Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Mar 21, 2013, 3:59 AM EDT for 36 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 21, 2013, 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
- Mar 21, 2013, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 36 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, White County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 3123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
009 WWUS82 KFFC 210759 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 359 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030-031-041>044-052>059-066>072- 078>086-089>098-102>113-210900- /O.CAN.KFFC.FW.A.0001.130321T1700Z-130322T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-POLK-PAULDING-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD- COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR- CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 359 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED DUE TO WINDS JUST BELOW CRITERIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH BUT DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN WITH A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT. $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-032>039-045>051-060>062-073>076- 220000- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0001.130321T1700Z-130322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0001.130321T1600Z-130322T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE- FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-BALDWIN- WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON- 359 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RH AND WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...MUCH OF NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA * WINDS...WEST 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...45 TO 50. * IMPACTS...LOW RH AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU MAY BURN OUTDOORS. IF YOU DO BURN OUTSIDE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 63 more | 17 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.