The remnants of Tropical Storm Karen were absorbed into a frontal system that pushed across Georgia between the 6th and 7th. Plentiful moisture was in place from these two systems and widespread rain between 1 to 2 inches fell across the area, with isolated higher amounts.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Karen were absorbed into a frontal system that pushed across Georgia between the 6th and 7th. Plentiful moisture was in place from these two systems and widespread rain between 1 to 2 inches fell across the area, with isolated higher amounts. One area across the northeast Atlanta Metro area received at least 3 inches of rain, which led to isolated flash flooding.
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 Oct 6, 9:00 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1000 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013 .UPDATE... NO BIG CHANGES TO THE FORECAST...BUT HAVE TRIED TO ADJUST POPS AND QPF TO REFLECT RADAR TRENDS AND SHIFT THE HIGHEST POPS A BIT TO THE EAST AND NORTH UNTIL AT LEAST AROUND 06Z. 41 .PREVIOUS... .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON ABSORBING THE REMNANTS OF KAREN INTO THE APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT IS STILL ON TAP TO PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. AS A RESULT... MODELS SHOW AMPLE 2.0+ INCH PW'S SPREADING NORTHWARD BY EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL SERVE TO ENHANCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DESPITE THE ABUNDANT AVAILABLE TROPICAL MOISTURE... IT SEEMS THE FRONT SPEEDS UP ENOUGH LATER TONIGHT TO HELP HOLD WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS DOWN TO AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...EXPECT TO SEE SOME ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS IN THE 3-4 INCH RANGE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS CONVECTION BEGINS TO TRAIN UP FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THESE POTENTIAL HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED BRIEF FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT... AND/OR MINOR FLOODING ALONG STREAMS/RIVERS BY SOMETIME EARLY-MID MONDAY MORNING AS WIDESPREAD RUNOFF RESULTS IN RISING WATER LEVELS. AS FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL... SPC CONTINUES TO SHOW A 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GA AS MODELS SHOW A MORE ORGANIZED LINE/CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO NW GA BY 5-7 PM... AND CONTINUING TO TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GA THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING HOURS AHEAD/ALONG THE COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT... THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING WIND WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH GA TONIGHT AND EVEN PARTS OF CENTRAL GA EARLY ON MONDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING MONDAY... WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS SPREADING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. AS FOR TEMPS... TOOK A MAV/MET BLEND FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND HIGHS ON MONDAY... WITH MOS GUIDANCE AGREEING ON MID-UPPER 50 DEGREE LOWS SPREADING INTO NW GA BY MONDAY MORNING BEHIND THE FRONT. THE COOLER POST FRONTAL AIR WILL HELP HOLD MONDAY HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S ACROSS NORTH GA AS WELL. 39 .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED TO THE LONG TERM. MODELS INDICATING AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY WITH SOME PRECIP POTENTIAL OVER PORTIONS OF THE ERN FORECAST AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. HAVE INCLUDED LOW POPS FOR THAT AREA. BDL PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... A FEW SHOWERS WILL STILL BE EXITING THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE CWA MONDAY EVENING...BUT BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT ALL THE PRECIP SHOULD BE TO OUR EAST WITH DRIER AIR SPREADING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AND H5 RIDGE WILL BE BUILDING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WITH A SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE CWA. THIS WILL KEEP A COOL NORTHEAST FLOW OF AIR ACROSS THE CWA BRINGING NEAR NORMAL HIGHS AND BELOW NORMAL LOWS. BY NEXT WEEKEND THE MODELS ARE TRYING TO BRING A WEAK SHORT WAVE INTO THE CWA BUT AT THIS POINT WILL LEAVE IT DRY FOR NEXT WEEKEND. 17 && .AVIATION... 00Z UPDATE... COLD FRONT VICINITY OF NE AL SHOULD PUSH INTO NORTH GA AND REACH THE ATLANTA AREA AROUND 06Z...AND MACON AREA BY 12Z. RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT AND END FROM THE NW BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT MAINLY MVFR CEILINGS OVERNIGHT WITH SOME AREAS OF IFR. CEILINGS IMPROVING AFTER 14Z MONDAY. WINDS VARIABLE TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT EXCEPT GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10KT AFTER FROPA WITH SOME GUSTS. //ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE... CONFIDENCE MEDIUM ON ALL ELEMENTS. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 66 77 54 68 / 100 70 5 10 ATLANTA 61 74 53 69 / 100 40 5 10 BLAIRSVILLE 57 71 44 71 / 100 40 5 10 CARTERSVILLE 59 73 47 73 / 100 20 5 5 COLUMBUS 66 78 54 77 / 100 50 5 10 GAINESVILLE 64 75 53 69 / 100 50 5 10 MACON 69 81 57 74 / 100 90 5 10 ROME 58 73 47 73 / 100 20 5 10 PEACHTREE CITY 62 75 48 70 / 100 40 5 10 VIDALIA 71 82 64 73 / 90 100 30 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...39 LONG TERM....BDL AVIATION...41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 919 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-080130- 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- 919 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. A LARGE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AS IT IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE REMNANTS OF KAREN. WITH THIS MOISTURE IN PLACE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND MINOR RIVER FLOODING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THIS WILL BE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS TO 35MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ON MONDAY...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM ATHENS...TO MACON...TO CORDELE. OTHERWISE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. .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
856 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013
GAZ022-032>034-044-045-055-070145-
856 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN COBB...DEKALB...
FORSYTH...GWINNETT...CLAYTON AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...
AT 849 PM EDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE ATLANTA
METRO AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
WITH THESE STORMS DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1
INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BEFORE THE
RAIN STARTS TAPERING OFF FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
COBB...DEKALB...FORSYTH...GWINNETT...CLAYTON AND FULTON COUNTIES...
INCLUDING AREAS AROUND CEDAR GROVE...GRESHAM PARK...CASCADE
HEIGHTS...WEST END...LAKEWOOD PARK...HAPEVILLE...EAST POINT...COLLEGE
PARK...FORT GILLEM...ELLENWOOD...LAKE CITY...MORROW...RIVERDALE...
FOREST PARK AND CONLEY. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3410 8388 3410 8384 3363 8423 3365 8424
3364 8428 3361 8425 3352 8433 3362 8459
3407 8444 3407 8442 3411 8442 3413 8436
3417 8435 3419 8426 3422 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 207DEG 23KT 3372 8439The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:05 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The stage height at a USGS stream gage on the Big Creek at Atlanta Highway 6 miles southwest of Cumming reached flood stage. The creek crest around 6 feet. Minor flooding occurred on large portions of the sidewalks and boardwalks of the Big Creek Greenway.
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