Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Oct 1, 2011, 10:08 AM EDT for 33 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 1, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 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 1, 2011, 10:08 AM EDT (14:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 33 counties
Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson 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, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
189 WWUS82 KFFC 011408 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1008 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 GAZ074-076-078>086-089>098-102>113-012200- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0002.111001T1800Z-111001T2200Z/ WASHINGTON-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- 1008 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM ROUGHLY COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES THAT ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ DEESE
1 follow-up statement
145 WWUS82 KFFC 012212 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 612 PM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 GAZ074-076-078>086-089>098-102>113-012315- /O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111001T2200Z/ WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 612 PM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...076...078... 079...080...081...082...083...084...085...086...089...090...091...092... 093...094...095...096...097...098...102...103...104...105...106...107... 108...109...110...111...112 AND 113... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN 15 MPH ACROSS THE EARLIER WARNED AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SLOWLY THROUGH THE EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE AFTER SUNSET. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EAST GEORGIA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES CONCERNING WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 3:47 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray and 5 more | 14 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.