Several days of heavy rain caused very wet soil conditions across portions of central Georgia. Additional rainfall amounts around two inches in a few counties caused long-term areal flooding which washed out culverts or damaged several roads.
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Several days of heavy rain caused very wet soil conditions across portions of central Georgia. Additional rainfall amounts around two inches in a few counties caused long-term areal flooding which washed out culverts or damaged several roads.
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 Jul 13, 6:22 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 722 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 422 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... NAM/GFS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH MOVING LOW PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE OH/TN VALLEY WEST ACROSS THE MS VALLEY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WITH UPPER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE NE STATES LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS ALLOWS DEEPER MOISTURE TO MOVE BACK OVER THE AREA FROM THE SE TODAY AND TONIGHT AND CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR SUNDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING ON...INCREASING HIGHEST OVER THE SE 2/3RDS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THINK CONVECTION WILL BE SLOW TO WIND DOWN OVERNIGHT WITH SOME CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE LATE NIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY...TENDING TO MAXIMIZE DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND DECENT INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE. MOS POPS FOR N AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GA SEEM TOO LOW FOR TODAY AND HAVE STAYED CLOSER TO CURRENT FORECAST. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES RUNNING ABOUT 5-8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TODAY AND SUNDAY. FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES RUNNING CLOSE TO NORMAL. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM TO HIGH. BDL LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... UPPER LOW MOVING WEST AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WITH STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE NORTHEAST. TROPICAL MOISTURE STILL BEING DRAWN MOVING ACROSS THE CWA AT DURING THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. A DEEP EASTERLY FLOW PATTERN WILL KEEP ATLANTIC MOISTURE OVER THE CWA THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THE FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY BY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS A BIT A SHIFTS SOUTHWARD. IN GENERAL...HAVE BASICALLY KEPT CHANCE POPS EACH DAY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD. A DIURNAL PATTERN SHOULD BECOME MORE PROMINENT THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES BECOMING A BIT WARMER. 41 HYDROLOGY... NO CONFIDENCE FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND IF THEY ARE SLOW MOVERS OR TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WILL BE 1 INCH OR LESS. && .AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... IFR-MVFR CEILINGS GENERALLY IMPROVING TO VFR THROUGH THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY AND CONTINUING IN SOME FASHION THROUGH THRU OVERNIGHT. SURFACE WINDS MOSTLY ENE NEAR 10 KTS EXCEPT STRONGER AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR IFR CIGS IMPROVING THIS MORNING AND WINDS. LOW-MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON TIMING AND IMPACTS OF THUNDERSTORMS. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 83 69 84 70 / 60 60 70 20 ATLANTA 84 70 83 70 / 50 50 70 30 BLAIRSVILLE 81 67 81 65 / 50 50 70 20 CARTERSVILLE 86 69 85 70 / 50 50 70 30 COLUMBUS 85 72 87 73 / 50 50 70 40 GAINESVILLE 81 70 82 70 / 60 60 70 20 MACON 85 70 88 70 / 60 50 70 30 ROME 87 70 86 70 / 40 40 70 40 PEACHTREE CITY 84 70 84 69 / 50 50 70 40 VIDALIA 84 71 88 72 / 70 50 60 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...BDL LONG TERM....41 AVIATION...BDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 508 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-140915- 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- 508 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 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 ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE THE DEEPER MOISTURE IS CONCENTRATED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOILS REMAIN SATURATED AND SOME LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. WITH SATURATED SOILS...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH WIND TO BLOW DOWN TREES. SOME ISOLATED STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED AND DIURNAL INTO NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL STILL BE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS SO LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Jefferson County emergency manager reported washed out roads near Avera. Almost two inches of rainfall in a 3 hour period on already wet soils quickly overwhelmed the drainage systems.
The Warren County emergency manager reported additional rainfall of around two inches on already wet soils caused the drainage systems to be overwhelmed leading to some washed out roads in the Warrenton area.
The Johnson County emergency manager reported numerous washed out or flooded roads in the county and around Wrightsville. Additional rainfall of around two inches on already wet soils overwhelmed the drainage systems. In some areas there was so much water that maintenance crews could not get out to fix the box culverts and washed out roads.
The Laurens County emergency manager reported additional rainfall around two inches on already wet soils caused flowing water over Old Toomsboro Road and Wyatt Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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