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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2009, 2:39 AM EDT for Clarke County, Greene County, Oconee County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 12, 2009, 6:52 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2009, 2:39 AM EDT (06:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2009, 6:52 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Clarke County, GA, Greene County, GA, Oconee County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Oconee River near Penfield (PNFG1). The gauge peaked at 11.10 ft at Apr 12, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02218300, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS42 KFFC 120639 FLWFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 239 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE COUNTIES .RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS ALONG THE RIVER SYSTEM WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. && GAC059-133-219-122039- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0051.090412T1027Z-090413T1326Z/ /PNFG1.1.ER.090412T1027Z.090413T0000Z.090413T0726Z.NO/ 239 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD * UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * AT 2 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW. * AT 11.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS. THE RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW INTO AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND PASTURES. * THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.5 FEET ON JUN 19 2003. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS82 KFFC 120958 FLSFFC FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 558 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE COUNTIES OCONEE RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON AFFECTING MONTGOMERY...TREUTLEN AND WHEELER COUNTIES OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE AFFECTING DODGE...TELFAIR AND WILCOX COUNTIES OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY AFFECTING MONTGOMERY...TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES .RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS ALONG THE RIVER SYSTEM WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. && GAC091-271-315-122358- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090414T1500Z/ /ABBG1.2.ER.090401T2317Z.090407T2200Z.090414T0900Z.NO/ 558 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 6 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 FEET AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 14.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. ROADS TO HOMES ALONG WEST END OF RIVER IN ABBEVILLE FLOOD OUT AND CUT OFF RESIDENTS TO ACCESS TO THEIR HOMES. $$ GAC209-271-309-122357- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090416T1500Z/ /LBRG1.2.ER.090403T1820Z.090408T1330Z.090416T0900Z.NO/ 558 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY * UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 5 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * AT 18.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING OF ACCESS ROAD TO BOAT RAMP NEAR HIGHWAY 341 BRIDGE OCCURS. $$ GAC059-133-219-122357- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0051.090412T1052Z-090413T1326Z/ /PNFG1.1.ER.090412T1052Z.090413T0000Z.090413T0726Z.NO/ 558 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD * UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * AT 5 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW. * AT 11.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS. THE RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW INTO AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND PASTURES. $$ GAC209-283-309-121620- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090412T1620Z/ /MTVG1.1.ER.090403T1003Z.090408T0615Z.090412T1020Z.NO/ 558 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON * UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 5 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. THE FLOOD PLAIN BECOMES FLOODED. THESE CONDITIONS AFFECT MAINLY GRAZING LAND AND TIMBERLANDS. FLOOD WATERS REACH TOP OF BOAT RAMP ON WHEELER COUNTY SIDE OF OCONEE RIVER. $$
000 WGUS82 KFFC 121329 FLSFFC FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 929 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE AFFECTING DODGE...TELFAIR AND WILCOX COUNTIES OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY AFFECTING MONTGOMERY...TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. && GAC091-271-315-130329- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090414T1500Z/ /ABBG1.2.ER.090401T2317Z.090407T2200Z.090414T0900Z.NO/ 929 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 8 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET...AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING. $$ GAC209-271-309-130329- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090416T1500Z/ /LBRG1.2.ER.090403T1820Z.090408T1330Z.090416T0900Z.NO/ 929 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY * UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 9 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET...AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. $$ GAC059-133-219-130329- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0051.000000T0000Z-090413T1326Z/ /PNFG1.1.ER.090412T1249Z.090413T0000Z.090413T0726Z.NO/ 929 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD * UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * AT 9 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 12.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY. * AT 11.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS. THE RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW INTO AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND PASTURES. $$
000 WGUS82 KFFC 121505 FLSFFC FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1105 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE AFFECTING DODGE...TELFAIR AND WILCOX COUNTIES OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY AFFECTING MONTGOMERY...TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. && GAC091-271-315-130505- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090414T1200Z/ /ABBG1.2.ER.090401T2317Z.090407T2200Z.090414T0600Z.NO/ 1105 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 8 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET...AND FALLING * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. $$ GAC209-271-309-130505- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090415T1500Z/ /LBRG1.2.ER.090403T1820Z.090408T1330Z.090415T0900Z.NO/ 1105 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY * UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 10 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET...AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ GAC059-133-219-130504- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0051.000000T0000Z-090413T0730Z/ /PNFG1.1.ER.090412T1249Z.090412T1800Z.090413T0130Z.NO/ 1105 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD * UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * AT 10 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 11.5 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. * AT 11.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS. THE RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW INTO AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND PASTURES. $$
