Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1105 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

.UPDATE...
AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE CAUSED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA IS SHIFTING EASTWARD...HOWEVER
LIGHT SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING BACK TO THE WEST. IN
ADDITION...STARTING TO SEE SOME TRAINING ACROSS WESTERN GEORGIA
AND THE ATL METRO AREA...SO WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THESE
AREAS FOR FLASH FLOODING. AT THIS POINT...WILL LEAVE THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH AS IS IN REGARDS TO LOCATION FOR NOW...BUT THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT IT COULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED LATER DEPENDING
ON TRENDS.

IT APPEARS IT WILL REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...BUT DECREASE
IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT.

OVERALL FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND MAIN CHANGE WAS JUST TO BRING
HIGHER POPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE ATL METRO AREA. IN
ADDITION...EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVERAGE HAS SLOWED WARMING ACROSS MUCH
OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SO HAVE SLOWED HOURLY
TEMPERATURE TRENDS.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...

AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...SHORT TERM SYNOPTIC
GUIDANCE REMAINS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL TRENDS.
HOWEVER...AS WE GO THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...NAM SLOWLY BECOMES MORE
OF AN OUTLIER IN HOW IT HANDLES THE UPPER LOW /DEEPER AND THUS
MOVING MORE SLOWLY/ AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT. HAVE OPTED FOR MORE OF
A GFS/ECMWF COMPROMISE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. OVERALL FOR THE
SOUTHEAST...RIDGING WILL BUILD SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...
WHILE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN CANADA CONTINUES TO SPIN AND SPIT OUT
INTERMITTENT IMPULSES. THE FIRST IS PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY.

IMMEDIATE CONCERN FOR THIS MORNING IS HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA. AT AFD TIME...3-HR RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER 6 INCHES IN
SOUTHEAST DAWSON COUNTY ALONG THE ETOWAH RIVER. SEVERAL COUNTIES UP
THERE HAVE SEEN 2-4 INCHES BUT DAWSON IS THE WORST. 00Z KFFC
SOUNDING HAD PW ALMOST AT 2 INCHES...AND PW VALUES PROGGED TO
INCREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVY RAIN IS DEFINITELY A
CONCERN AS CONVECTIVE COVERAGE INCREASES THROUGH THE DAY. 00Z HIRES
MODELS ARE ACTUALLY CAPTURING THE CONVECTION IN NE GEORGIA VERY
WELL...SO IF THE TRENDS FROM THESE MODELS ARE TO BE BELIEVED...THE
AREA IN NE GA WILL SAG SOUTHWEST WHILE CONVECTION DEVELOPS IN SITU
OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA/NORTHWEST GEORGIA AFTER SUNRISE AND MOVES
SOUTHEAST...WHILE THE REMNANTS OF THE MCS OVER MISSOURI MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST GEORGIA AFTER 18Z. THIS RESULTS IN POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA BEFORE THE
CONVECTION DISSIPATES LATE THIS EVENING. HAVE GONE LIKELY TO
CATEGORICAL POPS IN SOME AREAS IN N GA FOR TODAY. EXCEPT FOR THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DRY DAYS...WOULD BE TEMPTED TO ISSUE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AS IT IS...CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH THE DAY /AS IS ALREADY OCCURRING/. OTHER CONCERN
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CONVECTION MOVES INTO NW GA WILL BE POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED DOWNBURST /WET MICROBURSTS/. DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD
SEVERE BUT ISOLATED SEVERE CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

SHOULD SEE A LULL IN ACTIVITY TONIGHT BUT ANOTHER INCREASE IN
CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TOMORROW AS ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH THE FLOW. INTRODUCED LIKELY POPS ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA THURSDAY.

CONTINUED BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND FOR TEMPS...THOUGH SLIGHTLY
INCREASING THICKNESSES WILL COMPETE WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER.
TEMPS TODAY GOT JUST A TAD WARMER THAN FORECAST SO BUMPED UP THE
BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND NUMBERS EVER SO SLIGHTLY. BUT ESPECIALLY TODAY
TEMPS SHOULD BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS FOR HIGHS BY 3-5 DEGREES...
BUT NEAR NORMAL FOR LOW. THURSDAY SHOULD BE A TAD WARMER BUT
CONFIDENCE NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH AND WITH HIGH-IMPACT IMMEDIATE
CONCERNS DID NOT DO SIGNIFICANT ANALYSIS FOR THURSDAY TEMPS.

TDP

LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...

UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ANCHORED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH
A SERIES OF UPPER SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE STATE. HAVE KEPT
MAINLY CHANCE POPS DURING THE DAY AND CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE
OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER FOR SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
DRIFT INTO NORTH GEORGIA AND STALL FOR A DAY OR TWO. SO HAVE
INCLUDED LIKELY POPS FOR NORTH GEORGIA ON SATURDAY. UPPER FLOW
TRANSITIONS TO A TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN STATES BY THE FIRST OF
THE WEEK. SOME DRYING IS INDICATED FOR NORTH GEORGIA MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO REMOVE POPS ALTOGETHER. TEMPERATURES
LOOK SEASONAL WITH MID TO UPPER 80S NORTH TO LOW AND MID 90S
SOUTH.

