Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 74, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 24, 2009, 4:38 AM EDT for 25 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 24, 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 24, 2009, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 25 counties
Chattahoochee County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Houston County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
728 WWUS82 KFFC 240838 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 438 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 GAZ052>054-056-066>070-078>081-089>095-102>106-241645- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0074.090424T1800Z-090425T0000Z/ HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION- SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 438 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW HUMIDITY... 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. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA AND WEST OF MACON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE OR OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
371 WWUS82 KFFC 242353 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 753 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 GAZ052>054-056-066>070-078>081-089>095-102>106-250100- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0074.000000T0000Z-090425T0000Z/ HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION- SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 753 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Walton | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs, Washington and 1 more | 28 min |
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.