Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Jan 20, 2009, 2:20 PM EST for 66 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 21, 2009, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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 20, 2009, 2:20 PM EST (19:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2009, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 66 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789 WWUS82 KFFC 201920 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 220 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 GAZ036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-210330- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0056.090121T1700Z-090121T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0002.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 220 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH ARE FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO ATLANTA...TO ATHENS. THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. ON THURSDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
4 follow-up statements
621 WWUS82 KFFC 210738 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 238 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 GAZ036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-212130- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0056.090121T1700Z-090121T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0002.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 238 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH ARE FOR THOSE AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON... TO ATLANTA...TO ATHENS. THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. ON THURSDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
054 WWUS82 KFFC 211500 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1000 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 GAZ036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-212300- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0056.090121T1700Z-090121T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0002.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 1000 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH ARE FOR THOSE AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON... TO ATLANTA...TO ATHENS. THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. ON THURSDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
711 WWUS82 KFFC 212039 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 339 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 GAZ036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-220445- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0002.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0057.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-090121T2300Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 339 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARNINGS INCLUDE THOSE AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO ATLANTA...TO AHTENS...INCLUDING THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. ON THURSDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH TO 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. $$
472 WWUS82 KFFC 212249 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 549 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 GAZ036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-220700- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-090121T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0057.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 549 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... ...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 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR THOSE AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO ATLANTA...TO ATHENS. ON THURSDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2:20 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 60 more | 25 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.