Another shortwave moved into the Southeast on the afternoon of the 24th. Continued ample Gulf and Atlantic moisture was in place, and thus numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Another shortwave moved into the Southeast on the afternoon of the 24th. Continued ample Gulf and Atlantic moisture was in place, and thus numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours. There was enough instability in place for some of these to become severe with damaging winds.
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 Jun 24, 12:44 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 144 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1052 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013/ UPDATE... 500MB ANALYSIS SHOWS A TROUGH ACROSS WESTERN AL. THIS FEATURE HAS SERVED TO FOCUS MOSTLY SHOWERS THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AL...AND NOW NW GA. DO THINK ANY SCT PRECIP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE CONCENTRATED CLOSEST TO THE TROUGH. HOWEVER...FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...DO THINK PRECIP WILL FOCUS JUST ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SEA BREEZE ACROSS THE SE CWFA. THE 12Z RUN OF THE HRRR SHOWS THIS FAIRLY WELL. 12Z SOUNDING ANALYSIS SHOWS A MOIST COLUMN UP THROUGH 750MB WITH LIGHT SW FLOW IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. PWATS ARE AROUND AN INCH AND THREE QUARTERS...SO ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SURFACE WILL REMAIN PRETTY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY...SO SCT/NRMS TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE PROLIFIC LIGHTNING STRIKES...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS RATHER LOW. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 734 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... /ISSUED AT 402 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013/ CURRENT CONVECTION OVER THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS RESPONDING TO A MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL SLOWLY SHIFT INTO NORTH CAROLINA HOWEVER THERE REMAINS ENOUGH OF A RISK TO KEEP LOW POPS GOING INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH AND EAST GA RESPONDING TO A WEAK SHORT WAVE IN THE MID LEVELS. THIS KEEPS ENOUGH OF A RISK TO KEEP LOW POPS GOING INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS AS WELL OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL GA. A SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINING THIS WITH AMPLE GULF AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE SHOULD AID IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS CENTRAL GA WHERE LIKELY POPS SEEM IN ORDER. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH SOME LINGERING SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALSO CENTRAL GA INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. RISING H5 HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE THICKNESSES TODAY. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE WARMER TEMPS TODAY. THE NAM IS A BIT COOLER AND HAVE OPTED FOR THE WARMER GFS BOTH TODAY AND TUESDAY. 17 LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... /ISSUED AT 402 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013/ DIURNAL CONVECTION EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE WEEK. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SURFACE RIDGE LOSING ITS GRIP ON THE SOUTHEAST BY WEEKS END...AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING AND REMAINING OVER THE WESTERN US AS LONG WAVE TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE EAST COAST BY FRIDAY. WITH THE EASTERN EXTENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MORE LIMITED THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED...HAVE COOLED EXTENDED HIGH TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR TWO. STILL LOOKING FOR HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S. HAVE INCREASED POPS SOMEWHAT FOR THE WEEKEND...AND EXPECT THIS UPWARD TREND IN THE FORECAST TO CONTINUE IN THE COMING DAYS. ENHANCED MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION AS A RESULT OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD SUPPORT MORE SIGNIFICANT COVERAGE OF PRECIP ACTIVITY. ANTICIPATE FRONTAL PASSAGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH DROP IN POPS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES IN STORE AS A RESULT. 31 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE TAFS FOR THIS CYCLE. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY AND SHEAR AXIS ALOFT CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SCT SHRA/TSRA ACROSS NORTHERN GA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A CONVERGENCE ZONE HAS ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SE. HAVE GONE VERY CLOSE TO THE 13Z HRRR SOLUTION...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF TSRA AT ATL BETWEEN 21Z AND 23Z. COVERAGE SHOULD BE HIGHER TOMORROW AS SHEAR AXIX SLIPS EAST OVER THE CWFA TOMROROW. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE CONVECTIVE TIMING. HIGH CONFIDENCE REMAINING ELEMENTS. NLISTEMAA && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 87 69 89 70 / 50 50 50 20 ATLANTA 88 71 88 72 / 50 50 50 20 BLAIRSVILLE 83 63 84 65 / 40 40 40 20 CARTERSVILLE 87 68 88 70 / 50 50 40 20 COLUMBUS 91 73 92 73 / 50 50 60 20 GAINESVILLE 86 69 88 71 / 50 50 40 20 MACON 89 70 91 72 / 60 60 60 20 ROME 89 68 91 70 / 40 40 40 20 PEACHTREE CITY 88 68 90 70 / 50 50 50 20 VIDALIA 91 73 91 74 / 60 60 60 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 547 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-251000- 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- 547 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AS INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN THREATS WILL ANY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH SUMMERTIME CONVECTION EXPECTED EACH DAY. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME ISOLATED STRONG STORMS...GENERALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
130 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013
GAZ097-241800-
130 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN LAURENS COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 126 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HARLOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE DUDLEY...DEXTER...HARLOW...MINTER...CHAPPELLS MILL...
EAST DUBLIN AND DUBLIN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS.
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LAT...LON 3261 8315 3266 8305 3271 8293 3250 8272
3240 8302 3241 8308 3251 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 236DEG 5KT 3250 8304The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported several trees down across the Dublin area, including some along the intersection of Highway 257 and Dublin-Eastman Road.
The Dodge County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down in Eastman. One was down along Highway 87 and another on Rocky Springs Road near Highway 341.
The Dooly County Sheriff's Office reported dime sized hail in Vienna.
The Houston County 911 Center reported numerous trees down across the county.
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, June 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: 464982, 464983, 464985, 464984.