Alert archive / South Carolina / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Feb 11, 2012, 4:33 AM EST for 6 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 11, 2012, 4:33 AM EST (09:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 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, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
391 WWUS82 KGSP 110933 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 433 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY... .BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT TODAY. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-112300- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0001.120211T1700Z-120211T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0001.120211T1700Z-120211T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 433 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TIMING...NOON TO 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * FUEL MOISTURE...WILL CONTINUE TO DRY AS NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. * IMPACTS...WILD FIRE POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
911 WWUS82 KGSP 111708 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1208 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT TODAY. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-112300- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120211T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1208 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TIMING...NOON TO 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RAPIDLY FALLING TO AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. * FUEL MOISTURE...WILL CONTINUE TO DRY AS NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. * IMPACTS...WILD FIRE POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 4:10 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 26 hr |
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.