2 acres in the Shoal Creek area of Jones county.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Despite moist ground conditions from abundant recent rainfall, a human-caused wildfire was observed buring 4.2 acres in the Shoal Creek area of Jones county.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 4, 3:09 PM EST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 409 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... STILL FAIRLY DRY AND CLEAR OVER THE REGION AS A WEAK UPPER RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD. LOW LEVEL FLOW TRANSITIONING TO A STRONG SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SPREADS INTO THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ARE BOTH MODERATE ACROSS THE REGION BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT NEVER SEEM TO BE QUITE IN SYNC WITH EACH OTHER. SEVERE THREAT IS LOW BUT NOT NONEXISTENT. AFTER THE FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THINGS GET REALLY INTERESTING. MODELS ARE STILL SHOWING AN INCREDIBLY DEEP LOW OVER THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. WITH VERY COLD AIR PLOWING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES INCLUDING GEORGIA. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE IN THE FAR NORTH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WOULD SUPPORT AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY FROM THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA NORTHWARD INTO THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. CONFIDENCE REMAINS MARGINAL AT BEST WITH THIS SCENARIO BUT IT DOES BEAR WATCHING. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... COLD AND BLUSTERY START TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD SHOULD TRANSITION NICELY TO MORE SEASONAL WEATHER BY MIDWEEK AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE EASTERN U.S. AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM DEEPENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. CURRENT TIMING OF THIS NEXT SYSTEM BRINGS RAIN CHANCES BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER ISSUES EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. FUEL MOISTURES REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH MOST AREAS AND MORE PRECIPITATION IS ON THE WAY. DRY AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS MAY PRODUCE SOME FIRE WEATHER DANGERS TOWARD MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK. && .HYDROLOGY... CURRENT FLOOD ISSUES ARE CONFINED MAINLY TO LARGE STEM RIVERS. MOST SMALL STREAMS HAVE RETURNED TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS. RAINFALL EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH QUICK ENOUGH FOR MINIMAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT...ALTHOUGH ANY ADDITIONAL WATER ON THE GROUND MAY EXTEND CURRENT LARGE STEM FLOODING SOMEWHAT. I WILL NOT BE ISSUING ANY FLOOD WATCHES AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 47 76 50 51 32 / 0 20 70 30 10 ATLANTA 50 75 46 50 32 / 0 30 70 20 10 BLAIRSVILLE 41 72 43 46 30 / 0 20 70 40 30 CARTERSVILLE 47 74 43 48 30 / 0 30 60 30 20 COLUMBUS 54 76 54 55 34 / 0 40 70 10 0 GAINESVILLE 49 73 49 51 32 / 0 20 70 40 20 MACON 50 78 53 55 35 / 0 30 70 20 5 ROME 46 75 44 48 30 / 0 30 70 30 20 PEACHTREE CITY 47 75 47 50 31 / 0 30 70 20 10 VIDALIA 52 78 61 64 36 / 0 40 50 30 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1159 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-050915- 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- 1159 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Georgia Forestry Commission reported a human-caused wildfire in the Shoal Creek area of Jones county. The fire consumed 4.2 acres of forest.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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