Alert archive / South Carolina / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this red flag warning at Feb 14, 2015, 3:43 AM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 14, 2015, 11:00 AM EST. 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
- Feb 14, 2015, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2015, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
All 21 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
438 WWUS82 KCAE 140843 RFWCAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 343 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING... .AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH NEAR CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DURING WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER THREAT. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 150000- /O.UPG.KCAE.FW.A.0001.150214T1600Z-150214T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.FW.W.0001.150214T1600Z-150215T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 343 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: 11 AM TO 700 PM TODAY. NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...STRONG COOLING WILL RESULT IN HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...DIMINISHING THE THREAT SOMEWHAT. * WIND: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: AROUND 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES MAY QUICKLY SPREAD AND GROW OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND STRONG WINDS. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
748 WWUS82 KCAE 141656 RFWCAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1156 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING... .AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH NEAR CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER THREAT. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 150000- /O.CON.KCAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 1156 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THROUGH 700 PM TODAY. NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...STRONG COOLING WILL RESULT IN HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...DIMINISHING THE THREAT SOMEWHAT. * WIND: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: AROUND 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES MAY QUICKLY SPREAD AND GROW OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 3:28 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in South Carolina, 2015Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2015Every red flag warning in 2015
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.