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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 3, 201670 counties in Georgia

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.