000 WGUS82 KFFC 122141 FLSFFC FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 541 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE AFFECTING DODGE...TELFAIR AND WILCOX COUNTIES OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY AFFECTING MONTGOMERY...TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE COUNTIES && GAC091-271-315-131141- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090414T1200Z/ /ABBG1.2.ER.090401T2317Z.090407T2200Z.090414T0600Z.NO/ 541 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 5 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 13.2 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. $$ GAC209-271-309-131140- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090415T1500Z/ /LBRG1.2.ER.090403T1820Z.090408T1330Z.090415T0900Z.NO/ 541 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY * UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 5 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING OF ACCESS ROAD TO BOAT RAMP NEAR HIGHWAY 341 BRIDGE OCCURS. $$ GAC059-133-219-130730- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0051.000000T0000Z-090413T0730Z/ /PNFG1.1.ER.090412T1249Z.090413T0000Z.090413T0130Z.NO/ 541 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD * THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 5 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.9 FEET. * THE RIVER HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * AT 11.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS. THE RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW INTO AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND PASTURES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Apr 11, 10:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 10:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1006 PM EDT SAT APR 11 2009 .UPDATE... SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SKY COVER WITH JUST VARYING AMOUNTS OF HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THINK MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SHOULD COVER. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO TEMPS AND WINDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 600 PM EDT SAT APR 11 2009/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... ONE SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING OUT...BUT ANOTHER ON THE WAY...MAYBE NOT QUITE AS BAD? PROGRESSIVE UPPER ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN WILL CONTINUE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH A CONTINUED PROCESSION OF DEEP CLOSED UPPER LOWS TRAVERSING THE U.S. FROM WEST TO EAST. NAM/GFS/ECMWF IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. ECMWF TENDING TO SHOW GREAT AMPLIFICATION WITH TIME...WHICH WILL IMPACT TIMING AND INTENSITY...BUT GENERALLY MORE INTO THE EXTENDED PERIODS. HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE BETWEEN DEPARTING SYSTEM AND APPROACHING DEEP SOUTHWEST U.S. UPPER TROUGH WILL DRIFT OVER THE EASTERN U.S. SUNDAY...PROVIDING US WITH ONE MORE DAY OF RESPITE FROM THE RAIN/SEVERE WX. THEN...WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE MONDAY SYSTEM...A DEEP CLOSED LOW ROTATING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THERE ARE DISTINCT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS SYSTEM AND YESTERDAYS AS NOTED IN PREVIOUS AFDS. AT FIRST APPEARANCE...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THE APPROACHING SYSTEM WOULD APPEAR TO BE HIGHER THAN THE ONE THAT JUST EXITED THE REGION AS IT TAKES ON A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK AND IS ACCOMPANIED WITH A STRONG 50-60KT LLJ AND HELICITY IN EXCESS OF 400. HOWEVER...A LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE AREA FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO FL UNDER THE PRECEDING HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST A WEAK WEDGE OF COOLER AIR INTO MUCH OF N/C GA BY SUN NIGHT. THE AIR MASS WILL LIKELY FURTHER STABILIZE AS MID- LEVEL WARM ADVECTION RAIN SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MON. HOWEVER...THE SITUATION BECOMES INCREASINGLY INTERESTING MON AFTERNOON. A LEE TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS EC-SW GA AS THE PARENT COLD FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH LAG BACK TO THE WEST. INITIAL RAIN/CONVECTION SHOULD EXIT THE AREA TO THE EAST AND NORTH. AS EXPECTED SEVERAL DAYS AGO...INCREASING INSTABILITY AS THE WEDGE ERODES BY AFTERNOON AND THE AREA MOVES BETTER INTO THE WARM SECTOR...INCREASES THE SEVERE THREAT AT THAT TIME. WITH RELATIVELY STRONG DYNAMICS REMAINING UPSTREAM...THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...NAMELY MON AFTN/EVE...MAINLY ACROSS THE SE HALF OF GA...ALONG AND SE OF THE LEE SFC TROUGH REMNANT FROM EARLIER ACTIVITY. GIVEN THAT THESE AREAS ARE ALREADY OUTLOOKED AT THIS TIME...WILL ADD POSSIBLE SEVERE FOR MON AFTERNOON FOR SE AREAS. ANOTHER CONCERN FOR SUN NIGHT/MON...IS HEAVY RAIN. HPC AND GFS/ECMWF ALL SHOWING POTENTIAL FOR 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF N/C GA DURING THIS TIME FRAME. GIVEN SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT RAINFALL AND ONGOING RIVER FLOODING IN CENTRAL GA...A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FROM MIDNIGHT SUN - MIDNIGHT MON. WILL NOT ISSUE AT THIS TIME...BUT ONE MAY WELL BE ISSUED WITH THIS PACKAGE TOMORROW. MAV/MET MOS TEMPS APPEAR REASONABLE AND SIMILAR FOR FIRST PERIOD. LOW-LEVEL COLD ADVECTION SC SHOULD DISSIPATE...BUT GRADIENT TIGHT ENOUGH FOR WINDS TO PREVENT GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPS SHOULD BE FAIRLY UNIFORM. FOR SUN...PREFER SLIGHTLY COOLER MET MAX TEMPS WITH COOL HIGH PRESSURE NOSING DOWN FROM THE NE U.S. CLOUDS AND EARLY MORNING PCPN AND POTENTIAL WEDGE MON WILL FAVOR COOLER GUIDANCE...WHICH SURPRISINGLY IS THE MAV WITH THIS CYCLE. LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... UPPER LOW MERGES UNDERNEATH POLAR VORTEX TUE-WED AND IS FORCED ESE INTO EASTERN TN/NC. COLD CORE NATURE OF SYSTEM WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE CU DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIALLY INSTABILITY SHRA BY AFTERNOON. CANNOT TOTALLY RULE OUT TSRA AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS WELL...GIVEN RELATIVELY STEEP LAPSE RATES IN PLACE. FOR WED- THU...ANOTHER HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE DRIFTS INTO THE EASTERN U.S. IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT VIGOROUS CLOSE UPPER LOW MOVING OUT OF THE WESTERN U.S. AT THIS POINT...THE ECMWF/GFS BEGIN TO DIVERGE...WITH THE ECMWF INDICATING A MUCH SLOWER...HIGHER AMPLITUDE PATTERN. THE ECMWF DOES NOT INDICATE THE NEXT SYSTEM IMPACTING THE SE U.S. UNTIL AFTER NEXT WEEKEND...WHILE THE GFS SHOWS IT IMPACTING OUR CWA POTENTIALLY AS EARLY AS FRI. FURTHERMORE...WHEN THE SYSTEM DOES FINALLY REACH THE CWA ACCORDING TO THE ECMWF...IT WILL BE A MUCH WEAKER...POSITIVELY TITLED TROUGH AND HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE CWA. THUS...FOR NOW. WILL STICK WITH LOW POPS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED AS WELL AS THUNDER GIVEN TIME OF YEAR AND POTENTIAL INSTABILITY. WITH ONLY MP AIR MASSES CONTINUING TO TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S...DAY-TO-DAY TEMP VARIATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL AND MAX/MIN TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...SLIGHTLY COOLER UNDER THE STRONG NW FLOW ENVIRONMENT ADVERTISED BY THE ECMWF. FIRE WEATHER... