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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Yet another deep upper low was moving across the southeastern U.S. bringing yet another widespread precipitation event to the southeast U.S. However, in contrast to the system that brought widespread snow to the state just three days earlier, the surface air mass was on average 10-degrees warmer across the state. Thus, this event evolved mostly into a rain event for north and central Georgia. Some snow was reported in the far north. However, Dade county in extreme northwest Georgia was the only county to report any measurable snowfall, where 1.5 to 2.0 inches of snow fell on Sand Mountain. Otherwise, snowfall measurements across the remaining north Georgia counties were a trace or less.
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 14, 9:34 PM EST, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 934 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2010 .UPDATE... COLD FRONT AS OF 9 PM EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF PADUCAH KY TO TUPELO MS TO LAFAYETTE LA. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE QUITE WARM EVEN THIS LATE IN THE EVENING....WITH MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTH GA IN THE 40S AND CENTRAL GA IN THE 50S. THE EXCEPTION IS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH GA MOUNTAINS...WHERE SFC ANALYSES/OBS ARE INDICATING TEMPS DOWN INTO THE 30S. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND ENHANCED PREFRONTAL MOISTURE MAY KEEP TEMPS FROM FALLING QUITE AS QUICKLY OR AS MUCH AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED IN THE FORECAST. SHOULD STILL SEE PRECIP ARRIVE GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PEAKING IN MOST AREAS AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY...AROUND TIME OF FRONTAL PASSAGE. UPDATED TO ADJUST TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY UPWARD IN ALL BUT THE FAR NORTH. THOSE TEMPERATURE CHANGES ALSO FORCED MODIFICATIONS TO THE PRECIP-TYPE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION GRIDS OVER CENTRAL GA...WITH AMOUNTS THERE LOWERED TO A DUSTING TO A HALF INCH. ELSEWHERE... WINTER STORM WARNING/WINTER WX ADVISORY AREAS STILL LOOKS ON TRACK...WITH BEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 85 WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW REMAINS LIKELY. OF COURSE...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET MAY BE MORE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. RRH && .AVIATION... STRONG ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM TO TRACK RAPIDLY SE ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH TAF VALID PERIOD. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE CHANCES FOR RAIN/SNOW AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS. STRONG WARM ADVECTION HAS SURGED NE FROM THE GULF. THIS ADDS SOME CONCERN AS TO WHETHER PCPN WILL START AS OR CHANGE TO SNOW AS QUICKLY AS EARLIER EXPECTED. TEMPS ARE 10F ABOVE MAV/MET GUIDANCE NUMBERS THIS HOUR. IN ADDITION...MODELS DEPICTING GREATEST PCPN COVERAGE IN ADVANCE OF STRONG COLD ADVECTION...ALBEIT 850MB TEMPS AOB 0C SHORTLY AFTER ONSET OF PCPN. HAVE DELAYED ONSET OF SNOW AND ADDED RAIN TO INITIAL PCPN PERIODS. THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SN OR SHSN AROUND DAYBREAK. PCPN WILL MOVE OUT VERY QUICKLY AFT 15Z...WITH LINGERING OROGRAPHIC SHSN ACROSS N GA...NORTH IF I-20 THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ATL NEAR 1 INCH...AHN...MCN...CSG LESS THAN 1 INCH. GREATER THAN 1 INCH RMG-GVL NORTHWARD. STRONG UPPER DYNAMICS WILL YIELD STRONG...GUSTY W-NW WINDS MON. EXPECT SOME WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 30KTS AT TIMES FOR ATL. GENERALLY MVFR CIGS OVERNIGHT AND MON...ISOLD IFR DURING MORNING SN. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW PERSISTENT ST DECK FROM UPSLOPE NW FLOW CONTINUING ACROSS N GA INTO MON NIGHT. CIGS MAY REMAIN MVFR INTO TUE MORN. 19 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 36 38 23 41 27 / 70 90 10 5 5 ATLANTA 33 38 23 38 26 / 90 70 10 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 30 30 18 32 22 / 100 70 20 5 10 CARTERSVILLE 33 34 22 38 24 / 100 60 20 5 5 COLUMBUS 36 39 27 44 29 / 80 70 10 5 5 GAINESVILLE 33 35 22 36 24 / 90 80 20 5 5 MACON 36 42 26 45 27 / 40 90 10 5 5 ROME 31 34 25 39 28 / 100 50 20 5 10 PEACHTREE CITY 35 38 23 40 26 / 90 70 10 5 5 VIDALIA 36 47 30 47 30 / 20 80 10 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BIBB...BLECKLEY... BUTTS...CARROLL...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB... COWETA...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DEKALB...DOOLY...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE... FORSYTH...GLASCOCK...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...HANCOCK... HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER... JEFFERSON...JONES...LAMAR...MACON...MADISON...MARION... MERIWETHER...MONROE...MORGAN...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PEACH...PIKE...PULASKI...PUTNAM... ROCKDALE...SCHLEY...SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART...SUMTER... TALBOT...TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TROUP...TWIGGS...UPSON...WALTON... WARREN...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WILKES...WILKINSON. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE... DADE...DAWSON...FANNIN...FLOYD...GILMER...GORDON...HARALSON... LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...TOWNS...UNION... WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 850 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-151100- 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- 850 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...SUNDAY NIGHT SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. .SYNOPSIS... A DEEPENING UPPER LOW WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. SUNDAY EVENING...WITH A LARGE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. THESE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN...TO CANTON...TO GAINESVILLE...LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THIS LINE TO NEAR LA GRANGE...PEACHTREE CITY...WILL RANGE FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH...WITH 1/2 INCH OR LESS SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD TO COLUMBUS...MACON...AND WARRENTON. .DISCUSSION... A STRONG ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES TO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. HOWEVER...A SURGE OF WARM AIR FROM THE SOUTHWEST PUSHED TEMPERATURES INTO THE 50S ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH 40S AS FAR NORTH AS THE TENNESSEE BORDER. NONETHELESS...COLD AIR WILL SURGE IN QUICKLY FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. VERY COLD AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW ANY RAIN TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT...THEN LATER INTO THE MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ON ROADS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. CONSULT THE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. 19
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dade County 911 Center reported 1.5 to 2.0 inches of snow on Lookout Mountain and 1.5 inches of snow on Sand Mountain in the northern part of the county. Elsewhere in the county, snowfall amounts were less than 1.0 inch.
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, February 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: 218179.