A strong Arctic cold front moved through the southeast early on the 10th as a deep upper low developed along the mid-Atlantic coast. A corresponding deep surface low was intensifying along the mid-Atlantic seaboard.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A strong Arctic cold front moved through the southeast early on the 10th as a deep upper low developed along the mid-Atlantic coast. A corresponding deep surface low was intensifying along the mid-Atlantic seaboard. This synoptic pattern produced a tight pressure gradient behind the front across north Georgia. Wind gusts of 45 to 50 mph (which meets local WFO FFC high wind warning criteria) were observed at the Brasstown Bald RAWS station along the Union/Towns county line from midnight until 5 am in the morning. Wind gusts elsewhere were mostly in the 20 to 30 mph range across north Georgia. A few trees were blown down in White and Lumpkin county. A couple of power lines were impacted as well.
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 Feb 9, 8:51 PM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 851 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .EVENING UPDATE... SKIES ARE QUICKLY CLEARING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS NOW JUST EAST OF A GAINSVILLE TO FORSYTH TO COLUMBUS LINE...AND ON TRACK TO CLEAR NORTH AND CENTRAL GA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. STILL COULD SEE A FEW FLURRIES NORTH...AND SPRINKLES EAST THIS EVENING... BUT DRIER AIR ADVECTING INTO THE AREA SHOULD DIMINISH EVEN THIS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE COULD STILL PUSH ACROSS NORTH GA TONIGHT...SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THERE OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...EXPECT CLEARING CONDITIONS MOST AREAS WITH STRONG GUSTY NW WINDS (20G30MPH) SETTLING IN OVERNIGHT AND INCREASING SOME ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. /39 .DISCUSSION... WILL CONTINUE WIND ADVISORY AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. GRADIENTS BEHIND FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN TIGHT...AND WITH 2ND REINFORCING SYSTEM TO COME THROUGH WED...LOOKING FOR SOME RATHER BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS GA. WITH NW FLOW TONIGHT COULD GET SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF THE STATE INCLUDING HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON INTO WED MORNING BEFORE 2ND SYSTEM DRYS EVERYTHING OUT. HOWEVER...ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND UNDER WINTER WX ADVISORY CRITERIA...MAINLY ACROSS MTNS. ALTHOUGH WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPS BEHIND FRONT. WIND CHILLS ALBEIT VERY COLD SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE VALUES NEEDED FOR ADVISORY AS WELL. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE STATE FOR LATE WED AND CONTINUE INTO THU. DURING THIS TIME LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ON THU ACROSS THE WRN GULF OF MEX. HERE IS WHERE THE FORECAST BEGINS TO GET RATHER TRICKY. MODELS SOLUTIONS ARE HAVING TROUBLE PROCESSING THE GULF LOW AND HOW FAR N THIS SYSTEM WILL BE AS IT MOVES EWD...WHICH WILL MAKE A BIG...BIG DIFFERENCE FOR FRIDAY/S FORECAST. WILL HAVE THE COLD AIR IN PLACE. HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE POPS IN FOR FRI WITH UNCERTAINTY ON THIS SYSTEM. IF LOW TRACKS FURTHER N...COULD HAVE WINTERY MIX FOR PORTIONS OF GA. IF THE SRN SOLUTION VERIFIES MUCH LESS MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE...BUT STILL COLD. SHOULD SEE A BREAK NONETHELESS FOR SAT IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS. ON SUN...MODELS ARE BRINGING A FRONT DOWN THROUGH GA. HOWEVER...ONLY LOW POPS AT THIS TIME AS MOISTURE IS NOT AS ABUNDANT. BMX 08/MNK && .AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION. EXPECT THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS ATL BY THE 00Z ISSUANCE...SO WILL SHOW A NW WIND AT 15G25KT INITIALLY...THEN INCREASE WINDS BY 09Z TO 20G30KT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN BY 15Z TO 25G35KT...STILL FROM THE NW. TIMING TOOL ON LATEST SATL LOOP SUGGEST CURRENT MVFR CIGS (BKN015) WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND 03Z THIS EVENING THEN SCT. THIS LINES UP WELL WITH NAM MOS...WHILE THE 18Z GFS HOLDS ONTO MVFR CIGS THROUGH 09Z TONIGHT. MORE INCLINED TO LEAN TOWARD THE TIMING TOOL AND NAM MOS AND SHOW CIGS SCATTERING BY 04Z THIS EVENING. THEN CLEAR SKIES AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DOMINATE REST OF FORECAST PERIOD. /39 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 26 47 24 48 27 / 20 5 5 5 10 ATLANTA 25 43 26 48 29 / 10 5 5 5 10 BLAIRSVILLE 20 34 18 43 21 / 20 30 5 5 10 CARTERSVILLE 26 42 23 45 24 / 10 10 5 5 10 COLUMBUS 27 48 27 49 31 / 10 5 5 5 10 GAINESVILLE 26 43 23 46 27 / 20 10 5 5 10 MACON 28 49 26 51 29 / 10 5 5 5 10 ROME 26 44 25 45 27 / 20 10 5 5 10 PEACHTREE CITY 25 42 25 48 25 / 10 5 5 5 10 VIDALIA 30 49 27 54 30 / 20 0 5 5 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1011 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101200- 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- 1011 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... BEHIND A COLD FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The White County 911 Center reported that four trees were blown down near Unicoi State Park and Georgia Highway 356. A couple of power lines were affected.
The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down, mainly in the southern part of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 216592, 216593.