Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2016, 12:12 AM EDT for 75 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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, 12:12 AM EDT (04:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 75 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 2379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
218 WWUS82 KFFC 090412 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1212 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 GAZ022>025-027-033>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 092300- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0001.160409T1600Z-160409T2300Z/ FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE- TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-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- 1212 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR ENHANCED NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BUCHANAN TO ATLANTA TO GAINESVILLE LINE. * WINDS...15 TO 20 MPH GUSTING 25 TO 30 MPH...POSSIBLY HIGHER. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
247
WWUS82 KFFC 090740
RFWFFC
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
340 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016
GAZ022>025-027-033>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-
092300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0001.160409T1600Z-160409T2300Z/
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-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-
340 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...
...THE AREA NORTH OF THIS WARNING WILL EXPERIENCE HIGH FIRE
DANGER CONDITIONS DURING THE SAME PERIOD...
* AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH
GEORGIA... MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BUCHANAN TO ATLANTA TO
GAINESVILLE LINE.
* WINDS...15 TO 20 MPH GUSTING 25 TO 30 MPH...STRONGER IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* TIMING...NOON UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:54 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:54 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:18 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 48 more | 19 hr |
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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.