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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2012, 8:11 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 10, 2012, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
419 WWUS82 KGSP 110011 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 811 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY... .LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-110115- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120411T0000Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-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-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 811 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... WINDS HAVE DECREASED...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED...AS DAYTIME HEATING HAS ABATED. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-111100- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0005.120411T1600Z-120412T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 811 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TIMING...NOON TO 8 PM EDT. * WINDS...15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 07
3 follow-up statements
882 WWUS82 KGSP 111102 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 702 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-120000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0005.120411T1600Z-120412T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 702 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TIMING...NOON TO 8 PM EDT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$
408 WWUS82 KGSP 111838 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 238 PM EDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-120000- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120412T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 238 PM EDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM EDT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VERY DRY VEGETATION...AND OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ LANE
489 WWUS82 KGSP 120001 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 801 PM EDT WED APR 11 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-120115- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120412T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 801 PM EDT WED APR 11 2012 RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:06 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Stephens | 22 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:06 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Rabun | 22 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.