Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Nov 3, 2016, 2:47 PM EDT for 70 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 4, 2016, 10:00 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
- Nov 3, 2016, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 70 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon 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, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
045 WWUS82 KFFC 031847 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 247 PM EDT THU NOV 3 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078>082- 089>091-042300- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0002.161104T1400Z-161104T2300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- 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-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION- 247 PM EDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO WASHINGTON LINE... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY. * WINDS... 15 TO 20 MPH GUSTING 25 TO 30 MPH... WITH GREATER WIND SPEEDS LIKELY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. * TIMING... 10 AM TO 7 PM FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY... 25 TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... ANY ONGOING WILDFIRES OR ADDITIONAL FIRES THAT MIGHT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND ALREADY BANNED IN MOST LOCATIONS. * ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ALSO EXISTS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA AND OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED THERE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS 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 FOR FRIDAY. && $$
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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.