Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 18, 2011, 4:01 AM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 18, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 113 min. 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 18, 2011, 4:01 AM EDT (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2011, 2:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 31 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2432 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558 WWUS82 KTAE 180801 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 401 AM EDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO EXPECT LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .HIGH PRESSURE AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER VERY DRY DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. EXPECTING AROUND 4 HOUR DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS OUR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA ZONES. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE... WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE DAY. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-182300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0027.110318T1700Z-110318T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 401 AM EDT FRI MAR 18 2011 /301 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. EXPECTING AROUND 4 HOUR DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 14-MROCZKA
1 follow-up statement
175 WWUS82 KTAE 181853 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 253 PM EDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON... ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-182000- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110318T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 253 PM EDT FRI MAR 18 2011 /153 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. $$
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.