Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 71, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 17, 2009, 3:38 AM EDT for 25 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 17, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT. 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
- Apr 17, 2009, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 25 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610 WWUS82 KFFC 170738 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 338 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 GAZ058-067>071-078>082-089>095-102>108-170845- /O.CAN.KFFC.FW.A.0008.090417T1800Z-090418T0000Z/ BUTTS-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR- CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX- 338 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO COCHRAN TO MCRAE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES NEEDED TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. $$ GAZ039-049>051-059>062-072>076-083>086-096>098-109>113-171600- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0008.090417T1800Z-090418T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0071.090417T1800Z-090418T0000Z/ WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON- JOHNSON-EMANUEL-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 338 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...FOR THE AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO COCHRAN TO MCRAE. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. && A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
065 WWUS82 KFFC 171428 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1028 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 GAZ039-049>051-059>062-072>076-083>086-096>098-109>113-172230- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0071.090417T1800Z-090418T0000Z/ WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON- JOHNSON-EMANUEL-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 1028 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. && A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY 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. && $$
284 WWUS82 KFFC 172012 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 412 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 GAZ061-062-072>076-083>086-096>098-109>113-180415- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0009.090418T1800Z-090418T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090418T0000Z/ HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DODGE-TELFAIR- WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 412 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A RIDGE OF DRY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DRIFT EAST AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE MID U.S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GAZ039-049>051-059-060-180000- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090418T0000Z/ WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-JASPER-PUTNAM- 412 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY 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. && $$ GAZ069-071-079>082-093>095-105>108-180415- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0009.090418T1800Z-090418T2300Z/ UPSON-MONROE-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON- DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX- 412 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RIDGE OF DRY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DRIFT EAST AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE MID U.S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN 12 TO 96 HOURS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 4:12 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 26 more | 11 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.