Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
405 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...

COLD FRONT STILL NORTHWEST OF THE STATE HOWEVER TWO LINES OF
CONVECTION HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CWA AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. LOCAL
WRF HAS PICKED UP ON BOTH LINES BUT WEAKENS THE EASTERN LINE AND
LETS THE WESTERN LINE DOMINATE. ALTHOUGH HRRR ISNT AS CLEAR WITH
BOTH LINES...IT DOES SHOW THE WEST LINE OF CONVECTION CONTINUING TO
DOMINATE AND PUSH EAST. FORECAST IS IN LINE WITH THESE TWO HI-RES
MODELS WITH THE FOCUS BECOMING ON THE WEST LINE. WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST TONIGHT SO HAVE SHOWN CATEGORICAL POPS INTO THE EVENING
FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. WITH 1500-2000 J/KG OF MUCAPE THIS AFTERNOON
ISOLATED SVR STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING WIND
AND HAIL. BEHIND THIS LINE...COULD STILL SEE SCATTERED STORMS
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS LOW THOUGH ON FORECAST TONIGHT AS
THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS /INCLUDING HI RES/...SOME
SHOWING AN ACTIVE NIGHT WHILE OTHERS LIMITING ACTIVITY. HAVE
BASICALLY GONE CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE NIGHT.

COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL
GEORGIA ON MONDAY. WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT FROM THE FRONT
THAT CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY BUT THE BETTER CHANCES
WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY
/2000 J/KG OF MUCAPE/ MONDAY AFTERNOON TO SEE A FEW STRONG STORMS.

STORMS LOOK TO CONTINUE WITH LAST IN A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES TO
MOVE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. WILL INCREASE POPS TO HIGH END CHANCE
RANGE THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY AS FRONT PUSHES THROUGH.

TEMPS ARE NEAR A MODEL BLEND.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 207 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013/

PREV DISCUSSION...

UPDATE...
/ISSUED 1025 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013/
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF
THE CWA THIS MORNING SO MAIN CHANGE TO THE FORECAST HAS BEEN TO
REDUCE POPS FOR THE MORNING. BY EARLY AFTERNOON THOUGH...THE HRRR
INCREASES COVERAGE GREATLY ACROSS THE NORTH AND WESTERN PART OF
THE CWA AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE FORECAST. SOME INDICATION IN
THE MODELS SUCH AS THE GFS AND ECMWF THAT THE BETTER COVERAGE WILL
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND MAY NEED TO ADJUST OUR POPS UPWARD
OVERNIGHT IN FUTURE UPDATES.

PORTIONS OF FANNIN AND GILMER COUNTY HAVE ALREADY SEEN AROUND 4
INCHES OF RAIN DURING THIS EVENT SO FAR. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE
RECEIVED A REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAVY RAIN...WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THIS AREA CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL ISOLATED FLOODING AS
HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

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PREVIOUS LONG TERM...
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... /ISSUED 353 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013/ MODELS
SHOW THE COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO SOUTH GA MONDAY NIGHT... WHERE IT
MEANDERS... THEN DRIFTS BACK NORTH SLIGHTLY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL WARRANT HOLDING ONTO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE
FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS SPREAD BACK
ACROSS NORTH GA BY WEDNESDAY AS AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW BEGINS TO
ADVECT DEEP ATLANTIC MOISTURE BACK OVER THE AREA WHILE A SERIES OF
UPPER DISTURBANCES BEGIN TO CARVE A BROAD LONG WAVE TROUGH THAT
STRETCHES DOWN THE MS VALLEY REGION BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE SOUTH ON THURSDAY AND PROVIDES THE
SUPPORT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...
THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOW AN EARLY SEASON TROPICAL SYSTEM PUSHING
INTO THE EASTERN GULF ON THURSDAY... ACROSS CENTRAL FL AND INTO
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ON FRIDAY...THEN UP THE EAST COAST ON
SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTH OF CANADA HELPS HOLD THE
SYSTEM OFF SHORE. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ON FRIDAY... A CONTINUED
MOIST EASTERLY FLOW AND UPPER TROUGH WILL SUPPORT DIURNALLY DRIVEN
AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN ON FRIDAY.
AS THE TROPICAL SYSTEM PUSHES OFF TO THE NE ON SATURDAY... MODELS
SHOW A COLD FRONT AND DRIER AIR SPREADING SOUTH IN ITS WAKE. DUE
TO MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON TIMING AND TRACK... WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW A
CHANCE OF CONVECTION ON SATURDAY FOR NOW AND MONITOR CHANGES IN
THE MODEL RUNS CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

