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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 19, 201216 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2012, 1:42 PM EST for 16 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 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 19, 2012, 1:42 PM EST (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

373 
WWUS82 KTAE 191842
RFWTAE

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
142 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO AROUND 4
HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

GAZ125>131-145>148-157>161-192200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0006.120119T1842Z-120119T2200Z/
DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-
COOK-BERRIEN-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
142 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES LESS THAN 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR HOURS. 

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.