The Southeast remained in an active northwest flow pattern on the 7th, with yet another upper level disturbance moving through the area. Similar to what happened on August 1st, showers and thunderstorms developed early in the morning on the 7th as a result of the disturbance, with anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain leading to significant flash flooding across portions of north Georgia, in some…
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The Southeast remained in an active northwest flow pattern on the 7th, with yet another upper level disturbance moving through the area. Similar to what happened on August 1st, showers and thunderstorms developed early in the morning on the 7th as a result of the disturbance, with anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain leading to significant flash flooding across portions of north Georgia, in some of the same areas that were affected on the 1st.
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 Aug 7, 3:07 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 407 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...SHORT TERM SYNOPTIC GUIDANCE REMAINS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL TRENDS. HOWEVER...AS WE GO THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...NAM SLOWLY BECOMES MORE OF AN OUTLIER IN HOW IT HANDLES THE UPPER LOW /DEEPER AND THUS MOVING MORE SLOWLY/ AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT. HAVE OPTED FOR MORE OF A GFS/ECMWF COMPROMISE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. OVERALL FOR THE SOUTHEAST...RIDGING WILL BUILD SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM... WHILE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN CANADA CONTINUES TO SPIN AND SPIT OUT INTERMITTENT IMPULSES. THE FIRST IS PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. IMMEDIATE CONCERN FOR THIS MORNING IS HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AT AFD TIME...3-HR RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER 6 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST DAWSON COUNTY ALONG THE ETOWAH RIVER. SEVERAL COUNTIES UP THERE HAVE SEEN 2-4 INCHES BUT DAWSON IS THE WORST. 00Z KFFC SOUNDING HAD PW ALMOST AT 2 INCHES...AND PW VALUES PROGGED TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVY RAIN IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN AS CONVECTIVE COVERAGE INCREASES THROUGH THE DAY. 00Z HIRES MODELS ARE ACTUALLY CAPTURING THE CONVECTION IN NE GEORGIA VERY WELL...SO IF THE TRENDS FROM THESE MODELS ARE TO BE BELIEVED...THE AREA IN NE GA WILL SAG SOUTHWEST WHILE CONVECTION DEVELOPS IN SITU OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA/NORTHWEST GEORGIA AFTER SUNRISE AND MOVES SOUTHEAST...WHILE THE REMNANTS OF THE MCS OVER MISSOURI MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA AFTER 18Z. THIS RESULTS IN POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA BEFORE THE CONVECTION DISSIPATES LATE THIS EVENING. HAVE GONE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS IN SOME AREAS IN N GA FOR TODAY. EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DRY DAYS...WOULD BE TEMPTED TO ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AS IT IS...CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE DAY /AS IS ALREADY OCCURRING/. OTHER CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CONVECTION MOVES INTO NW GA WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DOWNBURST /WET MICROBURSTS/. DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD SEVERE BUT ISOLATED SEVERE CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. SHOULD SEE A LULL IN ACTIVITY TONIGHT BUT ANOTHER INCREASE IN CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TOMORROW AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH THE FLOW. INTRODUCED LIKELY POPS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THURSDAY. CONTINUED BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND FOR TEMPS...THOUGH SLIGHTLY INCREASING THICKNESSES WILL COMPETE WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER. TEMPS TODAY GOT JUST A TAD WARMER THAN FORECAST SO BUMPED UP THE BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND NUMBERS EVER SO SLIGHTLY. BUT ESPECIALLY TODAY TEMPS SHOULD BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS FOR HIGHS BY 3-5 DEGREES... BUT NEAR NORMAL FOR LOW. THURSDAY SHOULD BE A TAD WARMER BUT CONFIDENCE NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH AND WITH HIGH-IMPACT IMMEDIATE CONCERNS DID NOT DO SIGNIFICANT ANALYSIS FOR THURSDAY TEMPS. TDP .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ANCHORED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A SERIES OF UPPER SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE STATE. HAVE KEPT MAINLY CHANCE POPS DURING THE DAY AND CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER FOR SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DRIFT INTO NORTH GEORGIA AND STALL FOR A DAY OR TWO. SO HAVE INCLUDED LIKELY POPS FOR NORTH GEORGIA ON SATURDAY. UPPER FLOW TRANSITIONS TO A TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN STATES BY THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. SOME DRYING IS INDICATED FOR NORTH GEORGIA MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO REMOVE POPS ALTOGETHER. TEMPERATURES LOOK SEASONAL WITH MID TO UPPER 80S NORTH TO LOW AND MID 90S SOUTH. 