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 06:58 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, 7.0 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
- 2371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 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 310659 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 259 AM EDT FRI OCT 31 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-312300- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0023.081031T1600Z-081031T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 259 AM EDT FRI OCT 31 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TO PRODUCE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IN ADDITION...VERY DRY BRUSH WILL FURTHER 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 AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FAVORED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GERAPETRITIS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Oct 31, 2:45 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 2:45 AM EDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 AM EDT FRI OCT 31 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH ON
SUNDAY...BUT IT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LITTLE OR NO MOISTURE. LOW
PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE SOUTHEAST COASTLINE EARLY NEXT WEEK
AND SPREAD LIMITED MOISTURE INLAND THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT...WHILE DRY HIGH PRESSURE LINGERS AT THE SURFACE. WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARM ADVECTION IN A LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND...MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE COOL SIDE OF GUIDANCE...AND
ONLY A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. RADIATIONAL COOLING
WILL TAKE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S TONIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 AM FRIDAY...THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH A
CUTOFF UPPER LOW DRIFTING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON
SATURDAY. MEANWHILE...A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH
THE MID ATLANTIC SATURDAY AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE
FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY. AN ATLANTIC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ZONE WILL
DEVELOP BETWEEN THESE FEATURES OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT WITH ANY
ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION REMAINING SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. MODEL
CONSENSUS SUGGESTS THAT SOUTHERN LOW PRES SYSTEM WILL THEN SLOWLY
FILL AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA LATE IN THE WEEKEND.
A DRY FORECAST WILL BE FEATURED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES
SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO CATEGORIES ABOVE CLIMATE NORMS ON SATURDAY
WITH WARMING THICKNESSES AHEAD OF THE BACKDOOR FRONT. SLIGHT COOLING
IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...BUT WITH TEMPS REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 AM FRIDAY...THE PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FETCH
BETWEEN THE SOUTHEAST LOW PRES SYSTEM AND A STRONG MID ATLANTIC
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE AREA MON TO WED. MODEL DIFFERENCES PERSIST WITH THE
HANDLING OF THE SFC LOW OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST...WITH THE GFS STILL
CLINGING TO A DEEPER LOW NEARER THE COAST TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE LATEST GFS ENSEMBLE SOLUTION...HOWEVER..MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES
THE 12Z THU ECMWF. THIS SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR RAIN
SHOWERS TO JUST THE EXTREME EASTERN PIEDMONT SECTIONS AROUND MID
WEEK. RIDGING SHOULD REASSERT ITSELF BY THURSDAY AS THE COASTAL LOW
SLOWLY DEPARTS...WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST VERY LATE IN THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR EXPECTED DURING THIS TAF PERIOD. ALTHOUGH SOME DEW POINT
DEPRESSIONS ARE RATHER LOW...GUIDANCE CARRIED NO FOG AT ANY TAF
SITES THIS MORNING. CALM WINDS WILL GIVE WAY TO LIGHT SOUTH WINDS
BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME CALM OR LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY
LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A COASTAL LOW MAY JUST REACH AS FAR WEST AS
KCLT ON TUE...BUT AT THIS POINT SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS LOOK LIKE THE
GREATEST IMPACT.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S...DEWPOINTS IN
THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...AND FUEL MOISTURES BELOW 10 PERCENT
THIS AFTERNOON WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WITH RH VALUES DIPPING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR
SEVERAL HOURS...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE POSTED.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR GAZ018-026-028-
029.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...HG
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...JAT
FIRE WEATHER...HGHazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 3:39 PM EDT, 11 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 339 PM EDT THU OCT 30 2008 GAZ018-026-028-029-311945- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 339 PM EDT THU OCT 30 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082- 501>510-SCZ001>014-019-311945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 339 PM EDT THU OCT 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 3:05 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 30 hr |
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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.