Dry high pressure was in place on the 4th. Though relative humidity values hovered just above critical levels, a wildfire was able to develop in northeast Georgia.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Dry high pressure was in place on the 4th. Though relative humidity values hovered just above critical levels, a wildfire was able to develop in northeast Georgia.
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 May 4, 12:31 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 131 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 749 AM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 253 AM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VERY QUIET THROUGH THE SHORT TERM BUT WITH A MARKED INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. UPPER TROUGH AXIS PUSHES OFFSHORE TODAY AND RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD IN ALOFT...WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THICKNESSES. EXPECT TEMPS 5 OR SO DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY...AND ADD A COUPLE OF DEGREES ON TOP OF THAT FOR MONDAY. MAY SEE A FEW PASSING HIGH CLOUDS. NICE BREEZE CONTINUES BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH JUST ENOUGH SURFACE GRADIENT REMAINING IN PLACE. A WEAK WAVE SLIDES DOWN THE FLOW JUST TO OUR NORTH ON MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD NOT IMPACT OUR AREA. TDP LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE CWA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP DRY AND STABLE AIR OVER THE REGION ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTORMS TO MAINLY NORTH GA FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SATURDAY. 17 FIRE WEATHER... FOR NOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HOVER JUST ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED BUT FORECAST WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED IN CASE DRIER CONDITIONS MOVE IN. && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL STAY OUT OF THE W TO NW IN THE 8-12KT RANGE GUSTING TO 16KT THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH TO 5KT OR LESS THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TOMORROW INTO THE 8-120KT RANGE. NO CEILINGS OR RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS EXPECTED. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS. 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 85 57 89 59 / 0 0 0 0 ATLANTA 83 61 85 62 / 0 0 0 0 BLAIRSVILLE 80 54 82 54 / 0 0 0 0 CARTERSVILLE 83 55 87 57 / 0 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 85 60 87 60 / 0 0 0 0 GAINESVILLE 83 59 86 60 / 0 0 0 0 MACON 86 55 88 56 / 0 0 0 0 ROME 84 55 88 57 / 0 0 0 0 PEACHTREE CITY 84 53 87 55 / 0 0 0 0 VIDALIA 85 59 89 63 / 0 0 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 806 AM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051215- 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- 806 AM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Jewel Mtn. burned 12.1 acres and resulted in $10,000 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, May 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: 511184.