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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 25, 20257 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Mar 25, 2025, 9:17 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 25, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
Mar 25, 2025, 9:17 AM EDT (13:17 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 25, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Banks County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2025-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

084 
WWUS82 KFFC 251317
RFWFFC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
917 AM EDT Tue Mar 25 2025

Default overview section
GAZ006-008-009-015-016-023-024-252130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0004.250325T1400Z-250326T0000Z/
Fannin-Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White-Hall-Banks-
917 AM EDT Tue Mar 25 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, GUSTY WINDS, AND DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF NE
GEORGIA...

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Red
Flag Warning for low relative humidities, gusty winds, and dry
fuels, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* Affected Area...Northeast Georgia

* Timing...10 am today until 8 pm tonight (Tuesday)

* Winds...SW at 12-18 mph turning W to WNW through the day. Winds
  gusts up to 30 mph, especially at higher elevations

* Relative Humidity...20-25%

* Temperatures...70s, lower at elevation.

* Impacts...Any fires that develop could spread rapidly. Outdoor 
  burning is strongly discouraged.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This warning includes portions of the Chattahoochee National 
Forest. 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
877 
WWUS82 KFFC 251920
RFWFFC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
320 PM EDT Tue Mar 25 2025

Default overview section
GAZ006-008-009-015-016-023-024-260000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250326T0000Z/
Fannin-Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White-Hall-Banks-
320 PM EDT Tue Mar 25 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, GUSTY WINDS, AND DRY FUELS FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* Affected Area...Northeast Georgia

* Timing...now until 8 pm tonight (Tuesday)

* Winds...W to WSW at 12-18 mph. Winds gusts up to 30 mph, 
  especially at higher elevations

* Relative Humidity...20-25%

* Temperatures...70s, lower at elevation.

* Impacts...Any fires that develop could spread rapidly. Outdoor 
  burning is strongly discouraged.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This warning includes portions of the Chattahoochee National
Forest. 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 12:13 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta and 38 more10 hr

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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.