Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 3, 2023, 3:41 AM EDT (07:41 UTC)

In effect from

May 3, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT

Expired

May 3, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS82 KFFC 030741
RFWFFC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
341 AM EDT Wed May 3 2023

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Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-
Montgomery-Toombs-
341 AM EDT Wed May 3 2023

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTH AND 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 relative humidity values at or
below 25 percent, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT 
this evening.

* Affected Area...Portions of north and central Georgia.

* Timing...Wednesday afternoon into the evening.

* Winds...Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts of 25 to 30 mph.

* Relative Humidity...Minimum relative humidity values from 22 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...

This warning includes the Chattahoochee and Oconee National 
Forests.  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.

&&

$$

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RFWFFC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
402 AM EDT Wed May 3 2023

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089>098-102>113-040000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0002.230503T1600Z-230504T0000Z/
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-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-
402 AM EDT Wed May 3 2023

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR GUSTY WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

* Affected Area...Portions of north and central Georgia.

* Timing...Wednesday afternoon into the evening.

* Winds...Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts of 25 to 30 mph.

* Relative Humidity...Minimum relative humidity values from 22 
  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...

This warning includes the Chattahoochee and Oconee National
Forests.  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.

&&

$$

Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2023Every red flag warning in 2023

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.