Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 22, 2010, 4:08 AM EDT for 38 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 22, 2010, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 22, 2010, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2010, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 38 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs 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), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
216 WWUS82 KFFC 220808 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 408 AM EDT THU APR 22 2010 GAZ039-051-061-062-072>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-221615- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0021.100422T1700Z-100423T0000Z/ WILKES-TALIAFERRO-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-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- 408 AM EDT THU APR 22 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH...TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
626 WWUS82 KFFC 221717 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 117 PM EDT THU APR 22 2010 GAZ039-051-061-062-072>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-230000- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100423T0000Z/ WILKES-TALIAFERRO-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON- EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 117 PM EDT THU APR 22 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
622 WWUS82 KFFC 222345 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 745 PM EDT THU APR 22 2010 GAZ039-051-061-062-072>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-230045- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100423T0000Z/ WILKES-TALIAFERRO-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-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- 745 PM EDT THU APR 22 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HUMIDITY VALUES ARE RISING THIS EVENING AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL VALUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. $$
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.