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. RECENT RAINFALL AND UPCOMING RAINFALL BY SUN NIGHT/MON ALONG WITH CLOUD COVER AND MEAN RH VALUES WELL ABOVE 30 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AVIATION... STARTING TO SEE MORE BREAKS/THIN SPOTS IN STRATOCU CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE NORTH...AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO WITH CLEAR OR JUST SCATTERED CLOUDS MOST SITES BY BEGINNING OF TAF PERIOD. SKY CLEAR AND UNRESTRICTED VSBYS LOOK GOOD OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THEN MAY START TO SEE SOME INCREASE IN HIGH LEVELS CLOUDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS THIS EVENING...BECOMING NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN MORE EASTERLY AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY. 49 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 45 67 50 59 53 / 0 0 80 100 50 ATLANTA 46 69 53 63 53 / 0 0 100 100 40 BLAIRSVILLE 39 67 45 57 49 / 0 0 100 70 40 CARTERSVILLE 41 68 50 62 51 / 0 0 100 80 40 COLUMBUS 49 75 59 70 57 / 0 5 90 90 50 GAINESVILLE 45 66 48 56 51 / 0 0 100 90 40 MACON 47 74 55 70 58 / 0 0 70 90 60 ROME 43 70 54 65 55 / 0 0 100 70 40 PEACHTREE CITY 42 70 53 64 54 / 0 0 90 100 40 VIDALIA 50 73 54 70 61 / 0 0 50 70 80 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 49
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 11:25 AM EDT, 15 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1125 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-120900- 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- 1125 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT PRECLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. IF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA...SOME OF THE STORMS ON MONDAY COULD BE SEVERE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 11, 8:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
851 PM EDT SAT APR 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG TRENTON 34.87N 85.51W
04/10/2009 DADE GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG CHICKAMAUGA 34.87N 85.29W
04/10/2009 WALKER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
DOZENS OF TREES DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG TRENTON 34.87N 85.51W
04/10/2009 DADE GA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG CHICKAMAUGA 34.87N 85.29W
04/10/2009 WALKER GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
10 TO 15 TREES DOWN AROUND CHICKAMAUGA.
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG TRENTON 34.87N 85.51W
04/10/2009 DADE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MANY TREES DOWN IN THE NEW HOME COMMUNITY AREA.
0445 PM HAIL 3 SE HELEN 34.67N 83.68W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
0450 PM TSTM WND DMG ROSSVILLE 34.97N 85.29W
04/10/2009 WALKER GA PUBLIC
2 TREES DOWN.
0455 PM HAIL 2 NW MENLO 34.50N 85.50W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH CHATTOOGA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN CLOUDLAND.
0455 PM HAIL 1 N CLEVELAND 34.61N 83.76W
04/10/2009 E0.50 INCH WHITE GA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL JUST NORTH OF CLEVELAND.
0500 PM FUNNEL CLOUD MENLO 34.48N 85.48W
04/10/2009 CHATTOOGA GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/10/2009 CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.
0500 PM HAIL CHATTOOGAVILLE 34.35N 85.45W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH CHATTOOGA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0500 PM HAIL 5 SE CHICKAMAUGA 34.82N 85.23W
04/10/2009 E1.25 INCH WALKER GA PUBLIC
1 TO 2 INCH HAIL.
0504 PM HAIL CALHOUN 34.49N 84.94W
04/10/2009 E0.25 INCH GORDON GA PUBLIC
PENNY SIZED HAIL
0508 PM TORNADO 1 SE SUMMERVILLE 34.47N 85.34W
04/10/2009 CHATTOOGA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUSINESSES JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN. ROOF
BLOWN OFF LUMBER COMPANY, EXTERIOR WALL OF SERVICE
STATION KNOCKED DOWN. MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED. NO KNOWN
INJURIES.
0508 PM HAIL RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/10/2009 CATOOSA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN...SOME ON HOMES.
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG CHATSWORTH 34.78N 84.78W
04/10/2009 MURRAY GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN. ROOF OF A PORCH WAS BLOWN OFF.
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG FAIRMOUNT 34.44N 84.70W
04/10/2009 GORDON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0515 PM HAIL TRION 34.55N 85.31W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHATTOOGA GA PUBLIC
0515 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0515 PM HAIL RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
0523 PM HAIL 5 N RANGER 34.57N 84.71W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH GORDON GA PUBLIC
0524 PM HAIL 7 N DAHLONEGA 34.63N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA AMATEUR RADIO
0530 PM HAIL 6 N CLEVELAND 34.68N 83.76W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
1 INCH HAIL
0530 PM HAIL 9 N ROME 34.39N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
0530 PM HAIL SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/10/2009 E2.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0530 PM FUNNEL CLOUD CALHOUN 34.49N 84.94W
04/10/2009 GORDON GA AMATEUR RADIO
0530 PM HAIL CLEVELAND 34.60N 83.76W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH WHITE GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
0536 PM HAIL 4 SSW CUMMING 34.15N 84.17W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FORSYTH GA AMATEUR RADIO
0541 PM HAIL 6 E CLEVELAND 34.60N 83.66W
04/10/2009 E1.25 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
0545 PM HAIL 3 N BUFORD 34.16N 84.00W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0545 PM HAIL 3 W FLOWERY BRANCH 34.19N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0548 PM HAIL SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NW ELLIJAY 34.76N 84.57W
04/10/2009 GILMER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME.
0550 PM HAIL 5 NE RANGER 34.55N 84.65W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH GORDON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 382
AND HIGHWAY 136 IN SW GILMER COUNTY.
0550 PM HAIL ADAIRSVILLE 34.37N 84.91W
04/10/2009 E2.75 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL THAT BROKE WINDSHIELD.
