Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2008, 3:43 PM EST for 21 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 19, 2008, 2:15 AM EST. It was in force for 17 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
- Feb 18, 2008, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2008, 2:15 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 42 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 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 KTAE 182043 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 343 PM EST MON FEB 18 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TUESDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING A SLIGHTLY COOLER BUT VERY DRY AIRMASS. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR BRIEF RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-182145- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0018.080219T1800Z-080219T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 343 PM EST MON FEB 18 2008 /243 PM CST MON FEB 18 2008/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH 25 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CRITICAL FOUR HOUR DURATIONS WILL NOT BE MET. $$ FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-191215- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0018.080219T1600Z-080220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.080219T1700Z-080219T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0019.080220T1700Z-080220T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 343 PM EST MON FEB 18 2008 /243 PM CST MON FEB 18 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ 38-GODSEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KTAE 190715 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 215 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE DUE TO POTENTIAL LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION TODAY...AND WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES STILL EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID 60S THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO REACH RED FLAG DURATIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE ONE EXCEPTION WILL BE A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE ONLY BRIEF DURATIONS OF 25 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED. ON WEDNESDAY...SLIGHTLY HIGHER AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...BUT RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>146-155>158-192100- /O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0021.080219T1800Z-080219T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS- 215 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2008 /115 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-192100- /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0021.080219T1700Z-080220T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0019.080220T1700Z-080220T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 215 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2008 /115 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ 17-GOULD
000 WWUS82 KTAE 192029 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 329 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES AND FRANKLIN COUNTY DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...SLIGHTLY HIGHER AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...BUT RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE. ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-200000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0019.080220T1700Z-080220T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0022.080220T1700Z-080220T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080220T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 329 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2008 /229 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ012-014-015-200000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080220T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0019.080220T1700Z-080220T2300Z/ BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 329 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2008 /229 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>146-155>158-192300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080219T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS- 329 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2008 /229 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay | 43 min |
| Feb 17, 9:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 39 min |
| Feb 17, 10:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 57 min |
| Feb 18, 1:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 39 min |
| Feb 18, 1:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 39 min |
| Feb 18, 1:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 2:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift, Worth | 38 min |
| Feb 17, 7:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 7:18 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Feb 17, 7:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 57 min |
| Feb 17, 9:18 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Feb 17, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 42 min |
| Feb 17, 10:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 18, 12:18 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Feb 18, 1:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 2:25 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Feb 18, 5:38 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:43 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 37 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2008Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2008Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.