A very cold airmass was in place on the 25th, cold enough to support some dry snow in the Georgia mountains. Temperatures warmed on the 26th as weak high pressure moved over the area.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A very cold airmass was in place on the 25th, cold enough to support some dry snow in the Georgia mountains. Temperatures warmed on the 26th as weak high pressure moved over the area. High fire danger conditions were in place both on the 25th and 26th, based on low fuel moistures and a combination of strong winds on the 25th and low relative humidities on the 26th.
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 Jan 25, 2:28 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 228 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD IS CHC FOR LIGHT SNOW LATE SUN NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING OVER NORTH GA. REST OF FCST LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET. WINDS REMAIN GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. LARGE LONG WAVE TROUGH STILL IN PLACE OVER ERN CONUS. GOOD AGREEMENT AMONG 12Z GUIDANCE. BROAD S/W TROUGH SHIFTS INTO OH/TN VALLEY STATES LATE SUNDAY. FORCING QUITE WEAK AND AGAIN DRY AIR MASS WILL REQUIRE MORE LIFT THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED FOR PRECIP. HAVE ADDED SLT CHC POPS FOR LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW FOR EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR FAR NRN COUNTIES. ALSO A SMALL CHC FOR RAIN ALONG FAR SRN ZONES MONDAY WITH FRONT ALONG GULF COAST. SNELSON .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... MAIN CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WERE IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SITUATE ITSELF ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA BY MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS DO PROG A DISTURBANCE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY MONDAY NIGHT...BUT KEEP ANY ASSOCIATED PRECIP SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME. THE FRONT MAY PUSH A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO BUILD SOUTH FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. THE MODELS DO PROG ANOTHER DISTURBANCE TO MOVE EAST ALONG THE STALLED BOUNDARY LATE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT ENHANCING THE ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS THE GULF STATES. THERE ARE SOME MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MODELS CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM. THE NAM IS THE STRONGEST...WITH THE MOST QPF. THE GFS IS THE FASTEST AND THE DRIEST. THE NEW 12Z ECMWF HAS BROUGHT THE MEASURABLE PRECIP LINE A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL GA THAN IN PREVIOUS RUNS. THE TEMPS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THE NAM MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD INDICATE A RAIN/SLEET MIX. TEMPS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH FOR ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS LOOK LIKE A SLEET SOUNDING RATHER THAN A FREEZING RAIN SOUNDING FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE WARM NOSE ALOFT IS WEAK. PLUS IT IS VERY HARD TO TRANSITION FROM RA TO FZRA...ESPECIALLY WITHOUT VERY STRONG FORCING/DYNAMICS. THIS IS DAY 4/DAY 5...AND THE FORECAST IS APT TO CHANGE...DEPENDING UPON THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE DISTURBANCE/FRONTAL POSITION. SO...WILL STAY CONSERVATIVE AND ONLY INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW END CHANCE POPS FOR THE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT PERIOD. A SECOND FRONT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION ON FRIDAY. LIGHT PRECIP IS EXPECTED WITH THE FROPA. TEMPS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIP. DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS PERIOD THO. NLISTEMAA && .FIRE WEATHER... HUMIDITY VALUES QUITE LOW NOW WITH VALUES 20-30 PCT BUT 10HR FUELS ARE RUNNING ABOUT 1-2PCT HIGHER THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY. AS IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS...SOILS ARE STILL COLD AND SOMEWHAT FROZEN BELOW THE SURFACE. REPORTS FROM BURN BOSSES THIS WEEK WERE THAT FIRES ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY BURNING WELL DUE TO THAWING SOIL. WILL LET FIRE DANGER STATEMENT CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 30PCT EXCEPT TOWARDS SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WHERE COULD DIP TO 25PCT FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. SNELSON .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... NO AVIATION WX CONCERNS AND VFR THROUGH FCST. MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVED INTO ATL METRO AIRPORTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH. WEST TO NW WINDS A LITTLE LOWER THAN EXPECTED BUT STILL GUSTING TO 25KTS AND WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. SFC WINDS WILL COME BACK TO SW BY SUNRISE. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS. SNELSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 25 53 36 56 / 0 0 10 5 ATLANTA 27 53 39 52 / 0 0 10 10 BLAIRSVILLE 18 49 32 44 / 5 5 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 22 53 34 48 / 0 0 10 10 COLUMBUS 30 54 40 58 / 0 0 5 5 GAINESVILLE 25 49 36 50 / 0 0 10 10 MACON 28 54 38 59 / 0 0 5 10 ROME 21 52 33 45 / 0 5 10 10 PEACHTREE CITY 25 53 35 52 / 0 0 10 5 VIDALIA 34 56 43 63 / 0 0 10 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...SNELSON LONG TERM....NLISTEMAA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1239 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-261745- 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- 1239 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO DROP WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. SOME WIND CHILL VALUES COULD DROP BELOW ZERO IN THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Old Padena burned 0.1 acres and resulted in $150 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled 3300 Fire burned 3.75 acres and resulted in $800 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Mack White Gap burned 47 acres and resulted in $15,000 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, January 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: 511158, 511159, 511160.