Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Nov 18, 2016, 3:22 PM EST for 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia; 28 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 19, 2016, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 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 18, 2016, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2016, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 42 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 2512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
256 WWUS82 KGSP 182022 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH EXPECTED. MEANWHILE...VERY DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY...RESULTING IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT ARE CAUSING EXTREMELY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. SCZ001>008-010>013-019-190400- /O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1600Z-161120T0100Z/ OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 322 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID-MORNING SATURDAY...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS ISSUED A BURN BAN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THIS WEEKEND. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ LANE
5 follow-up statements
254 WWUS82 KGSP 190423 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1123 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH EXPECTED. MEANWHILE...VERY DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY...RESULTING IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT ARE CAUSING EXTREMELY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. SCZ001>008-010>013-019-191200- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1600Z-161120T0100Z/ OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 1123 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * LOCATIONS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING SATURDAY...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS ISSUED A BURN BAN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THIS WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HG
688 WWUS82 KGSP 190900 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 400 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. MEANWHILE...VERY DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY...RESULTING IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND ACTIVE WILDFIRES TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS MAY LEAD TO THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRES TODAY. SCZ009-014-192100- /O.EXB.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1500Z-161120T0100Z/ YORK-CHESTER- 400 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST INCREASE BY LATE MORNING...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRES. THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS ISSUED A BURN BAN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THIS WEEKEND. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-303-501>510-192100- /O.EXB.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1100Z-161120T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 400 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST BY MID MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...50 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-192100- /O.EXB.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1500Z-161120T0100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 400 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTS INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ SCZ001>008-010>013-019-192100- /O.EXT.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1500Z-161120T0100Z/ OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 400 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * LOCATIONS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTS INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS ISSUED A BURN BAN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THIS WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
508 WWUS82 KGSP 191053 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 553 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. MEANWHILE...VERY DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY...RESULTING IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND ACTIVE WILDFIRES TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS MAY LEAD TO THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRES TODAY. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-191900- /O.EXA.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1500Z-161120T0100Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- 553 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE BY LATE MORNING...WITH GUSTS INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ SCZ001>014-019-191900- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1500Z-161120T0100Z/ OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 553 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * LOCATIONS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTS INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS ISSUED A BURN BAN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THIS WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-303-501>510-191900- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1100Z-161120T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 553 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST BY MID MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...50 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-191900- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.161119T1500Z-161120T0100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 553 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTS INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
035 WWUS82 KGSP 191934 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 234 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A DRY COLD FRONT IS CROSSING THROUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST AND ARE GUSTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. MEANWHILE...VERY DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT...RESULTING IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND ACTIVE WILDFIRES TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS MAY LEAD TO THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRES TODAY. SCZ001>014-019-200100- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161120T0100Z/ OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 234 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * LOCATIONS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS AND GUSTS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS ISSUED A BURN BAN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THIS WEEKEND. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-303-501>510-200345- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161120T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 234 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...WITH 50 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-200100- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161120T0100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 234 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-200100- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161120T0100Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- 234 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
145 WWUS82 KGSP 200112 RFWGSP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 812 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSIST... .A COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER TODAY. GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE IN ITS WAKE. MEANWHILE...VERY DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND ACTIVE WILDFIRES TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-200215- /O.EXP.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161120T0100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 812 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WHICH WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES. SEE THE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT /SPSGSP/ FOR MORE DETAILS. $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-303-501>510-200500- /O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161120T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 812 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * HUMIDITY...GRADUALLY RECOVERING ABOVE 60 PERCENT BY MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WIMBERLEY
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Red Flag Warnings in South Carolina, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.