Dry high pressure continued across the Southeast with above-normal temperatures. Moisture was on the increase ahead of an approaching front, keeping dangerous fire weather conditions at bay, but a wildfire was still able to develop in north Georgia.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Dry high pressure continued across the Southeast with above-normal temperatures. Moisture was on the increase ahead of an approaching front, keeping dangerous fire weather conditions at bay, but a wildfire was still able to develop in north 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 8, 12:20 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 120 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 936 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2014/ UPDATE... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST TODAY WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE EXPECTED. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES RUNNING 5-10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH AHN CLOSE TO THAT 10 DEGREE DEPARTURE. BDL PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 727 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2014/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... WE GET ONE MORE DAY OF QUIET WEATHER TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING AGAIN TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. RIDGE AMPLITUDE CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY AS A DEEP TROUGH LIFTS OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE PUSHING ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY. WE START TO SEE AN INCREASE IN MID-LEVEL MOISTURE THIS EVENING AROUND THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE 850MB HIGH CENTERED OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST...WITH CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER TONIGHT. TEMPS ON FRIDAY WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON EARLY DAY INSOLATION...OR LACK THEREOF...BUT FOR NOW DO EXPECT FRIDAY HIGHS TO BE AT LEAST A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN THOSE TODAY. BY THE END OF THE SHORT TERM...THE FRONT IS APPROACHING THE AREA AND HAVE BROUGHT POPS INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA JUST BEFORE 18Z...WITH CHANCE POPS DOWN TO ATLANTA AND ATHENS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. WPC GUIDANCE BRINGS BETWEEN 0.1-0.25 INCHES TO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY SO NOT MUCH TO WRITE HOME ABOUT BUT ENOUGH TO INTRODUCE LIKELY POPS EXTREME NORTHWEST. CAPE IS ON THE LOW END /LESS THAN 500 J/KG/ BUT ENOUGH TO WARRANT KEEPING THUNDER MENTION IN FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT LIMITED WORDING TO CHANCE. TDP LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LONG RANGE MODELS REMAIN IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT AND CONTINUE TO SHOW A SERIES OF UPPER SHORT WAVES TRACKING ACROSS THE OHIO AND TN VALLEYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS SHORT WAVE ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO INTERACT WITH A DEEP/MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TO PRODUCE AT LEAST SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY NORTH GA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THEN SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA INTO EARLY SATURDAY. MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO SUGGEST DIMINISHING RAIN CHANCES BY MID-LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND/OR EARLY EVENING AS THE UPPER SHORT WAVE ENERGY LIFTS TO THE NE. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE DISTURBANCES... AND WITH MODELS SHOWING 800-1200 J/KG OF SBCAPE DURING MAX HEATING ON SATURDAY... WILL CONTINUE TO WORD FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER... MODEST SHEAR VALUES AND DIMINISHING UPPER SUPPORT SUGGEST JUST A GENERAL THUNDERSTORM THREAT AT THIS TIME... WHICH IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE LATEST SPC DAY THREE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY. SUNDAY AND MONDAY LOOK FAIRLY DRY... WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION... AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE EAST IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LONG-WAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES. AT THIS TIME... MODELS SHOW THIS STORM SYSTEM KICKING EAST ON TUESDAY AND DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE STATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM HAS A POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING STRONG STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM... ESPECIALLY IF THE FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA DURING DAYTIME HEATING ON WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER MODEL RUNS CLOSELY. ALL INTEREST SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF LATER FORECAST CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM. 39 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... MAINLY SCT-BKN 5000-6000 FT CU THIS AFTERNOON DIMINISHING AROUND SUNDOWN. VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT EXCEPT FOR PATCHY MVFR LATE NIGHT FOG. SURFACE WINDS SSW 10 KTS OR LESS WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 KTS DIMINISHING WITH SUNDOWN. WIND DIRECTION AT ATL WILL VARY 160-200 WHEN THE WIND SPEEDS SUBSIDE. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... LOW CONFIDENCE ON WIND DIRECTION THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON CEILINGS INTO THE OVERNIGHT. HIGH CONFIDENCE REMAINING ELEMENTS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 90 63 87 63 / 0 0 30 40 ATLANTA 86 66 83 63 / 0 5 30 50 BLAIRSVILLE 84 57 78 59 / 0 5 40 70 CARTERSVILLE 86 61 83 63 / 0 5 40 60 COLUMBUS 88 65 86 65 / 0 0 20 40 GAINESVILLE 86 64 83 62 / 0 0 40 60 MACON 89 61 87 64 / 0 0 10 20 ROME 87 61 83 64 / 0 5 50 70 PEACHTREE CITY 87 58 84 62 / 0 0 30 40 VIDALIA 90 65 89 66 / 0 0 5 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...BDL LONG TERM....01 AVIATION...BDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 426 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-091100- 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- 426 AM EDT THU MAY 8 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... DISCUSSION... A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA ON FRIDAY...THEN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ON SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK... BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS... SO PLEASE STAY TUNED. .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 Tiger Tail burned 2 acres and resulted in $2400 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: 511187.