0555 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E2.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0600 PM HAIL GAINESVILLE 34.29N 83.83W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0600 PM HAIL 5 N WHITE 34.35N 84.75W
04/10/2009 E1.25 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
WIND SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH.
0600 PM HAIL SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/10/2009 E2.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0600 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E0.50 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
HALF INCH HALL.
0600 PM HAIL TAYLORSVILLE 34.09N 84.99W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
0607 PM HAIL 6 SE ELLIJAY 34.63N 84.41W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH GILMER GA PUBLIC
0607 PM HAIL JASPER 34.47N 84.43W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH PICKENS GA PUBLIC
0608 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0610 PM HAIL 3 N WALESKA 34.36N 84.55W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0615 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0620 PM HAIL DAHLONEGA 34.54N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA PUBLIC
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG CENTRALHATCHEE 33.37N 85.10W
04/10/2009 HEARD GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0630 PM HAIL TAYLORSVILLE 34.09N 84.99W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
0630 PM HAIL DAWSONVILLE 34.42N 84.12W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH DAWSON GA PUBLIC
0630 PM HAIL ADAIRSVILLE 34.37N 84.91W
04/10/2009 E2.00 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
2 INCH HAIL.
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W JASPER 34.47N 84.45W
04/10/2009 PICKENS GA PUBLIC
MANY TREES AND SEVERAL POWER LINES ARE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
136.
0635 PM HAIL SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0635 PM HAIL 4 NE NELSON 34.42N 84.32W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH PICKENS GA PUBLIC
0636 PM HAIL 4 SW CARTERSVILLE 34.13N 84.85W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
0640 PM HAIL HOMER 34.33N 83.50W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH BANKS GA PUBLIC
0640 PM HAIL VILLA RICA 33.73N 84.92W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH CARROLL GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG GAINESVILLE 34.29N 83.83W
04/10/2009 HALL GA EMERGENCY MNGR
6 TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. OUT BUILDING DESTROYED IN
FLOWERY BRANCH
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG GAINESVILLE 34.29N 83.83W
04/10/2009 HALL GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN. HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES WAS ALSO
REPORTED.
0645 PM HAIL CUMMING 34.21N 84.14W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH FORSYTH GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG CUMMING 34.21N 84.14W
04/10/2009 FORSYTH GA TRAINED SPOTTER
30 TO 40 TREES SNAPPED DOWN AS WELL AS SIDING REMOVED
FROM HOUSE.
0650 PM HAIL WALESKA 34.32N 84.55W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA PUBLIC
0703 PM HAIL 3 N NEWNAN 33.42N 84.79W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH COWETA GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0705 PM HAIL VILLA RICA 33.73N 84.92W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CARROLL GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0706 PM HAIL 3 NW SHARPSBURG 33.37N 84.68W
04/10/2009 E0.25 INCH COWETA GA PUBLIC
0706 PM HAIL WOODSTOCK 34.10N 84.51W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0707 PM HAIL ACWORTH 34.06N 84.68W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0710 PM HAIL 2 N WOODSTOCK 34.13N 84.51W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0715 PM HAIL 3 N NEWNAN 33.42N 84.79W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH COWETA GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0719 PM FUNNEL CLOUD NEWNAN 33.38N 84.79W
04/10/2009 COWETA GA AMATEUR RADIO
0720 PM TORNADO CEDARTOWN 34.02N 85.26W
04/10/2009 POLK GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0725 PM HAIL PEACHTREE CITY 33.40N 84.58W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0725 PM HAIL SHARPSBURG 33.34N 84.65W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH COWETA GA PUBLIC
0725 PM HAIL PEACHTREE CITY 33.39N 84.57W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0725 PM HAIL 2 N SHARPSBURG 33.37N 84.65W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH COWETA GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0725 PM HAIL PEACHTREE CITY 33.39N 84.57W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA PUBLIC
0728 PM HAIL 2 E ALPHARETTA 34.07N 84.24W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH FULTON GA PUBLIC
0730 PM HAIL 1 SW WOODSTOCK 34.09N 84.53W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA AMATEUR RADIO
0733 PM HAIL SUCHES 34.69N 84.02W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH UNION GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0733 PM HAIL 6 S CUMMING 34.12N 84.14W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH FORSYTH GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0735 PM HAIL NEWNAN 33.38N 84.79W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH COWETA GA PUBLIC
0738 PM HAIL 3 W ROCKMART 34.01N 85.10W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH POLK GA PUBLIC
0740 PM HAIL ROCKMART 34.01N 85.05W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH POLK GA PUBLIC
0740 PM HAIL ARAGON 34.05N 85.06W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH POLK GA PUBLIC
0745 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.84W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH PAULDING GA PUBLIC
0751 PM HAIL 5 SE NICHOLSON 34.06N 83.37W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH MADISON GA PUBLIC
0755 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.84W
04/10/2009 E1.25 INCH PAULDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED
0756 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.84W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH PAULDING GA PUBLIC
0756 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.83W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH PAULDING GA PUBLIC
0800 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.84W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH PAULDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
0805 PM HAIL VILLA RICA 33.73N 84.92W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CARROLL GA PUBLIC
0810 PM HAIL 5 N SHARPSBURG 33.41N 84.65W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH COWETA GA PUBLIC
0820 PM HAIL PEACHTREE CITY 33.40N 84.58W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA AMATEUR RADIO
0823 PM HAIL 2 SSW THOMPSONS MILL 34.09N 83.83W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH BARROW GA PUBLIC
0830 PM HAIL 1 WNW INDIAN SPRINGS 34.97N 85.18W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
0830 PM HAIL COLBERT 34.04N 83.21W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH MADISON GA PUBLIC
0839 PM HAIL BROOKS 33.29N 84.46W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA PUBLIC
0840 PM HAIL JEFFERSON 34.13N 83.60W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH JACKSON GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0848 PM HAIL 3 E ATLANTA 33.76N 84.37W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH FULTON GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0852 PM HAIL GRIFFIN 33.24N 84.27W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH SPALDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
0857 PM HAIL 3 NW GRIFFIN 33.27N 84.31W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH SPALDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
0857 PM HAIL 5 W ATLANTA 33.75N 84.48W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FULTON GA AMATEUR RADIO
0857 PM HAIL GRIFFIN 33.25N 84.26W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH SPALDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
0857 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW GRIFFIN 33.27N 84.31W
04/10/2009 SPALDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL TREES DOWN THAT ARE 6 TO 8 INCH IN DIAMETER.
