Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2026
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Feb 23, 2026, 11:42 AM EST for 27 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 23, 2026, 12:00 PM EST. 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
- Feb 23, 2026, 11:42 AM EST (16:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2026, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 27 counties
Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Houston County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
314 WWUS82 KFFC 231642 RFWFFC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1142 AM EST Mon Feb 23 2026 GAZ052-066-067-069-078>081-089>095-102>113-240000- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0001.260223T1700Z-260224T0000Z/ Heard-Troup-Meriwether-Upson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford- Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Stewart- Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- 1142 AM EST Mon Feb 23 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels, which is in effect until 7 PM EST this evening. * Affected Area... South and east central Georgia. * Timing... This afternoon through early evening. * Winds... Northwest at 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity... Falling below 25 percent by early afternoon. * Temperatures... 40s. * Impacts... With elevated winds and low relative humidities, critical fire weather conditions are possible. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This warning includes the Oconee 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. && $$
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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.