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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Oct 18, 2022, 3:22 AM EDT for 45 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 18, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Oct 18, 2022, 3:22 AM EDT (07:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 45 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, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley 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, Twiggs County, GA, Upson 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), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
798 WWUS82 KFFC 180722 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 322 AM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022 Default overview section GAZ038-039-050-051-060>062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 182300- /O.UPG.KFFC.FW.A.0003.221018T1600Z-221019T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0004.221018T1600Z-221019T0000Z/ Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Greene-Taliaferro-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Upson- 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- 322 AM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and minimum RH values below 25 percent, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Much of central Georgia and parts of eastern north Georgia. * Timing...Tuesday afternoon into evening. * Winds...Northwest near 15 mph with gusts of 20 to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...Minimum relative humidities around 20 to 25 percent. * Impacts...Due to low humidity and high winds in addition to the dry fuels, any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
575 WWUS82 KFFC 181817 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 217 PM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022 GAZ038-039-050-051-060>062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 190000- /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-221019T0000Z/ Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Greene-Taliaferro-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Upson- Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot- Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee- Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens- Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge- Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- 217 PM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and minimum RH values below 25 percent, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * Affected Area...Much of central Georgia and parts of eastern north Georgia. * Timing...Tuesday afternoon into evening. * Winds...Northwest near 15 mph with gusts of 20 to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...Minimum relative humidities around 20 to 25 percent. * Impacts...Due to low humidity and high winds in addition to the dry fuels, any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring...or will occur within 24 hours. Please refer to the local burn permitting authorities on whether you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside...use extreme caution. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of the Red Flag Warning. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 3:34 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 76 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:08 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 84 more | 20 hr |
Nearby
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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.