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AVIATION...
12Z UPDATE...
WIDESPREAD IFR CIGS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING EXCEPT CSG WHERE
VFR PREVAILS. CIGS SHOULD LIFT THROUGH THE MORNING AS SHRA AND
TSRA MOVES IN. BEST TIMING FOR TEMPO TSRA IS 18-22Z BUT COULD
EASILY MOVE IN EARLIER AND STAY LATER. CIGS VFR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING BUT EXPECT MVFR AND POTENTIALLY IFR AGAIN THURSDAY
MORNING. SE WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SHRA AND POSSIBLY TSRA
MOVING BACK IN THURSDAY BUT ONLY INTRODUCED VCSH FOR NOW.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM HIGH ON CIGS.
HIGH ON OCCURRENCE OF CONVECTION...MEDIUM ON TIMING AND DURATION.
HIGH ON WINDS.

TDP

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          84  69  89  71 /  80  30  50  30
ATLANTA         85  71  88  72 /  80  50  50  30
BLAIRSVILLE     80  68  84  68 /  90  50  60  30
CARTERSVILLE    87  70  89  71 /  80  50  60  30
COLUMBUS        90  73  92  74 /  80  30  40  20
GAINESVILLE     83  70  86  71 / 100  50  50  30
MACON           88  70  91  73 /  40  20  40  20
ROME            86  71  88  71 /  80  50  70  30
PEACHTREE CITY  86  70  88  71 /  80  40  50  30
VIDALIA         90  73  91  73 /  20  10  40  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BANKS...BARTOW...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...DADE...
DAWSON...FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...HALL...
LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...
WHITFIELD.

&&

SHORT TERM...11
LONG TERM....20
AVIATION...11

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
631 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-081045-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
631 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH GEORGIA.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
POSSIBLE LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. OTHER HAZARDS INCLUDE
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE
WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
910 AM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       JASPER                  34.47N 84.43W
08/07/2013  M5.19 INCH       PICKENS            GA   COCORAHS

            THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL 0.6 MILES ENE OF JASPER.

0900 AM     HEAVY RAIN       6 NE NELSON             34.44N 84.30W
08/07/2013  M3.42 INCH       PICKENS            GA   COCORAHS

            THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL.

&&

GWETZEL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
921 AM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 E CALHOUN             34.50N 84.86W
08/07/2013                   GORDON             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE ROADS ARE CLOSED EAST OF CALHOUN. ROADS CLOSED
            INCLUDE COVINGTON BRIDGE ROAD AND BROOKSHIRE ROAD AND
            LOVEBRIDGE ROAD. ADDTIONAL FLOODING REPORTED IN THE
            SONORAVILLE AREA.

&&

GWETZEL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 AM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0927 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ELLIJAY                 34.69N 84.48W
08/07/2013                   GILMER             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HERES A CURRENT LIST OF ROADS IMPACTED COURTEST OF THE
            GILMER COUNTY SHEFIFFS OFFICE. THESE ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE
            TO FLOODING... KNIGHT ROAD...TALONA ROAD...WHITESTONE
            ROAD BETWEEN HWYS 5 AND 515...ROUNDTOP ROAD...HOLDER ROAD
            AND RAVENCLIFF ROAD.

&&

GWETZEL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1033 AM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       JASPER                  34.47N 84.43W
08/07/2013  M5.40 INCH       PICKENS            GA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THIS IS A 24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL ENDING AT 8 AM.

&&

GWETZEL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1036 AM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       TALKING ROCK            34.51N 84.51W
08/07/2013  M4.04 INCH       PICKENS            GA   MESONET

            THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL FROM THE RIVER GAGE AT THAT
            LOCATION ENDING AT 8 AM.

&&

GWETZEL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1105 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAZ053-071600-
1105 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN COWETA COUNTY UNTIL
NOON EDT...

AT 1105 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
STRETCHING FROM NEAR MADRAS TO MORELAND...AND DRIFTING EAST AROUND
5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN OVER CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY AROUND NEWNAN AND AREAS EASTWARD
TO NEAR THOMAS CROSSROADS AND SHARPSBURG. THE SLOW MOVEMENT
INDICATES ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
COWETA COUNTY... INCLUDING AREAS AROUND NEWNAN... MADRAS...
MORELAND... THOMAS CROSSROADS... CANNONGATE... SHARPSBURG... AND
SENOIA.

REMEMBER... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS... OR LOW
WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3335 8484 3349 8486 3351 8485 3350 8461
      3348 8463 3341 8462 3336 8459 3331 8452
      3326 8450 3322 8451 3323 8467 3322 8469
      3323 8471 3321 8486 3323 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 270DEG 5KT 3341 8473 3337 8470
          3331 8473