A surface high dominated the area on the 10th and 11th, with dry conditions in place. Relative humidity values dropped below critical levels and with dry fuels, dangerous fire weather conditions developed, allowing several wildfires to burn.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A surface high dominated the area on the 10th and 11th, with dry conditions in place. Relative humidity values dropped below critical levels and with dry fuels, dangerous fire weather conditions developed, allowing several wildfires to burn.
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 Apr 10, 12:35 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 135 PM EDT THU APR 10 2014 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1003 AM EDT THU APR 10 2014/ UPDATE... HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES ACROSS THE SE STATES. NO CHANGES NEEDED TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 742 AM EDT THU APR 10 2014/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 AM EDT THU APR 10 2014/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ADDED PATCHY FROST MENTION FOR FAR NORTHEAST GA EARLY THIS MORNING AS TEMPS HAVE BEEN DROPPING LOWER THAN EXPECTED WITH STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING AND CALM WINDS. QUIET SHORT TERM IN STORE AS CWA STAYS DOMINATED BY SFC HIGH ACROSS SOUTHEAST CONUS AND TRANSITION TO ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED DRY AND PLEASANT CONDITIONS WITH SW FETCH ALLOWING FOR REBOUNDING TEMPS MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S FOR HIGHS. DEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN TRENDING LOWER THAN GUIDANCE AND MAV/MET BLEND CAPTURED BETTER THAN OVERALL BLEND THIS AFTERNOON WHICH SEEMS LEGIT BASED ON POTENTIAL MIXING DOWN OF DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER AIR IN BUFR SOUNDINGS. RESULTANT RH VALUES SUPPORT FIRE DANGER CRITERIA WITH CURRENT FUELS AND HAVE INCLUDED A FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW. A WEAK FRONT LOOKS TO STALL ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH SOME SLIGHTLY ENHANCED MOISTURE MAY ALLOW FOR A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER FOR NORTH GA. BAKER LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... NOT MUCH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD UNTIL YOU GET TO MONDAY. 00Z GFS/ECMWF IN STRONG AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF FRONT AND PRECIP AND ARE BOTH A TAD SLOWER THAN PREV RUNS. ECMWF HOWEVER HAS MORE STRONGLY AMPLIFIED UPPER LOW ALONG GULF COAST WHICH CAUSES SOME WRAPAROUND WARM ADVECTION PRECIP TO LINGER A LITTLE LONGER TUES. IT IS APRIL AND CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS ON THESE MODEL RUNS ARE SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS MONDAY AFT/EVENING. MLCAPE 500-1000 J/KG BUT EFFECTIVE DEEP SHEAR AND LOW LVL HELICITY ONLY 30-40KT AND 200 M2/S2 RESPECTIVELY WHICH ARE APPROACHING 10TH AND 25TH PERCENTILES...RESPECTIVELY...OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION FOR CONFIRMED GEORGIA TORNADOES THIS TIME OF YEAR /SEE SPC TORNADO ENVIRONMENT BROWSER/. OF COURSE THERE IS STILL TIME FOR STRENGTH OF SYSTEM AND CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS TO CHANGE SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. HEAVY RAIN ALSO POSS ESP WITH ECMWF SOLUTION. USED BIAS CORRECTED BLEND FOR TEMPS DURING DRY PERIODS AND NO BIAS CORRECTION FOR MON/TUES PERIOD. SNELSON FIRE WEATHER... RH VALUES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL DROP INTO THE 20-25 PERCENT RANGE FOR NEARLY 4 HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH ALREADY DRY FUELS...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LEVELS ARE FORECAST AND THEREFORE A HIGH FIRE DANGER STATEMENT WILL BE IN AFFECT. WINDS SHOULD STAY SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. BAKER && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES ACROSS THE SE STATES. NOT MUCH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND...BUT THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR A FEW CU THIS AFTERNOON...AND A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD TOMORROW. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SW AOB 10KT THROUGHT HE PERIOD. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 76 47 77 52 / 0 0 5 5 ATLANTA 75 52 74 56 / 0 0 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 70 43 73 46 / 0 0 10 10 CARTERSVILLE 76 46 77 49 / 0 0 10 5 COLUMBUS 77 51 77 55 / 0 0 5 5 GAINESVILLE 74 50 75 53 / 0 0 10 5 MACON 78 44 78 51 / 0 0 5 5 ROME 76 46 77 49 / 0 0 10 5 PEACHTREE CITY 76 42 76 50 / 0 0 5 5 VIDALIA 78 52 79 55 / 0 0 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...ATWELL LONG TERM....ATWELL AVIATION...ATWELL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 AM EDT THU APR 10 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-110815- 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- 1145 AM EDT THU APR 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND MIDDLE GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A SPRINGTIME STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Hoot Owl burned 1 acre and resulted in $500 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Peeples Lake burned 67 acres and resulted in $20,000 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a wildfire of unknown cause labeled Upper Plott Town burned 5 acres and resulted in $800 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a wildfire of unknown cause labeled Crip Road burned 50 acres and resulted in $10,500 in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2014
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: 511179, 511181, 511180, 511182.