Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at May 11, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT for 36 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 11, 2020, 1:00 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
- May 11, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2020, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 36 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
186 WWUS82 KFFC 110745 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 345 AM EDT Mon May 11 2020 GAZ061-062-072>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-120000- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0001.200511T1700Z-200512T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0002.200511T1700Z-200512T0000Z/ Hancock-Warren-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-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- 345 AM EDT Mon May 11 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RH AND WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Red Flag Warning for low RH and winds, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Portions of central Georgia. * Timing...Monday afternoon through around sunset. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...20 to 25 percent. * Temperatures...mid 70s. * Impacts...The low humidity and gusty winds in addition to dry fuels will increase the potential for fires to spread rapidly. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring...or will occur within 24 hours. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of the Red Flag Warning. && $$
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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.