Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
725 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 401 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS SCATTERED STORMS ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE. THESE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SHOULD DISSIPATE
BY MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN FIRING ALONG AND OLD BOUNDARY
DRAPED NE TO SW ACROSS THE STATE...WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD
THROUGH MONDAY. BEGINNING TOMORROW THE MAIN RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE A
BIT WESTWARD ALLOWING UPPER LEVEL NORTHERLY FLOW TO BEGIN MOVING IN.
AT THE SURFACE A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE
WHICH WILL INCREASE MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE. THIS TROUGH BRINGS THE
MAIN COLD FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH GA MON
BRINGING IN DRIER AND COOLER AIR FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. AS
FOR THE SHORT TERM...EXPECT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THROUGH
MONDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DO REACH SEVERE LEVELS WILL BE BECAUSE OF
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THERE IS VERY LITTLE SHEAR IN
THIS ATMOSPHERE SO NO TORNADOES EXPECTED.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL NORTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES INTO THE LONG TERM. THERE ARE A
FEW SHORTWAVES THAT MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD IN THE NORTHERLY FLOW BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL MOVE ALONG THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE
AND INTO THE CAROLINAS. BY TUE A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND MOVES EASTWARD TO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY THU
NIGHT/FRI MORNING. THIS LOW PULLS ALL THE BEST MOISTURE WITH IT AND
GA ENDS UP IN A DRY SLOT BEHIND THE LOW BY THU/FRI. FOR NOW WILL
CONTINUE WITH LOW CHANCE TO ISOLATED POPS FOR THE EXTENDED. WITH THE
NORTHERLY FLOW TEMPS WILL ALSO BE A LITTLE COOLER. STILL LOOKING AT
TEMPS IN THE 90S ACROSS CENTRAL GA BUT N GA SHOULD SEE SOME 80S.

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING WITH VFR CLOUD
CONDITIONS AND SOME AREAS OF MVFR VSBYS DUE TO FOG AND HAZE.
SURFACE WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR CALM EXCEPT FOR
GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GENERALLY EXPECTING THE WIND
DIRECTION TO STAY ON THE WEST SIDE FOR ATL BUT BECOMING LIGHT AND
VARIABLE DURING THE NIGHT.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR VFR CLOUD CONDITIONS AND WIND SPEEDS.
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FOR LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING VSBYS.
LOW CONFIDENCE FOR WIND DIRECTION LATER TONIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          66  95  68  97 /  30  30  20   5
ATLANTA         71  94  73  94 /  30  30  20   5
BLAIRSVILLE     61  89  61  88 /  40  40  20   5
CARTERSVILLE    63  95  64  95 /  40  40  20   5
COLUMBUS        70  96  73  97 /  30  30  20   5
GAINESVILLE     69  93  70  93 /  40  40  20   5
MACON           66  95  69  97 /  20  30  20   5
ROME            65  96  66  96 /  40  40  20   5
PEACHTREE CITY  64  93  65  95 /  30  30  20   5
VIDALIA         68  94  72  98 /   5  30  20  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1039 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-121445-
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-
1039 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA.

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH LINGERED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA.
MEANWHILE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINED OVER THE AREA
BETWEEN A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF AND
A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE
VALLEY REGION.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
QUARTER-SIZED HAIL. HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE SLOW
MOVING OR NEARLY STATIONARY STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE MOST NUMEROUS NORTHWEST OF A COLUMBUS...TO MACON...TO WARRENTON
LINE BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT EDT.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK AND DIFFUSE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN REMAINED IN PLACE ACROSS
THE REGION AS THE AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT. HIGH TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN IN THE 90S WITH DEWPOINTS
IN THE MID 60S WILL LEAD TO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE BY
AFTERNOON...WITH AFTERNOON CAPES IN THE 2000-3000 RANGE ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA. A SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH LINGERING
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT BY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND A
SEA-BREEZE MOVING NORTHWEST FROM SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ALONG WITH
THE AMBIENT HOT AIR MASS...WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO
CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING SATURDAY AND POTENTIALLY EVEN INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS 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
512 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAZ020-112145-
512 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN BARTOW COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CASSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS BARTOW
COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE KINGSTON...CASSVILLE...WHITE...PINE LOG...EMERSON...RED TOP
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CARTERSVILLE AND EUHARLEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 8468 3410 8499 3435 8496 3438 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 351DEG 5KT 3424 8484

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
535 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAZ016-112200-
535 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHITE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MOSSY CREEK THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS WHITE
COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE LEAF...MOSSY CREEK...QUALATCHEE LAKE...SAUTEE AND CLEVELAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3468 8363 3465 8365 3463 8363 3460 8364
      3454 8361 3450 8366 3450 8376 3452 8378
      3451 8382 3465 8383 3470 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 013DEG 2KT 3451 8368

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAZ025-027-035>037-112315-
652 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL...40 MPH WINDS
AND FREQUENTLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN OCONEE...MADISON...
BARROW...CLARKE AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS OCONEE...
MADISON...BARROW...CLARKE AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CENTER...
STATHAM...BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR...ARCADE...NICHOLSON...APPLE VALLEY...
JEFFERSON...PEACH STATE SPEEDWAY...WESTGATE PARK...BOGART...SANDY
CREEK RECREATION AREA...JAMES HOLLAND YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX...OCONEE
HEIGHTS...BEECHWOOD HILLS AND STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3390 8337 3389 8362 3418 8358 3418 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 325DEG 5KT 3399 8349

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
719 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAZ025-027-036-038-120000-
719 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN
OGLETHORPE...MADISON...CLARKE AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM
EDT...

AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SANFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS OGLETHORPE...MADISON...CLARKE AND JACKSON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND SANFORD...CENTER...JAMES HOLLAND
YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX...WESTGATE PARK...SANDY CREEK RECREATION AREA...
OCONEE HEIGHTS...ILA...NICHOLSON...NEESE...BARRETTS MILL...
DANIELSVILLE...ATHENS...DIAMOND HILL...HULL AND WINTERVILLE.
RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND
TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3404 8298 3383 8325 3404 8355 3422 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 312DEG 17KT 3408 8333

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0212 PM     HAIL             4 N UNION CITY          33.64N 84.56W
06/11/2011  E0.75 INCH       FULTON             GA   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

0319 PM     HAIL             4 S BOWDON              33.48N 85.25W
06/11/2011  E0.75 INCH       CARROLL            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

0343 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W CENTRALHATCHEE      33.37N 85.17W
06/11/2011                   HEARD              GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            HEARD COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF TWO TREES DOWN WEST
            OF CENTRALHATCHEE.

0351 PM     HAIL             ROCKY FACE              34.80N 85.03W
06/11/2011  E0.75 INCH       WHITFIELD          GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

0410 PM     HAIL             3 ESE CENTRALHATCHEE    33.35N 85.06W
06/11/2011  E1.00 INCH       HEARD              GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            HEARD COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL
            AND TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

&&

AGIBBS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
751 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAZ050-120015-
751 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS GREENE
COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE LIBERTY...REYNOLDS PLANTATION...VEAZEY...WHITE PLAINS AND
SILOAM.

&&

LAT...LON 3347 8301 3337 8314 3336 8317 3339 8319
      3339 8321 3351 8326 3356 8303 3348 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 252DEG 3KT 3346 8312