An active convective pattern continued on the 22nd as an upper trough over the Mississippi Valley pushed east during the day. A strong disturbance pushed around the southern edge of the trough during the afternoon hours, and combined with the continued warm and moist airmass in place, triggered numerous showers and thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
An active convective pattern continued on the 22nd as an upper trough over the Mississippi Valley pushed east during the day. A strong disturbance pushed around the southern edge of the trough during the afternoon hours, and combined with the continued warm and moist airmass in place, triggered numerous showers and thunderstorms. A couple of these thunderstorms became severe with downed trees, and one thunderstorm led to flash flooding overnight.
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 22, 6:35 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 735 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 ...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS TO TRANSITION TO THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... LATEST REGIONAL SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS BERMUDA RIDGE SUPPRESSED WELL SOUTH OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA...ALLOWING FOR A BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE LOCAL AREA. THIS CONTINUES TO PUMP MOISTURE FROM THE GULF NORTHWARD WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S OVER A LARGE EXPANSE. MORNING CAP THAT WAS IN PLACE HAS ERODED DESPITE THE ONLY OCCASIONAL APPEARANCE OF THE SUN AND SUBTLE SHORTWAVE ENERGY AHEAD OF MAIN FEATURE HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR THE FORECAST AREA. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN AT A MINIMUM SO FAR AS CAP KEPT ACTIVITY IN CHECK FOR MOST OF THE MORNING BUT MORE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS NOTED OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND OVERALL EXPECT TREND TO BE FOR A MORE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AREA WIDE. HOW THIS WILL ALL IMPACT THE SHORT TERM FORECAST...EXPECT CONTINUED OCCASIONAL SHRA AND ISOLATED TSRA TO TRANSITION TO MORE JUST THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. MCS OVER ALABAMA SHOULD SPAWN ADDITIONAL UPSTREAM ACTIVITY STARTING OVER NW GEORGIA AND CONSOLIDATING INTO A SEMI PERMANENT LINE OF CONVECTION AS IT ROTATES THROUGH WEST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. DCAPE NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE AT THIS POINT BUT SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ATMOSPHERE OVER ALABAMA ADVECTING EAST. STILL NOT OVERLY IMPRESSED WITH DOWN BURST POTENTIAL AND MAY RELY MORE UPON 0 TO 6 HEAR WHICH IS BORDERLINE FOR INDIVIDUAL BOWING SEGMENTS. BOTTOM LINE IS ISOLATED SEVERE CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET FOR WINDS AND ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY...SEPARATE BOUTS OF SUSTAINED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOOD CONCERNS. TUESDAY WILL BE A TOUGH CALL AS MAIN SHORTWAVE WILL HAVE PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA AND MOISTURE WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPLETED ALTHOUGH PWATS CONTINUE IN THE 1.80 TO 1.90 RANGE. SECONDARY SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH THROUGH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS. WENT HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE FOR THIS PERIOD WITH LIKELY ADVERTISED FOR THE WESTERN ZONES WHERE SHORTWAVE WILL HAVE THE MOST IMPACT. DEESE .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND FELT THE NEED TO BUMP UP POPS SOME. BDL PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... NOT SO MUCH A STATIC UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN AS IT IS ELASTIC...BUT THE NET EFFECT IS BASICALLY THE SAME WITH PERSISTENT UPPER-LEVEL TROUGHING ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST PERIOD. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...AT LEAST CONCERNING THE LARGER SCALE DETAILS OF THE OVERALL PATTERN. GFS/ECMWF AND CMC MODELS ALL SHOWING A DECENT SHORT WAVE IMPACTING THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT THE INITIAL UPPER TROUGH AXIS PASSES EAST OF THE REGION BY THE BEGINNING OF THE FORECAST PERIOD TUESDAY NIGHT/ WEDNESDAY. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS WEST OF THE STATE HOWEVER SO SCATTERED...MAINLY DIURNAL...CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WORK WEEK. SURFACE LEE TROUGH ALSO PERSISTS OVER THE REGION...HOWEVER NONE OF THE MODELS ARE DEPICTING AN ACTIVE FRONTAL SYSTEM THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS ARE STILL SHOWING A NEW SHORT WAVE DIGGING INTO THE EASTERN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WEEKEND BRINGING PERHAPS ANOTHER SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION...BUT THE MODELS ARE ALSO KEEPING OVERALL MOISTURE A BIT MORE REASONABLE THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST. I STILL PLAN ON KEEPING THE CHANCE POP/DIURNAL TREND WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST GRIDS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD TREND BACK UP TOWARD NORMAL DURING THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD AS WE DRY OUT A BIT. 20 && .AVIATION... 