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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 12:13 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta and 38 more | 10 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.