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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Oct 16, 2010, 2:24 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 17, 2010, 12:00 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
- Oct 16, 2010, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2010, 7:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
675 WWUS82 KGSP 161824 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 224 PM EDT SAT OCT 16 2010 ...VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-170000- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0013.101017T1600Z-101018T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0021.101017T1600Z-101018T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-101017T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 224 PM EDT SAT OCT 16 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE INCREASED FIRE DANGER. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN FALL TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DRIER FUELS TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
382 WWUS82 KGSP 170817 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 417 AM EDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-172100- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.A.0014.101018T1700Z-101018T2300Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0021.101017T1600Z-101018T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 417 AM EDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNSET. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE INCREASED FIRE DANGER. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN FALL TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MCAVOY
007 WWUS82 KGSP 171833 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 233 PM EDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-180000- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0014.101018T1700Z-101018T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0022.101018T1600Z-101019T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101018T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 233 PM EDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF AROUND 25 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH SUNSET. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO CREATE INCREASED FIRE DANGER. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN FALL TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ LANE
325 WWUS82 KGSP 172327 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 727 PM EDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-180730- /O.CAN.KGSP.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101018T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0022.101018T1600Z-101019T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 727 PM EDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 25 PERCENT EARLY THIS EVENING SO THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 4:32 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 10 hr |
| Oct 16, 4:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 15 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.