00Z UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS HAVING A HARD TIME DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH GA WHERE THE AIR MASS IS A BIT MORE STABLE. LOOKS LIKE THE NORTHERN TAF SITES MAY NOT BE AFFECTED BY THUNDER THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL GA BUT SHOWING A DIMINISHING TREND. BY 02Z...THREAT OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE OVER. STILL EXPECTING IFR CONDITIONS AFTER 08Z...IMPROVING TO VFR BY 15Z TUESDAY. VARIABLE TO LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15KT AFTER 14Z. //ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE... MEDIUM TO HIGH ON TSRA THIS EVENING AND IFR CIGS TONIGHT. HIGH ON REMAINING ELEMENTS. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 71 89 72 90 / 80 40 30 50 ATLANTA 72 87 71 90 / 70 60 30 50 BLAIRSVILLE 68 83 69 86 / 60 40 30 50 CARTERSVILLE 71 86 71 90 / 50 60 40 50 COLUMBUS 74 89 73 91 / 80 60 40 50 GAINESVILLE 71 85 70 89 / 70 60 30 50 MACON 73 88 71 92 / 80 60 40 50 ROME 71 88 72 90 / 50 60 40 50 PEACHTREE CITY 72 87 71 90 / 70 60 40 50 VIDALIA 74 89 74 92 / 70 30 30 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...DEESE LONG TERM....BDL AVIATION...41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 450 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-230900- 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- 450 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. DISCUSSION... A VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG WITH AN UPPER- LEVEL SHORT WAVE SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY PROVIDED BY DAYTIME HEATING. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAINING AROUND 2 INCHES...THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. INSTABILITY WILL BE MODERATE BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
GAZ074-222230-
602 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TENNILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE TENNILLE...SANDERSVILLE...RIDDLEVILLE AND
DAVISBORO. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3287 8252 3283 8282 3296 8285 3305 8262
3303 8260 3304 8259 3302 8255 3295 8254
3292 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 251DEG 16KT 3292 8273SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
843 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
GAZ024-025-027-230115-
843 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH
WINDS IN MADISON...BANKS AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...
AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PEACH STATE SPEEDWAY...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
MADISON...BANKS AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARCADE...JEFFERSON...
PEACH STATE SPEEDWAY...APPLE VALLEY...NICHOLSON...COMMERCE...BANKS
CROSSING...SANFORD...FIVE POINTS...HARRISON...POCATALIGO...NEESE...
ILA AND DANIELSVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3425 8333 3427 8330 3425 8325 3425 8319
3425 8316 3426 8314 3426 8313 3410 8308
3404 8361 3421 8366 3429 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 257DEG 18KT 3415 8352SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
854 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
GAZ023>025-230145-
854 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN BANKS...HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT...
AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MURRAYVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
MAYSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS BANKS...HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GAINESVILLE...
MURRAYVILLE...MAYSVILLE...GILLSVILLE...LULA...PINEFIELD CROSSROADS...
HOLLINGSWORTH...HOMER AND CLERMONT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3451 8366 3444 8362 3450 8353 3447 8340
3444 8338 3431 8338 3419 8371 3428 8393
3438 8398 3440 8397 3442 8398 3446 8393
3446 8389 3448 8387 3451 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 237DEG 12KT 3438 8395 3430 8380
3416 8353The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hall County Emergency Manager reported that a couple of trees were blown down.
The Banks County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down or snapped on Leachman Road.
The public reported drainage ditches and a farm pond overflowed a portion of Raford Wilson Road just northwest of Jefferson. Some minor erosion damage occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2013
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: 468086, 468087, 468729.