After a very wet fall and winter, rainfall during the March and April period fell below normal in many areas, especially the north part of the state. Wildfires were on the increase during April 2010 with several human caused wildfires reported by the Georgia Forestry Commission during the month.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
After a very wet fall and winter, rainfall during the March and April period fell below normal in many areas, especially the north part of the state. Wildfires were on the increase during April 2010 with several human caused wildfires reported by the Georgia Forestry Commission during the month. Wildfires were reported in Gilmer, Chattooga, Fannin, Union, and Murray counties. The most significant wildfire during the month was actually the result of a T9 military aircraft crash in Fannin county just east of Blue Ridge. This incident fueled a 23 acre wild fire in the forests just east of Blue Ridge.
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 10, 9:10 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1010 PM EDT SAT APR 10 2010 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/... NO CHANGES TO FORECAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN DOMINATE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...KEEPING FORECAST ON TARGET. ./SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE WITH NEAR ZONAL FLOW ALOFT AS NEW ENGLAND SYSTEM BEGINS TO FINALLY SWEEP OUT. SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE GULF WILL BRING CLOUDINESS AND POSSIBLE SHOWERS TO NORTH FLORIDA...BUT DO NOT EXPECT ANY IMPACT TO OUR FORECAST AREA OTHER THAN A FEW HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTING IN FROM THE SOUTH... AND PERHAPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER DEWPOINTS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. SECOND AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH INCREASING RIDGING ALOFT BY SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW WELL MODELS ARE HANDLING THE SUBSIDENCE AND AFTERNOON MIXING...SEE FIRE WEATHER PORTION BELOW...SO HAD TO MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS HERE AND THERE. MAINLY TOOK A BIAS-ADJUSTED MAV/MET BLEND FOR BOTH HIGHS AND LOWS...BUT WITH A GENERAL LACK OF CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN EXPECT THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO BE REPEAT PERFORMANCES. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... OMEGA BLOCK BEGINS TO DEVELOP BY EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK...WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTRY...RIDGING UP TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. STRING OF PLEASANT (BUT POLLINATED) DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED...WITH TEMPS NEAR OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS. TDP && .FIRE WEATHER... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FOR NOW...LOOKS LIKE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL HOVER BETWEEN 25-30%...HOWEVER MODELS HAVE NOT CAPTURED THE AFTERNOON MIXING/DRYING PERFECTLY...SO DEWPOINT TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR THE NEXT FEW FORECASTS. FIRE WEATHER WARNING MAY POSSIBLY BE NEEDED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH AT THIS TIME. TDP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 43 76 46 78 50 / 0 0 0 0 5 ATLANTA 49 74 53 77 55 / 0 0 0 0 5 BLAIRSVILLE 39 71 42 72 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 CARTERSVILLE 41 75 42 78 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 47 77 49 79 52 / 0 0 0 0 0 GAINESVILLE 46 74 50 76 53 / 0 0 0 0 0 MACON 44 76 45 79 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 ROME 41 75 43 79 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 PEACHTREE CITY 40 74 41 78 46 / 0 0 0 0 5 VIDALIA 48 77 51 77 53 / 0 5 0 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. && TDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 945 PM EDT SAT APR 10 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111015- 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- 945 PM EDT SAT APR 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING DRY WEATHER TO THE STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Georgia Forestry Commission reported a human-caused wildfire in the Haissiers Mill area (private land) burned six acres and resulted in roughly $2,000 in damages.
The Georgia Forestry Commission reported that the crash of a T9 military aircraft, performing in an air show near Blue Ridge, fueled a wildfire which burned 23 acres during a nearly 8-hour long period. Damages sustained from this fire were estimated to be $26,000.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 225874, 225875.