Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
252 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
CURRENT SATELLITE LOOP SHOW MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER THE AREA.  THERE
IS SOME CU BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL GA SO THIS
LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF SOME ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING. THERE IS A WEAK STATIONARY BOUNDARY OVER N GA
THAT MAY ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
THE KEY IS GOING TO BE JUST HOW MUCH DRIER AIR HAS FILTER INTO THE
AREA UNDER THE WEAK RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH AND HOW STRONG
IS THE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL SEE SOME
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GA BUT IT
SHOULD DISSIPATE OUT SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. MOISTURE INCREASES SOME
THURSDAY FROM THE NORTH AS THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN A BIT MORE THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPS WILL STAY NEAR SEASONAL NORMS THROUGH THE
SHORT TERM.

01

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS SITUATED OVER TEXAS
INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW PREVAILING ACROSS
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND INTO GEORGIA. THIS FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO
USHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTO THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND.
THESE FEATURES...COMBINED WITH AMPLE DAYTIME HEATING WILL KEEP
SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC BECOMES MORE
DOMINANT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL CANADA. THIS LOW WILL DRAG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY BY MONDAY MORNING...AND PUSH INTO NORTHWEST
GEORGIA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM AS IT PUSHES
THROUGH DIFFERS SLIGHTLY BY MODEL...SO HAVE MADE NO MAJOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT FORECAST BASED ON THE UNCERTAINTY. HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT...AND
ANTICIPATE DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION TO RETURN BY MID WEEK.
PREVIOUS FORECAST CONTINUES TO APPEAR ON TRACK...AND HAVE ADDED
THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW...

31

/ISSUED 438 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012/
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN...HENCE THE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE.

UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OVER TEXAS AS STORM SYSTEM RIDE OVER THE
TOP THROUGH THE PLAINS AND OHIO VALLEY. THE HIGH OFF THE COAST
CONTINUES TO HOLD A WARM MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE SOUTHEAST...
THOUGH THE GFS MAINTAINS A HIGHER MEAN RH OVER THE AREA THAN DOES
THE ECMWF. THE GFS SOLUTION PREFERRED. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
THEY BOTH HAVE A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH EASTERN TENNESSEE AND
INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA MONDAY MORNING. IT SETTLES INTO
CENTRAL/SOUTH GEORGIA AND WEAKENS BY TUESDAY...BUT PLENTY OF MOISTURE
REMAINS OVER THE AREA TO CONTINUE THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS. LIKEWISE...SEE NO CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURES
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

37

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
CEILINGS SHOULD STAY VFR THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH SOME BRIEF
PERIOD OF MVFR IN AND AROUND TSRA DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL STAY MAINLY OUT OF THE W TO NW IN
THE 5-10 KT RANGE. VSBYS WILL BE VFR ALSO EXCEPT SOME MVFR VSBYS
WITH LIGHT PATCHY FOG THAT IS EXPECTED OVER NIGHT...BETWEEN 06Z
AND 13Z THU. VSBYS WILL ONLY GO DOWN INTO THE MVFR RANGE.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          71  95  72  91 /  20  20  20  40
ATLANTA         75  95  74  90 /  20  20  20  40
BLAIRSVILLE     65  88  65  86 /  20  20  20  40
CARTERSVILLE    67  94  69  92 /  20  20  20  40
COLUMBUS        74  97  74  94 /  20  20  20  40
GAINESVILLE     73  94  73  90 /  20  20  20  40
MACON           74  96  73  94 /  20  20  20  30
ROME            71  96  71  94 /  20  20  20  50
PEACHTREE CITY  70  94  71  91 /  20  20  20  40
VIDALIA         74  97  74  93 /  20  20  20  20

&&

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

SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....31
AVIATION...01

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-020945-
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-
545 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A FEW POSSIBLY
SEVERE.

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS THE STATE WILL MEANDER
SOUTH AND NORTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOIST AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA...AND COUPLED WITH THE
DAYTIME HEATING TO DESTABLIZE THE ATMOSPHERE SCATTERED CONVECTION
CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE FRONT MEANDERING
ACROSS THE STATE WILL ALSO POSE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE 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
421 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

GAZ002>005-012100-
421 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHITFIELD...WALKER...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM
EDT...

AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DALTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WHITFIELD...WALKER...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 500
PM EDT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 8490 3463 8473 3461 8475 3461 8487
      3462 8490 3464 8491 3462 8493 3462 8506
      3461 8506 3461 8526 3492 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 342DEG 16KT 3479 8497

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
428 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

GAZ011-019-012115-
428 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TIDINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ARMUCHEE...TIDINGS...
JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK...LYERLY...BERRYTON...HOLLAND...
CHATTOOGAVILLE...ROME...COOSA...LINDALE AND CAVE SPRING. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3448 8547 3444 8514 3412 8513 3409 8543
      3429 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 007DEG 15KT 3438 8528

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
457 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

GAZ005>007-012-012130-
457 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN MURRAY...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GREGORY TO RESACA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS MURRAY...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OOSTANAULA...
SUGAR VALLEY...SUMAC...GREGORY...CALHOUN...RESACA...NORTH GEORGIA
SPEEDWAY...CHATSWORTH...ETON...CRANDALL...CISCO...TENNGA...
NICKELSVILLE...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND RAMHURST. HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3471 8450 3446 8476 3444 8501 3462 8503
      3462 8493 3464 8491 3468 8494 3468 8489
      3471 8494 3472 8485 3479 8487 3480 8484
      3484 8485 3487 8482 3493 8484 3499 8482
      3500 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 270DEG 9KT 3497 8475 3471 8479
          3465 8495

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
458 PM EDT WED AUG 01 2012

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

0414 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S SUBLIGNA            34.52N 85.19W
08/01/2012                   CHATTOOGA          GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CHATTOGA COUNTY EM RELAYED A REPORT OF THREE TREES DOWN
            IN THE COUNTY. TIME IS BASED ON RADAR.

&&

AGIBBS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 PM EDT WED AUG 01 2012

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

0447 PM     HAIL             3 SSW CUMMING           34.17N 84.15W
08/01/2012  E0.75 INCH       FORSYTH            GA   PUBLIC

&&

AGIBBS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

GAZ014-015-012200-
510 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN LUMPKIN AND DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LEN FOOTE HIKE INN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
LUMPKIN AND DAWSON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CAMP MERRILL...LEN FOOTE HIKE INN...
AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...NIMBLEWILL...JUNO...AURARIA...MCKEE...
DAWSONVILLE...LUMPKIN...DOUGHERTY AND HOLLIS LATHEM RESERVOIR. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3440 8398 3435 8398 3436 8426 3452 8427
      3457 8425 3460 8426 3460 8422 3462 8420
      3461 8419 3464 8416 3464 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 356DEG 15KT 3460 8417