Slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rain of around 3 inches occurred in the eastern portion of DeKalb County in the morning. This caused isolated flash flooding.
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Slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rain of around 3 inches occurred in the eastern portion of DeKalb County in the morning. This caused isolated flash flooding.
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 Sep 12, 6:28 AM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 728 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... /ISSUED AT 437 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014/ MODELS IN CLOSE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. ALL HAVE THE COLD FRONT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY DROPPING INTO THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN STALLING ACROSS THE CWA. THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TODAY AND SATURDAY. RADAR MODELS ARE SHOWING WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH GA AND EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL GA. MOISTURE AND THE FRONT REMAINING OVER THE CWA WILL PROVIDE SIMILAR SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION ON SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH JUST A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THAN TODAY. INSTABILITY INDICES SHOW SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME AM NOT EXPECTED ANY SEVERE STORMS. 17 .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... /ISSUED AT 437 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014/ THE EXTENDED FORECAST STARTS OUT WITH THE FRONT MENTIONED IN THE SHORT TERM STALLED SOMEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL OR SOUTH GA AS A SECONDARY FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK THESE BOUNDARIES WILL BE JUST THE CATALYST FOR CONTINUED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE MODELS RE ALSO SHOWING A SHORTWAVE SWEEPING INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AND HELPING TO PUSH THE STATIONARY FRONTS SOUTH AND EASTWARD. THE GFS AND ECMWF DISAGREE A BIT ON JUST HOW FAR SOUTH THIS FRONT MOVES BUT THEY BOTH ARE SHOWING SOME DRIER AIR MOVING INTO NORTH GA BY WED/THU. FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE WITH GOOD CHANCE POPS ACROSS OUR AREA SUN THROUGH WED WITH POPS DIMINISHING THU. MODELS ARE ALSO INDICATING THAT COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THE STATE...ESPECIALLY WITH THE INFLUENCE OF THE PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS. ANTICIPATE AN OVERALL COOLING TREND THROUGH THE WEEK...AND BY THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK COULD BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. 01 && .AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH MVFR/IFR CIGS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTH GA BUT SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE TOWARD NOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY WILL BE ACROSS THE ATL/AHN AREA. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT WESTERLY...BECOMING LIGHT EASTERLY TO NEAR CALM TONIGHT. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM ON WINDS TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. HIGH CONFIDENCE ON REMAINING ELEMENTS. 17 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 90 70 84 68 / 60 60 60 40 ATLANTA 89 72 84 69 / 60 50 50 30 BLAIRSVILLE 82 67 78 63 / 70 60 40 30 CARTERSVILLE 88 69 84 66 / 70 50 40 20 COLUMBUS 93 73 87 72 / 40 50 60 40 GAINESVILLE 87 70 82 68 / 60 60 60 30 MACON 94 71 88 71 / 40 50 60 30 ROME 89 69 84 66 / 70 50 40 20 PEACHTREE CITY 90 70 86 68 / 60 50 60 30 VIDALIA 94 74 90 72 / 30 40 60 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...17 LONG TERM....01 AVIATION...17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 533 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-130945- 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- 533 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...MINOR FLOODING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH STORMS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET...THOUGH LINGER ON ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WHICH COULD SEE RAIN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO GENERALLY BE DIURNAL IN NATURE. SOME DRYING ACROSS THE NORTH IS POSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY WHICH WOULD HELP TO DIMINISH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THAT AREAS. .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.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:07 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported portions of Stone Mountain Creek near Stone Mountain came out of its banks and caused minor flooding of some residential backyards. Some drainage ditches overflowed portions of a few roads.
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