An upper low across the southern Plains began bringing significant moisture into the state on the 28th, with widespread rain developing through the morning hours and heavy rain developing during the afternoon. Despite these moistu conditions however, a wildfire was sparked during the early morning hours.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
An upper low across the southern Plains began bringing significant moisture into the state on the 28th, with widespread rain developing through the morning hours and heavy rain developing during the afternoon. Despite these moistu conditions however, a wildfire was sparked during the early morning hours.
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 Dec 28, 4:00 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 400 AM EST SAT DEC 28 2013 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SHORT TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. THE UPPER LOW LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL BECOME ABSORBED INTO THE UPPER FLOW AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE DIVES INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BY SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BRINGING GOOD GULF MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA AND ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL ALLOW RAIN TO SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND WEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFF OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. MODELS CONTINUE TO VARY SOME ON QPF VALUES WITH THE RAINFALL...NAM HAS INITIALIZED CURRENT ECHOES OVER ALABAMA BETTER THAN FASTER ECMWF/GFS WHICH LENDS SOME CREDENCE TO SLOWER SOLUTION AT LEAST INITIALLY. SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF BY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE LIFTING INTO THE CAROLINAS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE TO CATEGORICAL WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS FORECAST AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SHORT TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF GREATER THAN 1.5 INCHES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS LOW TRACKS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING NAM/GFS SHOWING MOST UNSTABLE CAPE OF 200-400 ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...ENOUGH TO CONTINUE MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDER DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AT THE SAME TIME 925 WINDS OF 35-50KTS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS...AND CONTINUE TO AGREE THAT HEAVIER RAINS WILL AID IN BRINGING ISOLATED STRONGER GUSTS TO THE SURFACE. WHILE MODELS SHOW RAIN ENDING SUNDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WRAPAROUND MOISTURE FOR CLOUD COVER TO LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ATWELL .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN OR FLURRIES TO PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA MONDAY MORNING... BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH SUCH LIMITED MOISTURE AND WARM GROUNDS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY AND DOMINATE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY NIGHT. THEN LONG RANGE MODELS DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY BY MID WEEK AS THE ECMWF SHOWS ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE GENERATING A SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTH GULF THAT TRACKS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AS A RESULT... THE ECMWF SPREADS OVERRUNNING LIGHT RAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. THE GFS NOW SHOWS A DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WITH ALL THE RAINS DOWN SOUTH OVER FLORIDA DURING THIS TIME. WITH STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY FOR LATE IN THE WORK WEEK AS THE MODELS FLIP FLOP... WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN ON THURSDAY FOR NOW. OTHERWISE... EXPECT NEAR OR SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS AND NO CHANCE FOR THUNDER THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. 39 && .HYDROLOGY... WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE STATE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. LATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ARE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... BUT ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN ALREADY WET GROUND FROM FLOOD CAUSING RAINS EARLIER IN THE WEEK WILL QUICKLY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS AND RIVERS. AS A RESULT... ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AND THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS. && .AVIATION... /ISSUED AT 101 AM EST SAT DEC 28 2013/ 06Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z WHEN CIGS WILL BEGIN DROPPING OVER CSG/MCN TO MVFR. MVFR AND RAIN WILL MOVE INTO ATL AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH TAF SITES DROPPING TO IFR/LIFR OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN EAST THROUGH THE PERIODS WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 5-10 KTS. //ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE... MEDIUM TO HIGH ON WINDS AND VISIBILITIES. MEDIUM ON CIGS...PRECIP TIMING. ATWELL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 51 42 56 40 / 90 100 70 5 ATLANTA 50 40 52 40 / 100 100 60 10 BLAIRSVILLE 50 40 51 36 / 80 100 80 20 CARTERSVILLE 50 41 52 38 / 90 100 70 10 COLUMBUS 51 44 57 39 / 100 100 50 10 GAINESVILLE 50 40 52 39 / 90 100 70 10 MACON 51 47 61 40 / 90 100 60 5 ROME 52 41 53 36 / 90 100 80 10 PEACHTREE CITY 47 43 56 37 / 100 100 60 10 VIDALIA 54 53 67 43 / 80 90 70 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON 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. && SHORT TERM...ATWELL LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...ATWELL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 157 AM EST SAT DEC 28 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291030- 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- 157 AM EST SAT DEC 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... MAIN THREAT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS TO MACON TO WARRENTON. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF REGION WILL MOVE NORTHEAST...ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES COULD CAUSE FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING GULF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WEAK INSTABILITY AND INCREASING WIND SHEAR COULD RESULT IN A FEW STRONG STORMS... MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN AMERICUS TO MACON TO WARRENTON LINE WHERE THE GREATER INSTABILITIES ARE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...WITH GROUNDS SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAIN...40 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN A FEW TREES LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINS WILL END ON SUNDAY... FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN... FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Boling Knob burned 7.31 acres and resulted in $800 in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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