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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 4, 201096 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2010, 3:19 PM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 5, 2010, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 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
Mar 4, 2010, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 5, 2010, 8:00 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon 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, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk 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, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

275 
WWUS82 KFFC 042019
RFWFFC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
319 PM EST THU MAR 4 2010

GAZ001>008-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-051000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0007.100305T1700Z-100306T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0006.100306T1700Z-100307T0100Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-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-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
319 PM EST THU MAR 4 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EST FRIDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO
BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL
FORESTS.

AN INCREASINGLY DRY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL
COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST
TO NORTH WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS.

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. ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&

$$

GAZ009-051000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0006.100306T1700Z-100307T0100Z/
TOWNS-
319 PM EST THU MAR 4 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL
FORESTS.

AN INCREASINGLY DRY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL
COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND NORTH
WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
793 
WWUS82 KFFC 050830
RFWFFC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
330 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

GAZ001>008-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-052100-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0007.100305T1700Z-100306T0100Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0006.100306T1700Z-100307T0100Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-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-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
330 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST
THIS EVENING FOR NEARLY ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST
THIS EVENING FOR NEARLY ALL NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EXCEPT TOWNS COUNTY.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL
FORESTS.

TODAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 
AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE
REPRESENTATIVE OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE RECENT SNOW MAY NOT HAVE
MELTED.

FOR SATURDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 17 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 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.

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. ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&


$$

GAZ009-052100-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0006.100306T1700Z-100307T0100Z/
TOWNS-
330 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR TOWNS COUNTY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR TOWNS COUNTY. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST 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. ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&


$$
BDL
329 
WWUS82 KFFC 051648
RFWFFC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1148 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

GAZ009-060100-
/O.EXA.KFFC.FW.W.0007.100305T1700Z-100306T0100Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0006.100306T1700Z-100307T0100Z/
TOWNS-
1148 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR 
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXPANDED THE
RED FLAG WARNING TO INCLUDE TOWNS COUNTY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING.

THIS WARNING AND WATCH INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST.

TODAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE
REPRESENTATIVE OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE RECENT SNOW MAY NOT
HAVE MELTED.

FOR SATURDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 17 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 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.

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. ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.


&&

$$

GAZ001>008-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-060100-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0007.100305T1700Z-100306T0100Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.A.0006.100306T1700Z-100307T0100Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-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-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
1148 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE 
HUMIDITIES...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

THIS WARNING AND WATCH INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE
NATIONAL FORESTS.

TODAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE
REPRESENTATIVE OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE RECENT SNOW MAY NOT
HAVE MELTED.

FOR SATURDAY...DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 17 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 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.

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. ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&

$$
875 
WWUS82 KFFC 052136
RFWFFC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
436 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-060545-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0006.100306T1700Z-100307T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0008.100306T1700Z-100307T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.A.0007.100307T1600Z-100308T0100Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100306T0100Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-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-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
436 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY FOR 
ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH AND 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 NOON TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
A RED FLAG WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS
EVENING.

THESE WARNINGS AND WATCH INCLUDE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE
NATIONAL FORESTS.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS GEORGIA TODAY...AND
FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND WILL REMAIN LOW UNTIL EARLY THIS
EVENING. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO
15 TO 25 MPH TODAY WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. LIGHTER NORTHWEST TO
NORTH WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS LESS THAN 15 MPH ARE
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS
WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 36 HOURS.

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. ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 3:19 PM ESTFire Weather WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more25 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010

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.