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG CONYERS 33.66N 84.01W
04/10/2009 ROCKDALE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW SMALL TREES DOWN...PEA SIZE HAIL AS WELL.
0908 PM HAIL 5 SSW DAHLONEGA 34.47N 84.02W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA PUBLIC
0919 PM HAIL 3 S MABLETON 33.77N 84.56W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0946 PM TORNADO FORT BENNING 32.35N 84.97W
04/10/2009 CHATTAHOOCHEE GA PUBLIC
1018 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE SPARTA 33.28N 82.96W
04/10/2009 HANCOCK GA PUBLIC
POSSIBLE TORNADO
1025 PM HAIL SHOULDERBONE 33.34N 83.08W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH HANCOCK GA EMERGENCY MNGR
1035 PM HAIL ELLAVILLE 32.24N 84.31W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH SCHLEY GA PUBLIC
1045 PM HAIL 1 W STEWART 33.42N 83.87W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH NEWTON GA PUBLIC
1115 PM TSTM WND DMG GIBSON 33.23N 82.60W
04/10/2009 GLASCOCK GA EMERGENCY MNGR
1130 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E EATONTON 33.33N 83.30W
04/10/2009 PUTNAM GA EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN...TREES ON HOMES...2-3 MOBILES HOMES
DAMAGED
1202 AM HAIL 3 W MITCHELL 33.22N 82.75W
04/11/2009 E0.75 INCH WASHINGTON GA PUBLIC
1202 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 E CUMMING 34.21N 84.05W
04/11/2009 FORSYTH GA EMERGENCY MNGR
1202 AM HAIL HAMBURG STATE PARK 33.21N 82.78W
04/11/2009 E0.75 INCH WASHINGTON GA PUBLIC
1215 AM TORNADO COBB 31.96N 83.99W
04/11/2009 SUMTER GA AMATEUR RADIO
POSSIBLE TORNADO BLEW ROOFS OFF HOUSES AND KNOCKED DOWN
UNKNOWN NUMBER OF TREES AND POWER LINES.
1215 AM TORNADO 8 SE AMERICUS 31.99N 84.13W
04/11/2009 SUMTER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
POSSIBLE TORNADO
1220 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 W CORDELE 31.97N 83.82W
04/11/2009 CRISP GA EMERGENCY MNGR
1230 AM HAIL WESTON 31.98N 84.61W
04/11/2009 E1.75 INCH WEBSTER GA PUBLIC
1230 AM HAIL WESTON 31.98N 84.61W
04/11/2009 E1.75 INCH WEBSTER GA PUBLIC
1235 AM HAIL IVEY 32.91N 83.30W
04/11/2009 E0.75 INCH WILKINSON GA PUBLIC
1236 AM HAIL 10 SW MILLEDGEVILLE 32.98N 83.36W
04/11/2009 E0.75 INCH BALDWIN GA PUBLIC
1236 AM TSTM WND DMG ANDERSONVILLE 32.20N 84.15W
04/11/2009 SUMTER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MANY TREES DOWN
0900 PM HAIL HAMPTON 33.38N 84.29W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH HENRY GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0832 PM HAIL DAHLONEGA 34.54N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA PUBLIC
&&
PAALocal storm report, Apr 11, 10:39 PM EDT, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1039 PM EDT SAT APR 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 AM HAIL TRION 34.54N 85.31W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH CHATTOOGA GA PUBLIC
0750 AM HAIL 3 S DALTON 34.73N 84.97W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH WHITFIELD GA PUBLIC
HAIL OCCURED BETWEEN 750 AM AND 8 AM NEAR OLD DIXIE HWY.
0806 AM TSTM WND DMG ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 FLOYD GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN ROME.
0115 PM HAIL 10 N DAHLONEGA 34.68N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH LUMPKIN GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0140 PM HAIL SAUTEE 34.68N 83.68W
04/10/2009 E0.25 INCH WHITE GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0141 PM HAIL 1 E LULA 34.39N 83.65W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH BANKS GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG CHICKAMAUGA 34.87N 85.29W
04/10/2009 WALKER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
DOZENS OF TREES DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG TRENTON 34.87N 85.51W
04/10/2009 DADE GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG TRENTON 34.87N 85.51W
04/10/2009 DADE GA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG CHICKAMAUGA 34.87N 85.29W
04/10/2009 WALKER GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
10 TO 15 TREES DOWN AROUND CHICKAMAUGA.
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG TRENTON 34.87N 85.51W
04/10/2009 DADE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MANY TREES DOWN IN THE NEW HOME COMMUNITY AREA.
0445 PM HAIL 3 SE HELEN 34.67N 83.68W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
0450 PM TSTM WND DMG ROSSVILLE 34.97N 85.29W
04/10/2009 WALKER GA PUBLIC
2 TREES DOWN.
0455 PM HAIL 2 NW MENLO 34.50N 85.50W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH CHATTOOGA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN CLOUDLAND.
0455 PM HAIL 1 N CLEVELAND 34.61N 83.76W
04/10/2009 E0.50 INCH WHITE GA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL JUST NORTH OF CLEVELAND.
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/10/2009 CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.
