Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this red flag warning at Mar 24, 2011, 1:49 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 24, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2011, 1:49 AM EDT (05:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:11 PM EDT | WILDFIRE 60 | 6 Wsw Dorchester, SC | INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SOUTH CAROLIAN FORESTRY COMMISION....WILDFIRE IN PROGRESS NEAR TEXAS IN DORCHESER COUNTY. APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES BURNED SO FAR AS OF EARLY AFTERNOON. |
| Mar 24, 5:14 PM EDT | WILDFIRE 0 | 4 Nw Ludowici, GA | 911 CENTER REPORTS LARGE WILDFIRE IN PROGRESS NEAR LUDOWICI. DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER AND LOCAL MEDIA REPORTING VERY THICK SMOKE IN THE REGION. |
| Mar 24, 6:24 PM EDT | WILDFIRE 1100 | 3 Sw Dorchester, SC | WILDFIRE UPDATE...LARGE WILDFIRE CONTINUES TO BURN BETWEEN TEXAS AND RIDGEVILLE. FIRE ESTIMATED TO EXPAND OVER 1100 ACRES. EVACUATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 60-70 HOMES. FIRE IS 0 PERCENT CONTAINED. |
| Mar 24, 6:30 PM EDT | WILDFIRE 0 | 4 Nw Ludowici, GA | WILDFIRE UPDATE...LARGE WILDFIRE CONTINUES TO BURN ALONG HIGHWAY 84 AND ELIN CHURCH ROAD. A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 84 AROUND LUDOWICI IS SHUT DOWN. 13 HOMES ARE IN DANGER. INFORMATION IS PRELIMINIARY. |
| Mar 24, 8:01 PM EDT | WILDFIRE 0 | 4 Nnw Ludowici, GA | WILDFIRE UPDATE...A LARGE WILDFIRE CONTINUES TO BURN NEAR LUDOWICI. HIGHWAY 84 IS CLOSED FROM NEAR JESUP TO ELIM CHURCH ROAD. A NURSING HOME IS BEING EVACUATED. 13 STRUCTURES ARE IN DANGER. INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY. FIRE HAS SPREAD 7 MILES. |
| Mar 24, 8:46 PM EDT | WILDFIRE 1000 | 4 Nnw Ludowici, GA | WILDFIRE UPDATE...A LARGE WILDFIRE CONTINUES TO BURN NEAR LUDOWICI. HIGHWAY 84 IS CLOSED FROM NEAR JESUP TO ELIM CHURCH ROAD. LONG STATE PRISON AND A NURSING HOME ARE BEING EVACUATED. OTHER EVACUATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED. 13 STRUCTURES ARE IN DANGER. FIRE HAS SPR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
889 WWUS82 KCHS 240549 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 149 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 241400- /O.NEW.KCHS.FW.W.0002.110324T1500Z-110324T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 149 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...VERY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM NOON THROUGH 5 PM. * WIND: WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 18 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: RANGING FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S...WARMEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR ERRATIC WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR TODAY. ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER AROUND SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
4 follow-up statements
152 WWUS82 KCHS 240713 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 313 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 241800- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0002.110324T1500Z-110324T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 313 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...VERY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM NOON THROUGH 5 PM. * WIND: WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 18 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: RANGING FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S... WARMEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR ERRATIC WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR TODAY. ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER AROUND SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
717 WWUS82 KCHS 241507 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1107 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 242300- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110324T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1107 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...VERY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM NOON THROUGH 5 PM. * WIND: WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 18 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: RANGING FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S... WARMEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR ERRATIC WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR TODAY. ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER AROUND SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
752 WWUS82 KCHS 242143 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 543 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 250100- /O.EXT.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110325T0100Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 543 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WIND: WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 10 AND 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR ERRATIC WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER AROUND SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
394 WWUS82 KCHS 250059 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 859 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 250200- /O.EXP.KCHS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110325T0100Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 859 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2011Red Flag Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.