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AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
CONVECTION HAS BEGUN TO DEVELOP AROUND THE TERMINALS AND FOR NOW
IS ORIENTED IN TWO LINES. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING BUT THEN CHANCES WILL DECREASE. HAVE KEPT SHRA IN THE
TAFS FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...BUT CANT COMPLETELY RULE OUT THE
CHANCE OF MORE TSRA. COULD SEE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF LOWER
CIGS IN THE TSRA BUT SO SHORT LIVED THAT HAVENT INCLUDED IT IN
THE TAF YET EXCEPT FOR MINOR REDUCTION IN VSBY. CIGS ARE EXPECTED
TO LOWER OVERNIGHT INTO THE IFR TO LOW MVFR RANGE.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON TIMING OF CONVECTION...VSBYS AND CIGS. HIGH
CONFIDENCE ON WIND DIRECTION...BUT MEDIUM ON SPEEDS DUE TO
POSSIBLE GUSTS IN TSRA.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          67  84  63  87 /  80  40  30  10
ATLANTA         69  84  68  86 /  80  40  10  10
BLAIRSVILLE     62  80  60  81 /  80  40  10  10
CARTERSVILLE    66  84  62  88 /  80  40  10  10
COLUMBUS        72  87  70  89 /  80  50  30  10
GAINESVILLE     67  83  65  85 /  80  40  20  10
MACON           69  86  68  90 /  80  50  40  20
ROME            67  83  61  88 /  70  30  10  10
PEACHTREE CITY  67  84  62  87 /  80  40  20  10
VIDALIA         72  86  71  89 /  60  60  40  30

&&

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

SHORT TERM...11
LONG TERM....DEESE
AVIATION...11

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
238 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-031845-
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-
238 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

DISCUSSION...

A STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND DRAG A COLD FRONT
INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MODERATE UPPER LEVEL FORCING
AND AFTERNOON INSTABILITY COULD ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING DAYTIME
HEATING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHWARD ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA ON MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT DURING DAYTIME HEATING. FRONTAL FORCING AND
MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO BECOME STRONG
MONDAY AFTERNOON... PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL DECREASE OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES INTO SOUTH GEORGIA ALTHOUGH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA. A BETTER CHANCE OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT STORM REPORTS THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
618 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

GAZ027-038-022230-
618 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING IN OGLETHORPE AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SMITHONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE SANDY
CROSS...SMITHONIA...COLBERT...COMER...PAOLI...WATSON MILL BRIDGE
STATE PARK...POINT PETER AND CARLTON. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD
STAY INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 8320 3408 8325 3416 8307 3415 8305
      3413 8305 3411 8303 3410 8303 3401 8293
      3402 8291 3399 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 247DEG 23KT 3401 8310

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
635 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013

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

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DULUTH                  34.00N 84.14W
06/02/2013                   GWINNETT           GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

&&

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
641 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

GAZ071-072-081-082-022315-
641 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN MONROE...JONES...BIBB
AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE TOBESOFKEE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE LIZELLA...LAKE
TOBESOFKEE...WESLEYAN...ARKWRIGHT...PAYNE
CITY...MACON...RUTLAND...FRANKLINTON AND CROSS KEYS. RESIDENTS IN
THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 3280 8396 3294 8390 3294 8353 3281 8351
      3274 8358 3274 8360 3273 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 281DEG 23KT 3285 8384

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
644 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

GAZ080>082-094-022315-
644 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL...40 MPH
WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN
PEACH...TAYLOR...BIBB AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FICKLING MILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE FICKLING
MILL...REYNOLDS...HORNS...NAKOMIS...KNOXVILLE...ROBERTA...LEE
POPE...FORT VALLEY...FRIENDSHIP...LAKEWOOD...MIAMI
VALLEY...POWERVILLE...BYRON AND JACK BROWN ESTATES. RESIDENTS IN
THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 3254 8421 3270 8421 3271 8419 3276 8374
      3255 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 267DEG 24KT 3263 8409

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