Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at May 20, 2009, 3:20 AM EDT for 67 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 20, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
- May 20, 2009, 3:20 AM EDT (07:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 67 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk 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, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 2773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398 WWUS82 KFFC 200720 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 320 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 GAZ022>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>085-089>095-102>106- 201530- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0076.090520T1200Z-090520T2200Z/ FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-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-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON- PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 320 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CEDARTOWN TO MARIETTA TO GAINESVILLE LINE...EXCEPT FOR THAT AREA EAST OF ABBEVILLE TO DUBLIN TO SWAINSBORO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
538 WWUS82 KFFC 201448 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1048 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 GAZ022>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>085-089>095-102>106- 202200- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0076.000000T0000Z-090520T2200Z/ FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON- PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- 1048 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... FOR THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CEDARTOWN TO MARIETTA TO GAINESVILLE LINE...EXCEPT FOR THAT AREA EAST OF ABBEVILLE TO DUBLIN TO SWAINSBORO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 3:44 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 72 more | 14 hr |
| May 20, 2:43 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 72 more | 28 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.