During the afternoon and evening of the 14th, a strong shortwave moved across the lower Mississippi Valley, bringing widespread rain to portions of north and central Georgia. Behind this rain, a wake low developed and moved across central Georgia, bringing wind gusts between 35 and 45 MPH.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
During the afternoon and evening of the 14th, a strong shortwave moved across the lower Mississippi Valley, bringing widespread rain to portions of north and central Georgia. Behind this rain, a wake low developed and moved across central Georgia, bringing wind gusts between 35 and 45 MPH. Because of the saturated soils, a few trees came down with these strong winds.
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 14, 2:41 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 341 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... SHORT WAVE IS MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND HAS BROUGHT RAIN TO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. HAVE A SFC LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM IN THE GULF AND ANOTHER BACK IN MS. WARM FRONT REMAINS WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA AND THUS MORE ACTIVE WEATHER REMAINS SOUTH OF THE CWA. OVERALL INSTABILITY IS NOT IMPRESSIVE...BUT AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS GA TONIGHT INSTABILITY DOES BEGIN TO INCREASE. HAVE LIMITED THUNDER OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY TO CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SHOWN BETTER THUNDER CHANCES THROUGH 06Z. THIS LINES UP WELL WITH THE HIGHER MUCAPE VALUES /AROUND 500 J/KG/ FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE SHIFTS EAST AND WEAK RIDGING TRIES TO BUILD IN ALOFT. NOT VERY CONFIDENT THOUGH IN ENDING TIME OF PRECIP DUE TO SFC FEATURES. HYBRID CAD IS IN PLACE BY TOMORROW MORNING SO THINK THERE COULD STIL BE SOME LINGERING PRECIP...BUT MAY TRANSITION FROM RA TO DZ. FOR THE MOST PART DROP THE MENTION OF PRECIP IN THE FORECAST BY ABOUT NOONTIME...EXCEPT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WHERE IT LINGERS LONGER. EVEN THOUGH PRECIP MOVES OUT...BUFR SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE AREA SHOULD STAY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUD TOMORROW. OVERCAST SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THROUGH TONIGHT SO HAVE DECIDED TO GO ON THE WARMER SIDE OF GUIDANCE. FOR MAX TEMPS ON MONDAY...CLOUD COVERAGE WILL ONCE AGAIN PLAY A ROLE IN HOLDING DOWN THE HIGH TEMPERATURES. BETWEEN THIS AND THE WEDGE...HAVE GONE ON THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE AND DECREASED TEMPS BY A DEGREE OR TWO ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 11 .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... MADE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. MODELS STILL SHOWING INCREASING MOISTURE IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CWFA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. GOOD SURFACE INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT...WITH ONLY WEAK MID LEVEL SUPPORT. THERE IS NO NOTABLE SURFACE BOUNDARY TO HELP INITIATE CONVECTION. WITH THIS IN MIND...WILL LEAVE THE CONVECTION ISOLD/LOW END SCT IN NATURE. MODELS DO DISAGREE WITH WHERE THE FOCUS OF PRECIP WILL BE...SO JUST WENT WITH PERSISTENCE AT THIS TIME. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY FORM ALONG MESOSCALE FEATURES...AND BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN. POPS BEING INCREASING FROM THE NW ON THURSDAY AS A FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MODELS STILL IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FROPA ON FRIDAY. CURRENT POPS LOOK GOOD...SO NO CHANGES. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FOR THE WEEKEND. MODEL GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING THAT THERE COULD BE TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE 30S BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH. NOT CONFIDENT THIS FAR OUT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE GUIDANCE...AS A MENTION IN THE HWO WILL BECOME NEEDED IF THE TEMP FORECAST HOLDS. NLISTEMAA && AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... HAVE SEEN WINDS WAIVER AROUND SOUTH RECENTLY AT ATL BUT THINK SSW SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AND DOMINATED BY SSE...THUS CONTINUED TO SHOW WINDS ON THE E SIDE OF SOUTH. SHRA HAS MOVED INTO ALL TAF SITES BUT AHN...BUT WILL MOVE IN THERE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SHOULD SEE RAIN CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT SOMEWHAT LOW CONFIDENCE ON END TIME OF PRECIP. WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT MAY TRANSITION TO -DZ RATHER THAN RAIN AND SHOWED THIS TREND AT AHN. VFR CIGS SHOULD QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY SUNSET AND DROP TO LIFR BY MORNING. WITH WEDGE IN PLACE...MODELS ARENT TOO QUICK TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS ON MONDAY. LARGE UNCERTAINTY IN VSBY OVERNIGHT AND TAFS MAY BE ON THE OPTIMISTIC SIDE. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... LOW CONFIDENCE ON WIND THROUGH 02Z...THEN MEDIUM CONFIDENCE. LOW CONFIDENCE ON CIGS...VSBYS AND END TIMING OF PRECIP. 11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 54 73 59 76 / 80 30 5 20 ATLANTA 55 74 62 77 / 60 20 5 20 BLAIRSVILLE 50 72 55 73 / 60 30 10 20 CARTERSVILLE 53 75 61 78 / 40 20 10 20 COLUMBUS 57 80 66 83 / 50 20 5 20 GAINESVILLE 53 71 59 75 / 60 30 10 20 MACON 57 79 64 82 / 70 30 5 20 ROME 54 76 61 79 / 40 20 10 20 PEACHTREE CITY 53 76 61 78 / 50 20 5 20 VIDALIA 62 80 64 82 / 80 30 5 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM....NLISTEMAA AVIATION...11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 700 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013 GAZ085-086-097-098-108>113-152300- DODGE-EMANUEL-JOHNSON-LAURENS-MONTGOMERY-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TREUTLEN- WHEELER-WILCOX- 700 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A BAND OF STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING. ALSO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. A BAND OF STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE...TO FORSYTH...TO LOUISVILLE. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WINDS...SEE THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA IN RESPONSE TO THIS DISTURBANCE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CORDELE...TO DUBLIN...TO SWAINSBORO. INSTABILITY IS LACKING...THEREFORE ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MANAGE TO MOVE INTO THIS AREA WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. HOWEVER AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL INCREASE. AT THIS TIME...INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES DO NOT SUGGEST AN ESPECIALLY STRONG SYSTEM BUT CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED FOR CHANGES AS THE TIME PERIOD APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>084- 089>096-102>107-152300- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-FANNIN-FAYETTE- FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK- HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JASPER-JEFFERSON- JONES-LAMAR-LUMPKIN-MACON-MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-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- TOWNS-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-WASHINGTON- WEBSTER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILKES-WILKINSON- 700 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A BAND OF STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING. A BAND OF STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE...TO FORSYTH...TO LOUISVILLE. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WINDS...SEE THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. HOWEVER AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL INCREASE. AT THIS TIME...INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES DO NOT SUGGEST AN ESPECIALLY STRONG SYSTEM BUT CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED FOR CHANGES AS THE TIME PERIOD APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Broadcast media reported that a tree fell on Highway 315 in Ellerslie. A power line was blown down as well.
The Houston County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down in Warner Robins. A couple fell on a house, causing roof damage.
Amateur radio operators reported that a tree fell on a house in Eatonton.
The Crisp County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down in the Cordele area. Highway 41 was closed, and up to 2500 residents were without power.
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: 444660, 444651, 444655, 444658.