0500 PM HAIL CHATTOOGAVILLE 34.35N 85.45W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH CHATTOOGA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0500 PM HAIL 5 SE CHICKAMAUGA 34.82N 85.23W
04/10/2009 E1.25 INCH WALKER GA PUBLIC
1 TO 2 INCH HAIL.
0500 PM TORNADO 1 SE SUMMERVILLE 34.47N 85.34W
04/10/2009 F2 CHATTOOGA GA NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SUMMERVILLE AND TRACKED
EASTWARD ABOUT ONE MILE. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS AND
MAXIMUM WINDS 120 MPH. OVER 30 HOMES AND 10 BUSINESSES
DAMAGED IN THE SUMMERVILLE AREA...MOSTLY MINOR. MAJORITY
OF DAMAGE OCCURRED IN COMMERCE ST. BRICK WALL OF A CAR
CARE CENTER ON COMMERCE ST. COLLAPSED. SINGLE-WIDE
ANCHORED MOBILE HOME LEVELED. ROOF BLOWN OFF A LUMBER
COMPANY AND SHIFTED. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF A RESTAURANT.
0504 PM HAIL CALHOUN 34.49N 84.94W
04/10/2009 E0.25 INCH GORDON GA PUBLIC
PENNY SIZED HAIL
0508 PM HAIL RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/10/2009 CATOOSA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN...SOME ON HOMES.
0515 PM HAIL RINGGOLD 34.92N 85.11W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
0515 PM HAIL TRION 34.55N 85.31W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHATTOOGA GA PUBLIC
0515 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG FAIRMOUNT 34.44N 84.70W
04/10/2009 GORDON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG CHATSWORTH 34.78N 84.78W
04/10/2009 MURRAY GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN. ROOF OF A PORCH WAS BLOWN OFF.
0523 PM HAIL 5 N RANGER 34.57N 84.71W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH GORDON GA PUBLIC
0524 PM HAIL 7 N DAHLONEGA 34.63N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA AMATEUR RADIO
0530 PM HAIL CLEVELAND 34.60N 83.76W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH WHITE GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
0530 PM FUNNEL CLOUD CALHOUN 34.49N 84.94W
04/10/2009 GORDON GA AMATEUR RADIO
0530 PM HAIL 9 N ROME 34.39N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
0530 PM HAIL 6 N CLEVELAND 34.68N 83.76W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
1 INCH HAIL
0530 PM HAIL SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/10/2009 E2.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0536 PM HAIL 4 SSW CUMMING 34.15N 84.17W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FORSYTH GA AMATEUR RADIO
0541 PM HAIL 6 E CLEVELAND 34.60N 83.66W
04/10/2009 E1.25 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
0545 PM HAIL 3 W FLOWERY BRANCH 34.19N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0545 PM HAIL 3 N BUFORD 34.16N 84.00W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0548 PM HAIL SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NW ELLIJAY 34.76N 84.57W
04/10/2009 GILMER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME.
0550 PM HAIL 5 NE RANGER 34.55N 84.65W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH GORDON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 382
AND HIGHWAY 136 IN SW GILMER COUNTY.
0550 PM HAIL ADAIRSVILLE 34.37N 84.91W
04/10/2009 E2.75 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL THAT BROKE WINDSHIELD.
0555 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E2.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0600 PM HAIL GAINESVILLE 34.29N 83.83W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0600 PM HAIL 5 N WHITE 34.35N 84.75W
04/10/2009 E1.25 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
WIND SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH.
0600 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E0.50 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
HALF INCH HALL.
0600 PM HAIL TAYLORSVILLE 34.09N 84.99W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
0600 PM HAIL SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/10/2009 E2.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0604 PM TORNADO 1 NE JASPER 34.48N 84.42W
04/10/2009 F1 PICKENS GA NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR GEORGIA HIGHWAY 136 AND
GRANDVIEW RD...JUST NORTHEAST OF JASPER AND TRACK EAST
FOR ABOUT FOUR MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 1/4 MILE AND
MAXIMUM WINDS 100 MPH. NUMEROUS 18-INCH AND LESS DIAMETER
HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO. MANY POWER LINES DOWN AND SNAPPED UTILITY POLES
AS WELL. ONE PERSON SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK DURING THE
EVENT..BUT NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
0607 PM HAIL JASPER 34.47N 84.43W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH PICKENS GA PUBLIC
0607 PM HAIL 6 SE ELLIJAY 34.63N 84.41W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH GILMER GA PUBLIC
0608 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0610 PM HAIL 3 N WALESKA 34.36N 84.55W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0615 PM HAIL ROME 34.26N 85.19W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0620 PM HAIL DAHLONEGA 34.54N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA PUBLIC
0630 PM HAIL TAYLORSVILLE 34.09N 84.99W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
0630 PM HAIL DAWSONVILLE 34.42N 84.12W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH DAWSON GA PUBLIC
0630 PM HAIL ADAIRSVILLE 34.37N 84.91W
04/10/2009 E2.00 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
2 INCH HAIL.
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG CENTRALHATCHEE 33.37N 85.10W
04/10/2009 HEARD GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0635 PM HAIL SHANNON 34.34N 85.09W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH FLOYD GA PUBLIC
0635 PM HAIL 4 NE NELSON 34.42N 84.32W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH PICKENS GA PUBLIC
0636 PM HAIL 4 SW CARTERSVILLE 34.13N 84.85W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH BARTOW GA PUBLIC
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG GAINESVILLE 34.29N 83.83W
04/10/2009 HALL GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN. HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES WAS ALSO
REPORTED.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG GAINESVILLE 34.29N 83.83W
04/10/2009 HALL GA EMERGENCY MNGR
6 TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. OUT BUILDING DESTROYED IN
FLOWERY BRANCH
0640 PM HAIL VILLA RICA 33.73N 84.92W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH CARROLL GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0640 PM HAIL HOMER 34.33N 83.50W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH BANKS GA PUBLIC
0645 PM HAIL CUMMING 34.21N 84.14W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH FORSYTH GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG CUMMING 34.21N 84.14W
04/10/2009 FORSYTH GA TRAINED SPOTTER
30 TO 40 TREES SNAPPED DOWN AS WELL AS SIDING REMOVED
FROM HOUSE.
