Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 13, 2012, 1:46 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 26 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 14, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 13, 2012, 1:46 PM CST (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- 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 19:51 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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
- 1617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
436 WWUS82 KTAE 131946 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 246 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST / 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST / 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF THE INLAND FLORIDA ZONES... .TODAY HAS BEEN DRY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUING TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES BASED ON AROUND 4 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. TOMORROW EXPECT WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FOR AROUND 4 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 25 PERCENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IN INTERIOR FLORIDA ZONES...DISPERIONS ABOVE 75 AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL CALL FOR A FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY. EXPECT THE HUMIDITY TO GRADUALLY RISE SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-140400- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0005.120114T1800Z-120114T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0005.120114T1800Z-120114T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120113T2200Z/ 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- 246 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 /146 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 4 HOURS OF SUB 25 PERCENT WITH MINIMUM VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FLZ007>013-016>019-026>029-140400- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0006.120114T1600Z-120115T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 246 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 /146 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND...WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * DISPERSIONS...VALUES FROM 75 TO 85. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KM
1 follow-up statement
583 WWUS82 KTAE 140912 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 412 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST / 1 PM TO 6 PM EST TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND FOR THE GEORGIA COUNTIES DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR MOST OF THE INLAND FLORIDA ZONES HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED... .WITH A PERSISTENT DRY AIRMASS AND EVEN WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER TODAY...CRITICAL RED FLAG HUMIDITY DURATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND TO A LESSER EXTENT SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THEREFORE THE WARNING THERE REMAINS IN PLACE. ALTHOUGH LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITIES ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA...DISPERSIONS AS WELL AS ERC AND 20 FOOT SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG LEVELS. THUS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. THE AIRMASS SHOULD MOISTEN JUST ENOUGH ON SUNDAY TO PRECLUDE ANY RED FLAG CONCERNS OVER ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. ONCE AGAIN LOW HUMIDITIES OVER FLORIDA WILL LIKELY BE OFFSET BY ERC...WINDS AND DISPERSIONS REMAINING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. EXPECT THE HUMIDITY TO GRADUALLY RISE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLZ007>013-016>019-026>029-141015- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0006.120114T1600Z-120115T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 412 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2012 /312 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TODAY. ALTHOUGH LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED...DISPERSIONS AS WELL AS ERC AND 20 FOOT SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG LEVELS. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-142300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0005.120114T1800Z-120114T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 412 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2012 /312 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TODAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 4 HOURS OF SUB 25 PERCENT WITH MINIMUM VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 3:04 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 13 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 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.