41 && AVIATION... 06Z UPDATE... CURRENTLY STILL VFR OUT THERE AT AFD TIME...BUT EXPECT MVFR AND IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...NOT LIFTING UNTIL 14-15Z OR SO. SHRA AND TSRA MOVE IN THIS AFTERNOON...HAVE KEPT PREVIOUS TREND OF SHRA STARTING AROUND 16Z WITH PROB30 TSRA FROM 18-24Z. CIGS LIFT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT EXPECT LOW MVFR TO IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING...HAVE INTRODUCED THEM AT 09Z FOR ATL. WINDS SE THROUGH THE PERIOD. //ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE... MEDIUM-HIGH ON TIMING AND HGT OF CIGS. HIGH ON OCCURRENCE OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...MEDIUM ON IMPACTS. HIGH ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS. TDP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 84 69 89 71 / 70 30 50 30 ATLANTA 85 71 88 72 / 80 50 50 30 BLAIRSVILLE 80 68 84 68 / 80 50 60 30 CARTERSVILLE 87 70 89 71 / 80 50 60 30 COLUMBUS 90 73 92 74 / 70 30 40 20 GAINESVILLE 83 70 86 71 / 80 50 50 30 MACON 88 70 91 73 / 50 20 40 20 ROME 86 71 88 71 / 80 50 70 30 PEACHTREE CITY 86 70 88 71 / 80 40 50 30 VIDALIA 90 73 91 73 / 20 10 40 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...TDP LONG TERM....41 AVIATION...TDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 503 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-080915- 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- 503 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL FLASH FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:11 UTC.
10 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The stage height of a USGS stream gage on the Etowah River at Georgia Highway 9 south of Dawsonville reached flood stage of 13 feet. The river crest at 15.3 feet and caused minor flooding of river access roads...woodlands and fields.
The Pickens County emergency manager reported drainage branches flowing into Town Creek southwest of Jasper were out of their banks and flooding Mineral Springs Road and White Oak Drive. A few homes were being evacuated along Wigington Lane and Burnt Mountain Road north of Jasper due to flooding of a stream flowing into Talking Rock Creek. A USGS stream gage indicated the water level on the middle and upper portions of Talking Rock Creek caused minor flooding of creek access roads...woodlands and fields.
The Gilmer County emergency manager reported several creeks were out of their banks in the south portion of the county and causing flooding on Knight Road...Talona Road...Whitestone Road between Georgia Highways 5 and 515...Roundtop Road...Holder Road...Raven Cliff Road and Leeches Road. The stage height of a USGS stream gage on the Fausett Creek at Yukon Road northeast of Talking Rock reached flood stage of 10 feet. The creek crest at 12.9 feet and caused minor flooding of creek access roads...woodlands and fields.
Dawson County officials reported Yellow Creek was out of it banks and flowing over the bridge on Holcomb Road. A portion of Holcomb Road was closed.
The Forsyth County emergency manager reported a drainage branch flowing into Fourmile Creek just west of Chestatee was overflowing a portion of Grindle Road. The road was closed due to flooding just north of Georgia Highway 306.
Gordon County officials indicated multiple roads were closed east of Calhoun due to flooding on the Salacoa and Lick Creeks. Roads closed included Covington Bridge Road, Brookshire Road and Lovebridge Road. Additional flooding was reported in the Sonoraville area.
The Cherokee County emergency manager reported several drainage branches and creeks east of Ball Ground were overflowing their banks and flooding roads. Most of the flooding was associated with Long Swamp Creek and Conns Creek which was affecting Ball Ground Road and Conns creek road at Georgia Highway 372. Sperin Road near Conns Creek Road flooded with fire units only able to access the area from the Pickens County side. Several out buildings washed away or flooded along with a few vehicles off Conns Creek Road..
An off duty NWS employee reported the Sullivan Branch was out of its banks and caused minor flooding on the Summergrove golf course.
The stage height at a USGS stream gage on the Talking Rock Creek near Hinton reached flood stage of 10 feet. The creek crest at 11.8 feet causing minor flooding of creek access roads and woodlands.
The stage height at a USGS stream gage on the Big Creek at Atlanta Highway near Cumming reached flood stage of 6 feet. The creek crest at 7.6 feet. Minor flooding occurred on the Big Creek Greenway and in the woodlands and fields along the creek.
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: 469084, 469189, 469195, 469096, 469228, 469218, 469245, 469262, 469251, 469236.