A stationary front over the Tennessee Valley separated very warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico over Georgia from cooler air over Kentucky. A series of weak upper-level short waves combined with strong diurnal heating in the afternoon and early evening to produce scattered severe thunderstorms across North Georgia.
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A stationary front over the Tennessee Valley separated very warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico over Georgia from cooler air over Kentucky. A series of weak upper-level short waves combined with strong diurnal heating in the afternoon and early evening to produce scattered severe thunderstorms across North Georgia. Some of the thunderstorms produced heavy rain of 1.5 to 2 inches in less than two hours as they moved to the east resulting in isolated flash flooding near Ellijay in North Central 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 Oct 10, 2:38 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 338 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... N GA CONTINUES TO BE THE TARGET AREA FOR PRECIP CHANCES AS MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS HAS MADE POP FORECASTING DIFFICULT. HIGHEST POPS WILL BE ACROSS FAR N GA AND THE LOWEST POPS ACROSS CENTRAL GA. INSTABILITY IS WEAK IN GENERAL BUT SPC ANALYSIS IS INDICATING LOW LEVEL SHEAR ACROSS PORTIONS OF N GA AND THIS COULD CONTINUE SATURDAY AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THEREFORE AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING FOR EXTREME N GA AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY FOR N GA. DEEPER MOISTURE WITH A SHORT WAVE MOVE OVER N GA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH EVEN HIGHER POPS FOR FAR N GA AND ALMOST NO INSTABILITY...EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE EVENING HOURS. FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES RUNNING 8-13 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT AND ABOUT 6-12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY NIGHT. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES RUNNING 7-9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR SATURDAY. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM. BDL .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... PRIMARY CONCERN IN LONG TERM PERIOD IS THREAT FOR SEVERE CONVECTION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. WAS ABLE TO VIEW 12Z ECMWF WHICH SHOWS NEARLY 12HRS SLOWER TIMING FOR SQUALL LINE THAN 12Z GFS/CMC GUIDANCE WHICH BRINGS CONVECTION IN BETWEEN 00 AND 06Z TUES. 12Z UKMET IN BETWEEN GFS/ECMWF. STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH TIMING BUT BETTER AGREEMENT THAN LAST FEW DAYS. VERY INTENSE SHORT WAVE WITH DEEP SUB-1000MB SFC LOW FORMING IN WRN OH VALLEY MON NIGHT WHICH HELPS FORCE STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER NW GA...50KTS AT 1KM AGL ...60KTS AT 1.5KM AGL/850MB...EVEN STRONGER SPEEDS IN KY/ERN TN. RESULTING LOW LEVEL AND DEEP SHEAR IMPRESSIVE HOWEVER INSTABILITY A LITTLE LOWER THAN PREV RUNS. WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS TRANSPORTED NORTH AND MORE IMPORTANTLY...HOW MUCH COOLER/DRIER AIR SNEAKS IN FROM THE SE AND EAST COMBINED WITH ANY SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE IN ADVANCE OF MAIN SYSTEM SUN NIGHT THRU MON. RESULTING EVAP COOLING COULD BE SIGNIFICANT IF EASTERLY COMPONENT STRENGTHENS IN ADVANCE OF RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING SFC/850MB LOW TO THE WEST. AS IT STANDS... GFS PROGGING AROUND 500-750 J/KG MLCAPE. GFS/ECMWF ESTIMATED SIG TOR PARAMETER VALUES 1.0-2.0. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. STILL THINKING QLCS MODE WITH EMBEDDED MESOVORTICES AND ASSOCIATED DAMAGING WIND SWATH AND BRIEF TORNADO POTENTIAL. COOL WX FOR DAY FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE BUT BACK TO NEAR OR EVEN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD INTO THE WEEKEND. SNELSON && /PREV LONG TERM DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 420 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014/ /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... EXTENDED MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. THE LONG WAVE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE PLAINS SUNDAY...WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES MONDAY IMPACTING THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. TIMING OF THE SYSTEM COINCIDES WITH INCREASED INSTABILITY AND WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. WITH DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO BEGINNING MONDAY AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...PWATS WILL INCREASE AND COULD SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY...HOWEVER BEHIND THE SYSTEM...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...AND SHOULD SEE BELOW NORMAL AFTERNOON HIGHS AS TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. ATWELL && AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH 4000-6000 FT SCT-BKN CU. MOST CU EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS MAINLY SW AROUND 10 KTS DIMINISHING QUICK WITH SUNDOWN. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FOR VSBYS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FOR CLOUDS THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR WINDS. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 66 85 64 80 / 30 30 30 30 ATLANTA 68 83 68 83 / 20 30 30 30 BLAIRSVILLE 61 76 59 73 / 50 50 70 50 CARTERSVILLE 65 81 62 81 / 30 40 60 40 COLUMBUS 67 86 67 87 / 10 10 10 10 GAINESVILLE 67 81 64 77 / 30 30 50 40 MACON 63 88 61 86 / 10 10 10 20 ROME 65 81 62 82 / 40 40 70 40 PEACHTREE CITY 66 84 63 85 / 20 10 30 20 VIDALIA 68 90 65 88 / 10 5 10 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...BDL LONG TERM....SNELSON AVIATION...BDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 558 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111000- 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- 558 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. DISCUSSION... ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TODAY BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO ATHENS. HIGHER SHEAR ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA COULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3 PM TO 10 PM TODAY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO GAINESVILLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SATURDAY...A STRONGER SHORT WAVE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA ON SATURDAY. WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER INSTABILITY AND SHEAR VALUES...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. FOR TUESDAY...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKING INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
413 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014
GAZ001-002-102100-
413 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WALKER AND DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF COLE CITY TO 13 MILES
WEST OF COLE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS WALKER
AND DADE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS INCLUDE COLE CITY...MORGANVILLE...HOOKER...
STEPHENSVILLE...WILDWOOD...NEW ENGLAND...TRENTON...LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...FAIRVIEW AND CHICKAMAUGA.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8527 3489 8526 3479 8527 3485 8559
3486 8559 3498 8561 3499 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 286DEG 27KT 3514 8562 3501 8568
3496 8578The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:55 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dade County 911 Center reported a tree down on Scratch Ankle Road near Sand Mountain.
The Dade County 911 Center reported a tree down on I-59 near mile marker 13.
The Gilmer County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees and limbs down countywide.
The Gilmer County Deputy Emergency Manager reported a low lying area of Cox Creek around 1 mile northwest of Ellijay was flooding and beginning to surround two homes near the intersection of Chatsworth Highway and Tower Road. Minor flooding of the yards and driveways occurred, but no water entered the homes.
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, October 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: 547138, 547139, 547140, 544406.