Heavy Rain in Georgia, June 4, 2013

Name: Heavy Rain in Georgia, June 4, 2013
Start: 2013-06-04T18:57
End: 2013-06-04T18:57
Location: Georgia

June 4, 2013 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A weak cold front lingered over south Georgia while a moist tropical airmass streamed over the area under southwest flow. and a few strong storms were expected during the afternoon due to outflows from morning convection over western zones interacting with an unstable low level airmass.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.

A weak cold front lingered over south Georgia while a moist tropical airmass streamed over the area under southwest flow. Locally heavy rainfall was expected due to slow storm motion...and a few strong storms were expected during the afternoon due to outflows from morning convection over western zones interacting with an unstable low level airmass.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 6:56 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:56 PM EST, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
756 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

.UPDATE...

UPDATED TO FOCUS EVENING PRECIPITATION COVERAGE FURTHER INLAND.
BEST INSTABILITY THIS EVENING FOCUSED OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SUWANNEE VALLEY WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND INSTABILITY COULD
KEEP SHOWERS/STORMS GOING PAST SUNSET. ELSEWHERE...LOWER CHANCES THIS
EVENING. NOT EXPECTING MUCH MORE THAN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT
ACROSS LAND AREAS...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT
OVER THE WARM ATLANTIC WATERS.

&&

.AVIATION...

DEEP MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
THIS 00Z TAF PERIOD. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY
RULED OUT DURING ANY PART OF THIS TAF PERIOD...THE BEST POTENTIAL
WILL BE THIS EVENING...THEN AGAIN AFTER 18Z WEDNESDAY. AS
CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT TAF SITES...WILL NOT
INCLUDE IN TAFS OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING.

LIGHT FOG AND MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  70  88  70  86 /  90  70  70  90
SSI  74  82  74  81 /  60  50  40  80
JAX  71  86  72  83 /  20  70  60  80
SGJ  72  84  72  81 /  40  50  40  80
GNV  70  88  71  83 /  90  70  60  80
OCF  71  87  72  82 /  90  60  50  80

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

STRUBLE/HESS/GUILLET

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 12:22 PM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-051730-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-HAMILTON-
SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-ST JOHNS-
GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-
APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-
COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...FLOODING RAINS POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AS
LOW PRESSURE CROSSES OUR REGION...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. STORM
MOTION WILL BE SLOW AND GENERALLY EAST TO NORTHEAST. A FEW STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH BLINDING DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES...AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE AND MOVE NORTH-
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY LIKELY FOR OUR REGION FROM THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF OUR REGION
DURING THIS TIME FRAME. SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS
NORTHEAST FLORIDA MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALLER BASIN RIVERS
AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT ON THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. THESE CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCED
IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH OF THE LOW
PRESSURE CENTER AS IT CROSSES OUR REGION.

OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS OUR AREA
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.

JDS/NELSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:42 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
642 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ163-042315-
CLINCH-
642 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN
CLINCH COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL
715 PM EDT...

AT 643 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COGDELL TO 15 MILES WEST OF HOMERVILLE...STATIONARY. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND COGDELL...HOMERVILLE AND
ARGYLE THROUGH 715 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3119 8296 3118 8267 3107 8262 3101 8260
      3098 8297 3118 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 312DEG 2KT 3113 8267 3109 8299

HESS

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:55 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
655 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ152-164-165-042345-
BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-
655 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN
BRANTLEY...NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON AND NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES FOR
STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 655 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAVERLY TO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HOBOKEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND FORT MUDGE...HOBOKEN...
HICKOX...WAVERLY...WOODBINE...WINOKUR...TARBORO...RACE POND AND
COLESBURG THROUGH 745 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3088 8166 3091 8221 3101 8222 3102 8213
      3109 8221 3117 8221 3117 8222 3119 8223
      3121 8177 3117 8178 3115 8176 3115 8173
      3111 8163 3111 8160
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 338DEG 7KT 3110 8172 3113 8210

HESS

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:01 PM EST, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
701 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ132-042330-
COFFEE-
701 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COFFEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL
730 PM EDT...

AT 701 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NICHOLLS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND NICHOLLS THROUGH 730 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3156 8263 3155 8260 3147 8260 3147 8263
      3137 8263 3136 8282 3141 8285 3158 8276
      3159 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 296DEG 3KT 3146 8271

HESS

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:21 PM EST, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
721 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ149-163-050000-
ATKINSON-CLINCH-
721 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN
ATKINSON AND NORTHWESTERN CLINCH COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 722 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTH AT
5 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND
WILLACOOCHEE AND PEARSON THROUGH 800 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER
INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3136 8280 3107 8277 3107 8298 3118 8298
      3118 8305 3123 8306 3127 8304 3131 8307
      3133 8307 3135 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 170DEG 6KT 3123 8291

HESS

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:29 PM EST, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
729 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ132-134-149>151-050015-
ATKINSON-BACON-COFFEE-PIERCE-WARE-
729 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN
WARE...PIERCE...NORTHEASTERN ATKINSON...SOUTHWESTERN BACON AND
SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 729 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF NICHOLLS TO 3 MILES EAST OF SUNNYSIDE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND JAMESTOWN...
PEBBLE HILL...NICHOLLS...DIXIE UNION...BLACKSHEAR...BICKLEY...
SUNNYSIDE...DEENWOOD...HEBARDVILLE AND BRAGANZA THROUGH 815 PM EDT.
HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3161 8272 3133 8205 3126 8212 3126 8215
      3124 8214 3121 8217 3121 8219 3122 8222
      3122 8228 3119 8228 3117 8223 3117 8221
      3105 8234 3137 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 047DEG 4KT 3145 8278 3123 8229

HESS

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:44 PM EST, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
744 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

GAZ152-164-165-050015-
BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-
744 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRANTLEY...
NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON AND NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 744 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT MUDGE TO 6
MILES WEST OF TARBORO...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND FORT MUDGE...TARBORO...
NAHUNTA...HOBOKEN...HICKOX...WINOKUR...RACE POND AND HOMELAND THROUGH
815 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45
TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3101 8169 3079 8212 3101 8235 3101 8214
      3109 8221 3117 8221 3119 8227 3122 8223
      3121 8219 3122 8216 3124 8214 3126 8215
      3127 8211 3128 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 070DEG 6KT 3114 8220 3103 8192

HESS

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Ware

When: June 4, 6:57 PM EST
Where: Ware County, 0.91 mi SW of Waycross
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 31.210, -82.360

Storm spotter reported minor street flooding in Waycross, mainly in the vicinity of the fairgrounds.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, June 2013

Sources

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: 453474.