The overall pattern had shifted by the 9th with an upper high over the Southern Plains, a weak trough over New England and the Mid-Atlantic, and a weakness over the Bahamas. With the trough to the north, a shortwave was able to push into the Southeast during the afternoon.
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The overall pattern had shifted by the 9th with an upper high over the Southern Plains, a weak trough over New England and the Mid-Atlantic, and a weakness over the Bahamas. With the trough to the north, a shortwave was able to push into the Southeast during the afternoon. The deep moisture plume continued in place, and so showers and thunderstorms developed again in the afternoon. One thunderstorm led to isolated flash flooding, and another became severe with several trees down.
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 9, 2:48 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 348 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS APPEAR TO BE FORMING ALONG A BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE OLD MOISTURE PLUME THAT WAS OVER THE REGION FOR THE PAST WEEK. THERE IS NOT AS MUCH TROPICAL MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE SO THESE SHOWER ARE NOT PUMPING OUT AS MUCH PRECIP AS WE HAVE SEEN AS OF LATE. THESE SHOWERS ARE MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN ALSO AND SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY 03-05Z. THE CURRENT FORECAST MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM SHOWING A WEAK BERMUDA LIKE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES...AND THE WEAK BOUNDARY STAYING FAIRLY STATIONARY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH INSTABILITIES PEEKING AROUND 18Z... SHOULD SEE MORE SCATTERED DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODEL QPF NUMBERS ARE SHOWING AROUND 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH OF ADDITIONAL PRECIP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY UNDER THE STRONGER AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS. 01 .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING INTO NORTH GA LATE ON THURSDAY THEN STALLING ACROSS CENTRAL GA ON FRIDAY. EXPECT INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT... WITH FLOODING BEING THE MAIN THREAT DUE TO GROUNDS BEING ALREADY VERY SATURATED. THERE IS MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODELS ON JUST WHAT AFFECT THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM AND TRAILING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL HAVE ON T.S. CHANTAL THAT IS FORECASTED TO MOVE NORTH AND JUST EAST OF FLORIDA OVER THE WEEKEND. ALL INTERESTS IN GA ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR T.S. CHANTAL OVER THE WEEKEND. /39 PREV LONG TERM DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 AM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013/ LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... BROAD 500MB RIDGE ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE US WILL BEGIN TO DIG SOUTH ACROSS THE SE STATES ON THURSDAY AND SHOULD CONTINUE ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AT THE SURFACE...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM THE THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BACK THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL BEGIN TO SINK SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE WEAK FRONT SHOULD BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE CWFA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE WASHING OUT BY EARLY SUNDAY. EXPECT CONVECTION TO FOCUS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. FOR THURSDAY...THE BEST CHANCE OF POPS SHOULD BE IN NORTHERN GA...JUST ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE CONVECTION SHOULD SHIFT SOUTH ACROSS ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CWFA. WITH THE LONG-WAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND...TEMPS ARE EXPECTED AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL DEPEND HEAVILY UPON WHERE CHANTAL TRACKS. IF THE CURRENT TRACK HOLDS...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF GA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST TRACK FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NHC. NLISTEMAA && .AVIATION... /ISSUED AT 232 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013/ 18Z UPDATE... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE AREA THEY SHOULD STAY LIGHT TO MODERATE AS THERE IS NOT AT MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. CEILINGS ARE VFR AND SHOULD STY THERE THROUGH 06-08Z EXPECTING SOME MVFR CEILINGS OVER NIGHT THEN BACK TO VFR LATE WED MORNING. WINDS SHOULD STAY MAINLY OUT OF THE W TO SW IN THE 5-10KT RANGE. VSBYS SHOULD ALSO STAY IN THE VFR TO MVFR RANGE. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... CONFIDENCE MEDIUM ON ALL ELEMENTS. 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 72 89 71 85 / 50 60 40 60 ATLANTA 73 88 71 85 / 50 60 40 60 BLAIRSVILLE 68 84 67 82 / 50 60 50 60 CARTERSVILLE 71 89 71 87 / 50 60 50 60 COLUMBUS 74 90 72 87 / 30 40 30 60 GAINESVILLE 72 87 70 85 / 50 60 40 60 MACON 73 91 72 88 / 30 40 30 60 ROME 72 89 71 88 / 40 60 50 60 PEACHTREE CITY 71 88 70 86 / 40 50 40 60 VIDALIA 73 92 72 89 / 30 40 30 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 218 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101200- 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- 218 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AMPLE MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS ARE URGED NOT TO LET THEIR GUARD DOWN DURING THIS PROLONGED CONVECTIVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PERIOD. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING AROUND HALF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WHILE THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IS NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH... SOILS ARE EXTREMELY SATURATED AND RIVER LEVELS ARE HIGH...THUS IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO UP TO 40 MPH. WITH SATURATED SOILS...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH WIND TO DOWN TREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THIS WEEKEND WILL NOT BE AS PROLONGED OR WIDESPREAD AS WHAT WE SAW LAST WEEK...THERE WILL STILL BE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A FRONT MOVES INTO THE STATE. NORTH GEORGIA WILL AGAIN HAVE THE BEST CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT ACCUMULATING HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS MAY LEAD TO MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
544 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
GAZ015-016-023-092230-
544 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHITE...LUMPKIN AND HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLERMONT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WHITE...LUMPKIN AND HALL COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MOSSY CREEK...CLERMONT AND GARLAND.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3452 8364 3451 8365 3445 8362 3435 8373
3450 8396 3459 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 056DEG 9KT 3450 8375The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Carroll County emergency manager reported the Buffalo Creek came out of its banks and flooded a portion of a road around 5 miles south of Carrollton.
The Clarke County Emergency Manager reported that at least 10 trees were blown down on the east side of Athens. One tree and several power poles fell on a house.
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: 467838, 467868.