0650 PM HAIL WALESKA 34.32N 84.55W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA PUBLIC
0652 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE CUMMING 34.18N 84.10W
04/10/2009 FORSYTH GA EMERGENCY MNGR
BOAT DOCKS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...SEVERAL TREES
DOWN...AND THREE BOATS AT SOUTHERN END OF LAKE LANIER
SUNK. TREES DOWN IN THE PILGRIM MILL ROAD AREA AS WELL.
0703 PM HAIL 3 N NEWNAN 33.42N 84.79W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH COWETA GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0705 PM HAIL VILLA RICA 33.73N 84.92W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CARROLL GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0706 PM HAIL 3 NW SHARPSBURG 33.37N 84.68W
04/10/2009 E0.25 INCH COWETA GA PUBLIC
0706 PM HAIL WOODSTOCK 34.10N 84.51W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0707 PM HAIL ACWORTH 34.06N 84.68W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0710 PM HAIL 2 N WOODSTOCK 34.13N 84.51W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0715 PM HAIL 3 N NEWNAN 33.42N 84.79W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH COWETA GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0715 PM LIGHTNING KINGSTON 34.24N 84.95W
04/10/2009 BARTOW GA EMERGENCY MNGR
STRUCTURE SET ON FIRE BY LIGHTNING. ONLY MINOR DAMAGE
REPORTED.
0719 PM FUNNEL CLOUD NEWNAN 33.38N 84.79W
04/10/2009 COWETA GA AMATEUR RADIO
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG CEDARTOWN 34.02N 85.26W
04/10/2009 POLK GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0725 PM HAIL SHARPSBURG 33.34N 84.65W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH COWETA GA PUBLIC
0725 PM HAIL PEACHTREE CITY 33.39N 84.57W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0725 PM HAIL 2 N SHARPSBURG 33.37N 84.65W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH COWETA GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0725 PM HAIL PEACHTREE CITY 33.39N 84.57W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA PUBLIC
0725 PM HAIL PEACHTREE CITY 33.40N 84.58W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0728 PM HAIL 2 E ALPHARETTA 34.07N 84.24W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH FULTON GA PUBLIC
0730 PM HAIL 1 SW WOODSTOCK 34.09N 84.53W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE GA AMATEUR RADIO
0733 PM HAIL 6 S CUMMING 34.12N 84.14W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH FORSYTH GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0733 PM HAIL SUCHES 34.69N 84.02W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH UNION GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0735 PM HAIL NEWNAN 33.38N 84.79W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH COWETA GA PUBLIC
0738 PM HAIL 3 W ROCKMART 34.01N 85.10W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH POLK GA PUBLIC
0740 PM HAIL ARAGON 34.05N 85.06W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH POLK GA PUBLIC
0740 PM HAIL ROCKMART 34.01N 85.05W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH POLK GA PUBLIC
0745 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.84W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH PAULDING GA PUBLIC
0751 PM HAIL 5 SE NICHOLSON 34.06N 83.37W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH MADISON GA PUBLIC
0755 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.84W
04/10/2009 E1.25 INCH PAULDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED
0756 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.84W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH PAULDING GA PUBLIC
0756 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.83W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH PAULDING GA PUBLIC
0800 PM HAIL DALLAS 33.92N 84.84W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH PAULDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
0805 PM HAIL VILLA RICA 33.73N 84.92W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CARROLL GA PUBLIC
0810 PM HAIL 5 N SHARPSBURG 33.41N 84.65W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH COWETA GA PUBLIC
0820 PM HAIL PEACHTREE CITY 33.40N 84.58W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA AMATEUR RADIO
0823 PM HAIL 2 SSW THOMPSONS MILL 34.09N 83.83W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH BARROW GA PUBLIC
0830 PM HAIL COLBERT 34.04N 83.21W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH MADISON GA PUBLIC
0830 PM HAIL 1 WNW INDIAN SPRINGS 34.97N 85.18W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CATOOSA GA PUBLIC
0832 PM HAIL DAHLONEGA 34.54N 83.98W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA PUBLIC
0839 PM HAIL BROOKS 33.29N 84.46W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FAYETTE GA PUBLIC
0840 PM HAIL JEFFERSON 34.13N 83.60W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH JACKSON GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0848 PM HAIL 3 E ATLANTA 33.76N 84.37W
04/10/2009 E0.88 INCH FULTON GA TRAINED SPOTTER
0852 PM HAIL GRIFFIN 33.24N 84.27W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH SPALDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
0857 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW GRIFFIN 33.27N 84.31W
04/10/2009 SPALDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL TREES DOWN THAT ARE 6 TO 8 INCH IN DIAMETER.
0857 PM HAIL GRIFFIN 33.25N 84.26W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH SPALDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
0857 PM HAIL 5 W ATLANTA 33.75N 84.48W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FULTON GA AMATEUR RADIO
0857 PM HAIL 3 NW GRIFFIN 33.27N 84.31W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH SPALDING GA AMATEUR RADIO
0900 PM HAIL HAMPTON 33.38N 84.29W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH HENRY GA NWS EMPLOYEE
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG CONYERS 33.66N 84.01W
04/10/2009 ROCKDALE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW SMALL TREES DOWN...PEA SIZE HAIL AS WELL.
0908 PM HAIL 5 SSW DAHLONEGA 34.47N 84.02W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA PUBLIC
0919 PM HAIL 3 S MABLETON 33.77N 84.56W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0946 PM TORNADO 6 NW CUSSETA 32.37N 84.85W
04/10/2009 F1 CHATTAHOOCHEE GA NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF OCHILLE TRACKED
TO A POINT ABOUT 4 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST. MAXIMUM PATH
WIDTH 1/4 MILE AND MAXIMUM WINDS 100 MPH. TORNADO SPUNUP
WITHIN A 2-MILE LONG AND TWO-MILE WIDE DOWNBURST PATH.
