Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Jan 3, 2008, 3:09 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 4, 2008, 12:00 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
- Jan 3, 2008, 3:09 PM EST (20:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 20:14 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 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 032009 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 309 PM EST THU JAN 3 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-041100- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0003.080104T1700Z-080105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080103T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 309 PM EST THU JAN 3 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH MILDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON...EVEN LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED...FALLING INTO THE TEENS. COMBINED WITH FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AROUND 10 PERCENT...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE CREATED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KGSP 032251 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 551 PM EST THU JAN 3 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-040700- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080103T2300Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0003.080104T1700Z-080105T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 551 PM EST THU JAN 3 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE THREAT OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS HAS ENDED FOR TODAY SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. COMBINED WITH FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AROUND 10 PERCENT...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE CREATED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL MOISTURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KGSP 040748 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 248 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-050000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0003.080104T1700Z-080105T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 248 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. COMBINED WITH FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AROUND 10 PERCENT...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE CREATED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL MOISTURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MCAVOY
000 WWUS82 KGSP 041600 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1100 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-050000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0003.080104T1700Z-080105T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 1100 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS TO LOW 20S. COMBINED WITH FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AROUND 10 PERCENT...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE CREATED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL MOISTURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS82 KGSP 042357 RFWGSP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 657 PM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-050100- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080105T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 657 PM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED EARLY THIS EVENING...BRINGING THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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 Jan 3, 2:24 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 2:24 PM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
224 PM EST THU JAN 3 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS
SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE
REGION. BY WEDNESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MOUNTAINS AND
CROSS THE CAROLINAS THROUGH THE DAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
MODELS ARE VERY SIMILAR REGARDING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT
PORTION OF THE FORECAST. LARGE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE
OVER THE CWA DURING THE NIGHT. THE SKY WILL BE CLEAR... THE WIND
WILL BE LIGHT... AND THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE COLD. HAVE BASED THE
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES MOSTLY ON THE GFS MOS WITH SOME DOWNWARD
NUDGES IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE BETWEEN
15 AND 20 EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND BETWEEN 5 AND 15 IN THE
MOUNTAINS. AS THE SURFACE HIGH DRIFTS SLOWLY EASTWARD TOWARD
MORNING... THE 500 MB FLOW WILL RAPIDLY BECOME MORE ZONAL.
SOUTHWEST FLOW AND WEAK WARM ADVECTION VICINITY 800-850 MB COULD
RESULT IN SOME MOUNTAINTOP TEMPERATURES SHOWING SLIGHT WARMING BY
SUNRISE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 200 PM THURSDAY...SAVE FOR SOME LATER DAY HIGH CLOUDS...ANOTHER
SUNNY DAY IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. DEVELOPING RETURN FLOW ON BACKSIDE
OF HIPRES SHOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW MAXES TO CLIMB A COUPLE OF
CATEGORIES HIGHER THAN THIS AFTERNOON/S CHILLY READINGS. WEAK S/WV
ENERGY EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST ON SATURDAY. STRONGER
WAA FLOW AND BETTER DPVA DEVELOPING OFF TO OUR WEST FRIDAY NIGHT WILL
PASS BY OFF TO OUR NORTH ON SATURDAY...LIMITING ANY SENSIBLE WX
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM TO JUST VARIABLE CLOUDINESS. WITH
DEVELOPING SOUTHERLY LLVL FLOW...WILL SHOOT FOR MAX TEMPS CLIMBING
BACK TO EARLY JANUARY NORMALS.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 220 PM THURSDAY...I WILL USE THE ECMWF AS THE PREFERRED
SOLUTION FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A H5 RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO AMPLIFY
ON SUNDAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST ON MONDAY. A
FULL LATITUDE TROF WILL DEEPEN EAST OF ROCKIES MON AND TUES. THIS
PATTERN WILL ALLOW RETURN FLOW ENOUGH TIME TO SURGE MILD LLVL
THICKNESSES AND H85 TEMPS NORTHWARD...RESULTING IN MAX TEMPS 10-15
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE CWA. A COLD FRONT SHOULD SWEEP
ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS FROM 0Z WED TO 18Z WED-0Z THURS. I WILL
CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE HIGH CHC POPS ACROSS THE CWA WITH THE FORECAST
TIMING OF THE SFC FRONT. IT APPEARS THAT A S/W RIDGE WITH RIPPLE
OVER THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT...ALLOWING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TO CONTINUE. GENERALLY...THE
EXTENDED PERIOD WILL FEATURE VERY MILD TEMPERATURES WITH A CHC OF
SHRA FROM LATE TUES EVENING UNTIL WEDS NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER REGION THROUGH FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE
CEILING UNLIMITED AND VISIBILITY UNRESTRICTED. SURFACE WIND WILL BE
LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST UNTIL SUNSET TODAY THEN CALM OVERNIGHT.
SPEED WILL BE LESS THAN TEN KT EXCEPT FOR AVL WHICH WILL HAVE
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 20 KT DURING REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.
LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND... 10 KT OR LESS... WILL DEVELOP DURING DAY
FRIDAY AS HIGH CENTER DRIFTS EAST OF FORECAST AREA.
AVIATION OUTLOOK... SLOW OFFSHORE MOVEMENT OF LARGE HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN GENERALLY VFR WEATHER SATURDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SLOW
INCREASE IN MOISTURE WITH POSSIBLE SCATTERED MVFR CEILINGS BY
TUESDAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AGAIN ON FRIDAY.
WITH WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON TAP...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL BE EVEN LOWER THAN TODAY...BOTTOMING OUT IN THE TEENS. A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR NE GA WILL BE ISSUED AGAIN.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK/SGL
NEAR TERM...LGL
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...NED
AVIATION...LGL
FIRE WEATHER...CSHHazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 11:12 AM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1112 AM EST THU JAN 3 2008 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-041615- 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- 1112 AM EST THU JAN 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-041615- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 1112 AM EST THU JAN 3 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. RED FLAG WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LGL
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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.