Generally quiet conditions were in place the 22nd through the 25th, with high pressure mainly in control of the area and only isolated weak afternoon showers and thunderstorms developing. However, a surface low did develop on the 25th, generating strong winds across the area which when combined with the dry fuels did lead to red flag conditions.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Generally quiet conditions were in place the 22nd through the 25th, with high pressure mainly in control of the area and only isolated weak afternoon showers and thunderstorms developing. However, a surface low did develop on the 25th, generating strong winds across the area which when combined with the dry fuels did lead to red flag conditions. A few wildfires developed over the period, one significant with almost 100 acres burned.
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 Mar 22, 12:47 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 147 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2014 .PREV DISCUSSION... UPDATE... /ISSUED 935 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2014/ MINOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST THIS MORNING. DEW POINTS WERE AGAIN LOWER THAN FORECAST ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA SO HAVE ADJUSTED DEW POINTS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...IN PARTICULAR...THROUGH THE MORNING. OTHERWISE...FORECAST IS ON TRACK WITH THE RAIN EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND THE FAR SE PART OF THE CWA UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. 11 SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO RECENT FORECAST TRENDS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT WITH LOW-AMPLITUDE...ZONAL...FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. MODELS CONTINUE TO GENERATE LOW POPS/QPF IN THE FAR NORTH AND FAR SOUTHEAST TODAY. LACK OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND STRONGER UPPER-LEVEL FORCING CONTINUES TO BE A LIMITING FACTOR...BUT LOW POPS IN THOSE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO LOOK MERITED AS A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY SINKS INTO NORTH GEORGIA. INSTABILITY IS LIKEWISE MARGINAL AT BEST...HOWEVER MODELS ARE SHOWING MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE 6-6.5 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA SO I WILL STICK WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDER IN THE NORTH AS WELL. BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AS A WEAK SHORT WAVE IN THE ZONAL FLOW SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION AND HELPS TO DRIVE A MODERATE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. STEEPER LAPSE RATES FROM TODAY ARE GONE...BUT MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND BETTER OVERALL DYNAMICS CALL FOR A CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF THUNDER DURING THE DAY. LOW/MID-LAYER SHEER NOT IMPRESSIVE EITHER DAY...AND ALTHOUGH THE DEEP LAYER SHEER IS A BIT MUCH SUBSTANTIAL... THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR MINIMAL AT THIS TIME. 20 LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS EXTENDED PERIOD BEGINS...STORM SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING TO THE EAST AS FRONT PROGRESSES THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA. WITH HIGH BRIDGING TO THE NORTH AND LARGELY ZONAL FLOW REMAINING OVER THE AREA...HAVE OPTED TO SHOW A SLOWER PROGRESSION OF THUNDERSTORMS EXITING AND DRIER AIR MOVING IN. FOR THE 00Z TO 06Z PERIOD SUNDAY NIGHT...NAM12 STILL INDICATES WEAK INSTABILITY OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN ZONES WITH 30 KTS AT 850MB SO AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. WILL NOT SEE MUCH OF A BREAK AS ZONAL FLOW KEEPS DISTURBANCES COMING WITH NEXT IMPULSE TO MOVE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING ANY MODEL WITH HIGHER THAN 20 TO 30 POPS BUT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND FORCING AT 700MB SURE LOOKS SUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST MID RANGE POPS. WHERE THIS WILL RESIDE IS MORE DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT AS NAM12 INDICATES MOST WILL BE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WHILE THE GFS IS CONSIDERABLY FURTHER NORTH. ECMWF SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE TWO AND WILL LEAN HEAVILY ON ITS SOLUTION FOR THIS FORECAST CYCLE. STRONG SHORTWAVE TUESDAY ALLOWS COASTAL LOW TO DEVELOP OFF OF NORTH CAROLINA AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS FEED INTO GEORGIA. MONDAY NIGHT...MODELS AGREE THAT CRITICAL THICKNESS VALUES WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF WINTRY PRECIP OVER THE MOUNTAINS. QUESTION IS WILL THERE BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE THICKNESSES. MAIN WRAP AROUND COMES IN 00Z MONDAY PER NAM12 WHEN BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS WILL STILL BE TOO WARM TO SUPPORT SNOW AND BY THE TIME IT IS SUPPORTIVE...MOISTURE IS GONE. WILL JUST GO WITH RAIN EARLY ON WITH CLEARING CONDITIONS THEREAFTER AND NO WINTRY MENTION FOR NOW. CLEAR BUT COLD FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH POTENTIAL LIGHT FREEZE SUN NIGHT FOR THE NORTH AND A MORE SIGNIFICANT FREEZE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME MID 20S ADVERTISED. WILL LIKELY NEED A FREEZE WATCH AT SOME POINT FOR THIS EVENT. DEESE && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... MAIN UNCERTAINTY IS WITH THE CIGS THIS TAF ISSUANCE. INITIALLY HIGH CLOUDS BUT MAY SEE SOME CU DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCT050-070 CLOUDS. IF CLOUDS WERE TO GO BKN THAT LOW THIS AFTERNOON...SHOULD BE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WILL SEE CIGS DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AND EVENTUALLY DIP DOWN INTO THE MVFR RANGE BY LATE MORNING. SHRA MENTIONED IN THE TAF FOR ATL ARE ON THE LONG SIDE IN TERMS OF THE TIME FRAME BUT WAS COMPROMISING WITH CLOUDS. BEST TIMING OF SHRA AT ATL APPEARS TO BE IN THE 15-18Z TIME FRAME ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED TSRA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BETTER CHANCES APPEAR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TAF SITES...MCN AND CSG. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WIND. HIGH CONFIDENCE ON VSBYS EXCEPT MEDIUM AFTER 12Z SUNDAY. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON CIGS. 11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 74 52 63 35 / 10 20 70 20 ATLANTA 73 51 62 37 / 10 20 80 5 BLAIRSVILLE 68 48 55 32 / 30 50 80 10 CARTERSVILLE 73 50 57 35 / 20 50 80 5 COLUMBUS 76 54 69 43 / 5 20 60 10 GAINESVILLE 71 51 60 37 / 10 40 80 10 MACON 76 52 72 43 / 5 10 60 20 ROME 72 50 57 34 / 20 60 80 5 PEACHTREE CITY 74 51 63 38 / 10 20 80 5 VIDALIA 79 55 74 48 / 10 5 40 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM....NLISTEMAA AVIATION...11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1130 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-231200- 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- 1130 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL TRANSITION FROM NORTH GEORGIA INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA ON SUNDAY WITH LIGHTNING ONCE AGAIN BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY BRINGING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION WITH A SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON FREEZE NOW LIKELY OVER MOST OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. .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 Old Parker Road burned 2 acres and resulted in $2300 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a wildfire of unknown origin labeled Station burned 2 acres and resulted in $1000 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Turner Creek burned 95 acres and resulted in $14,200 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a wildfire caused by a power line labeled Turner burned 2.25 acres and resulted in $1000 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, March 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: 511168, 511169, 511170, 511171.