COMBINED DAMAGED FROM THE DOWNBURST AND TORNADO CONSISTED
OF DESTRUCTION OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND SHEDS. HUNDREDS
OF TREES WERE FLATTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.
1000 PM TORNADO ENE CUSSETA 32.30N 84.78W
04/10/2009 F0 CHATTAHOOCHEE GA NWS STORM SURVEY
A SECOND TORNADO WAS SPAWNED FROM THE SAME THUNDERSTORM
THAT EARLIER SPAWNED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF OCHILLE.
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.5 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
CUSSETA AND TRACKED EAST-SOUTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR
MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS AND MAXIMUM WINDS 80
MPH. AT LEAST TWO HOMES AND ONE CHURCH WERE DAMAGED ALONG
THE TORNADO PATH. SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED.
1019 PM TORNADO 2 NW SPARTA 33.30N 83.00W
04/10/2009 F0 HANCOCK GA NWS STORM SURVEY
BRIEF TORNADO PATH OF APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES. MAXIMUM
PATH WINDTH 100 FEET...WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH. ONE
MOBILE HOME LOST SHINGLES...SIEDING...AND SOME WINDOWS.
1023 PM TORNADO NNE SPARTA 33.28N 82.97W
04/10/2009 F0 HANCOCK GA NWS STORM SURVEY
A SECOND TORNADO SPAWNED BY THE SAME THUNDERSTORM JUST A
LITTLE FURTHER EAST. PATH LENGTH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 1.1
MILES...MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 100 FEET...AND MAXIMUM WINDS
80 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO.
1025 PM HAIL SHOULDERBONE 33.34N 83.08W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH HANCOCK GA EMERGENCY MNGR
1028 PM TORNADO 2 ENE SPARTA 33.29N 82.94W
04/10/2009 F3 HANCOCK GA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ *** THE SAME PARENT THUNDERSTORM THAT
PREVIOUSLY CAUSED TWO BRIEF EF0 TORNADOES SPAWNED A THIRD
AND MUCH STRONGER EF3 TORNADO ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN
SPARTA AND CULVERTON. ONE 4000 SQ. FT. SITE-BUILT
TWO-STORY HOME COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS STREWN
OVER 400 FT. ONE SERIOUS INJURY AT THIS HOME. ANOTHER
MOBILE HOME WAS ALSO LEVELED...WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO TWO
OTHER HOMES. A LARGE SWATH OF PECAN TREES IN AN ORCHARD
WERE FLATTENED.
1035 PM HAIL ELLAVILLE 32.24N 84.31W
04/10/2009 E1.00 INCH SCHLEY GA PUBLIC
1045 PM HAIL 1 W STEWART 33.42N 83.87W
04/10/2009 E1.75 INCH NEWTON GA PUBLIC
1115 PM TSTM WND DMG GIBSON 33.23N 82.60W
04/10/2009 GLASCOCK GA EMERGENCY MNGR
1130 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E EATONTON 33.33N 83.30W
04/10/2009 PUTNAM GA EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN...TREES ON HOMES...2-3 MOBILES HOMES
DAMAGED
1202 AM HAIL HAMBURG STATE PARK 33.21N 82.78W
04/11/2009 E0.75 INCH WASHINGTON GA PUBLIC
1202 AM HAIL 3 W MITCHELL 33.22N 82.75W
04/11/2009 E0.75 INCH WASHINGTON GA PUBLIC
1202 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 E CUMMING 34.21N 84.05W
04/11/2009 FORSYTH GA EMERGENCY MNGR
1215 AM TORNADO COBB 31.96N 83.99W
04/11/2009 F1 SUMTER GA NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO BEGAN IN THE COBB COMMUNITY IN FAR SOUTHEAST
SUMTER COUNTY AND CROSSED INTO CRISP COUNTY ACROSS LAKE
BLACKSHEAR. TOTAL TORNADO PATH WAS 23 MILES THROUGH
SUMTER AND CRISP COUNTIES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH ESTIMATED
TO BE 200 YARDS WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 100 MPH. WITHIN SUMTER
COUNTY...45 HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND ONE WAS DESTROYED.
DAMAGE WAS LARGELY THE RESULT OF FALLEN LARGE PINE TREES.
AROUND 100 TREES AND MANY POWER LINES WERE DOWN ALONG THE
23-MILE LONG TORNADO PATH THROUGH THE TWO COUNTIES.
1220 AM TORNADO 5 NW RAINES 31.94N 83.92W
04/11/2009 F1 CRISP GA NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO THAT BEGAN NEAR COBB IN SOUTHEAST SUMTER COUNTY
CROSSED LAKE BLACKSHEAR AND INTO CRISP COUNTY AND
CONTINUED ON A SPORADIC PATH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF
THE COUNTY TO HATLEY...JUST SHY OF THE WILCOX COUNTY
LINE. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 200 YARDS
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 100 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO
ENTERED THE COUNTY AS AN EF1...IT DIMINISHED TO AN EF0 AS
IT CROSSED THE LAKE. TWENTY HOMES WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE TORNADO...AGAIN MOSTLY FROM DOWNED TREES.
1230 AM HAIL WESTON 31.98N 84.61W
04/11/2009 E1.75 INCH WEBSTER GA PUBLIC
1230 AM HAIL WESTON 31.98N 84.61W
04/11/2009 E1.75 INCH WEBSTER GA PUBLIC
1235 AM HAIL IVEY 32.91N 83.30W
04/11/2009 E0.75 INCH WILKINSON GA PUBLIC
1236 AM HAIL 10 SW MILLEDGEVILLE 32.98N 83.36W
04/11/2009 E0.75 INCH BALDWIN GA PUBLIC
1236 AM TSTM WND DMG ANDERSONVILLE 32.20N 84.15W
04/11/2009 SUMTER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MANY TREES DOWN
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.