Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2016, 12:14 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 9, 2016, 12:14 AM EDT (04:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
702 WWUS82 KCHS 090414 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1214 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-091500- /O.UPG.KCHS.FW.A.0001.160409T1400Z-160410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FW.W.0001.160409T1500Z-160410T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 1214 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NORTH OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 5 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRE OFFICIALS SHOULD ADVISE THEIR CREWS IN THE FIELD. THE PUBLIC SHOULD POSTPONE OUTDOOR BURNING DURING THIS PERIOD. && $$
3 follow-up statements
090 WWUS82 KCHS 091432 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1032 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-092245- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0001.160409T1500Z-160410T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 1032 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NORTH OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER... * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRE OFFICIALS SHOULD ADVISE THEIR CREWS IN THE FIELD. THE PUBLIC SHOULD POSTPONE OUTDOOR BURNING DURING THIS PERIOD. && $$
858 WWUS82 KCHS 091941 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 341 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-100000- /O.CON.KCHS.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160410T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 341 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NORTH OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER... * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRE OFFICIALS SHOULD ADVISE THEIR CREWS IN THE FIELD. THE PUBLIC SHOULD POSTPONE OUTDOOR BURNING DURING THIS PERIOD. && $$
994 WWUS82 KCHS 092341 RFWCHS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 741 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-100045- /O.EXP.KCHS.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160410T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 741 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN BELOW 25 PERCENT THIS EVENING...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. $$
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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.