Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Feb 25, 2012, 3:31 AM EST for 28 counties in North Carolina; Anderson County, Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 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 25, 2012, 3:31 AM EST (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 36 counties
Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 104 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
352 WWUS82 KGSP 250831 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 331 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. GAZ029-SCZ009-011>014-019-250945- /O.CAN.KGSP.FW.A.0002.120225T1400Z-120226T0200Z/ ELBERT-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 331 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR ELBERT COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE VERY GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA TODAY...THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE RECEIVED A HALF INCH TO OVER AN INCH OF RAIN ON FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD KEEP 10 HOUR FUELS TOO MOIST FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE DANGER. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-303-501>510- SCZ001>008-010-251700- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0002.120225T1400Z-120226T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0002.120225T1400Z-120226T0200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- 331 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA * TIMING...GUSTS WILL INCREASE WITH MIXING MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * FUEL MOISTURE...FUELS ARE MARGINALLY DRY...BUT LOCATIONS THAT MISSED OUT ON RAINFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE BRUSH DRY OUT QUICKLY TODAY. * IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE HEIGHTENED AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TODAY. 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. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-251700- /O.EXT.KGSP.FW.A.0002.120225T1400Z-120225T2300Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 331 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... * LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...GUSTS WILL INCREASE WITH MIXING FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * FUEL MOISTURE...FUELS ARE MARGINALLY DRY...BUT LOCATIONS THAT MISSED OUT ON RAINFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE BRUSH DRY OUT QUICKLY ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE HEIGHTENED AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TODAY. A WARNING WILL NOT BE ISSUED OWING TO THE MARGINAL FUELS UNTIL ADDITIONAL COORDINATION IS MADE WITH LAND MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MCAVOY
4 follow-up statements
513 WWUS82 KGSP 251106 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 606 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-252300- /O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0002.120225T1400Z-120225T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.FW.W.0002.120225T1400Z-120226T0200Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 606 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...GUSTS WILL INCREASE WITH MIXING FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * FUEL MOISTURE...FUELS ARE MARGINALLY DRY...BUT LOCATIONS THAT MISSED OUT ON RAINFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE BRUSH DRY OUT QUICKLY TODAY. * IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE HEIGHTENED AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-303-501>510- SCZ001>008-010-252300- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.120225T1400Z-120226T0200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- 606 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA * TIMING...GUSTS WILL INCREASE WITH MIXING FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * FUEL MOISTURE...FUELS ARE MARGINALLY DRY...BUT LOCATIONS THAT MISSED OUT ON RAINFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE BRUSH DRY OUT QUICKLY TODAY. * IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE HEIGHTENED AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TODAY. 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. && $$ MCAVOY
211 WWUS82 KGSP 251240 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 740 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. SCZ009-260200- /O.EXA.KGSP.FW.W.0002.120225T1400Z-120226T0200Z/ YORK- 740 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR YORK COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...GUSTS WILL INCREASE WITH MIXING FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * FUEL MOISTURE...FUELS ARE MARGINALLY DRY...BUT LOCATIONS THAT MISSED OUT ON RAINFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE BRUSH DRY OUT QUICKLY TODAY. * IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE HEIGHTENED AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-303-501>510-SCZ001>008-010-260200- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.120225T1400Z-120226T0200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- 740 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MOST OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...GUSTS WILL INCREASE WITH MIXING FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...45 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE PIEDMONT AND 20 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * FUEL MOISTURE...FUELS ARE MARGINALLY DRY...BUT LOCATIONS THAT MISSED OUT ON RAINFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE BRUSH DRY OUT QUICKLY TODAY. * IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE HEIGHTENED AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TODAY. 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. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
826 WWUS82 KGSP 251521 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1021 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-303-501>510-SCZ001>010-260200- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120226T0200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON- 1021 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... MOST OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...GUSTS WILL INCREASE WITH MIXING THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...20 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * FUEL MOISTURE...FUELS ARE MARGINALLY DRY...BUT LOCATIONS THAT MISSED OUT ON RAINFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE BRUSH DRY OUT QUICKLY TODAY. * IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE HEIGHTENED AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TODAY. 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. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
769 WWUS82 KGSP 260100 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 800 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-303-501>510-SCZ001>010-260200- /O.CAN.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120226T0200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON- 800 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS INCREASIGN THIS EVENING AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SO THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:50 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2012Red Flag Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.