Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
555 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

.UPDATE...

Convective development is ongoing roughly along the I-85
corridor, as much of this area was able to clear out and
destabilize this afternoon. A favorable environment is thus in
place for strong discrete cells capable of producing large hail
and damaging wind gusts. PoPs have been updated to reflect the
latest trends and another Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been
issued for portions of north and west Georgia until 10 PM.

King

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 407 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021/

UPDATE...
Updated to add the severe thunderstorm watch.

PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 301 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021/

SHORT TERM /Today through Monday/...
Warm front looks to be along or just north of the I-20 corridor. The
forecast dilemma for today remains the potential for convective
development this afternoon and evening...and if it will be
strong/severe. Most of the CWA is now in the warm sector and clouds
have begun to break. With some ascent provided by a 500mb
trough/cold pool, do expect additional thunderstorms to develop. It
may take awhile for the airmass to recover after this mornings
widespread rain...so timing should be late afternoon/early evening.
The primary hazards would be damaging wind gusts and large hail. An
isolated brief tornado cannot be ruled out.

High pressure and dry conditions anticipated for the remainder of
the short term period of the forecast.

NListemaa

LONG TERM /Monday Night through Friday/...
Dry start to the extended with a surface high sinking into the
Carolina with a broad trough aloft approaching the CWA. This ridge
will be the primary weather inhibitor that keeps the area PoP
free through the most of the extended. Approaching Wednesday,
synoptic pattern begins a slow transition with model guidance
solutions showing a mid/upper level trough deepen over the
southern Great Plains. Past Wednesday however, guidance differs
drastically on what exactly they want to do with this trough. The
GFS progs a very deep single trough developing with a surface low
moving up the Ohio River Valley, bringing the associated cold
front across the area on Thursday Night/Friday morning.

Meanwhile, the European model has the same deep trough developing,
but continuing to deepen into a cut-off upper low that eventually
becomes stacked over Texas. Euro solution also shows another long
wave trough starting to sink down into the Midwest during this same
period, while the GFS is really sticking with one deep trough
system. So in short and to put it lightly, there is a great deal of
model disparity in the long term past Wednesday so went with low
range slight chance pops starting Thursday afternoon, lasting
through and topping out at mid range chance on Friday.

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AVIATION... 18Z Update... MVFR cigs expected for much of the
afternoon. A few breaks showing up in the clouds with higher cigs,
but do think it will be short lived, especially if sct tsra
around. Best timing for tsra will be during the late afternoon/eve
if the airmass is able to recover. Not confident on IFR cigs
overnight, but added a SCT deck. Clearing expected right around
12Z SUN.

//ATL Confidence...18Z Update...
Med confidence all elements.

NListemaa

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          52  74  51  78 /  60   0   0   0
Atlanta         51  71  52  77 /  60   0   0   0
Blairsville     46  67  44  75 /  40   0   0   0
Cartersville    49  71  46  79 /  40   0   0   0
Columbus        54  75  53  81 /  60   0   0   0
Gainesville     51  72  50  77 /  60   0   0   0
Macon           55  76  52  81 /  70   0   0   0
Rome            51  72  47  81 /  40   0   0   0
Peachtree City  51  72  48  79 /  60   0   0   0
Vidalia         60  76  56  81 /  90   0   0   0

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.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10 PM EDT this evening for the
following zones: Chattahoochee...Crisp...Dooly...Harris...
Macon...Marion...Muscogee...Schley...Stewart...Sumter...Talbot...
Taylor...Webster.

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SHORT TERM...NListemaa
LONG TERM....41
AVIATION...NListemaa

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
600 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-252200-
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-
600 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will affect portions of
north and central Georgia this evening. The main threats include
large hail and damaging wind gusts, though a brief tornado can not
be ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Thunderstorms are possible again on Thursday and into Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested at this time, but spotters
are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web
by going to weather.gov/atlanta. Please relay any information
about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all
local, state, and CDC guidelines.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2021

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

0540 PM     HAIL             2 E WEST POINT          32.88N  85.14W
04/24/2021  E1.50 INCH       TROUP              GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WEST POINT AT
            INTERSECTION OF HWY 103 AND HWY 18.

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EVENT NUMBER FFC2100234

RWILLIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2021

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

0546 PM     HAIL             3 NNW SNELLVILLE        33.90N  84.05W
04/24/2021  E1.00 INCH       GWINNETT           GA   PUBLIC

            QUARTER-SIZE HAIL FELL AT EMERALD FOREST DRIVE AND FIVE
            FORKS TRICKUM RD.

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EVENT NUMBER FFC2100235

RWILLIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
627 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2021

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

0609 PM     HAIL             SAINT MARKS             33.12N  84.82W
04/24/2021  E1.00 INCH       MERIWETHER         GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL FELL ON 2100 BLOCK OF ST. MARK'S
            ROAD.

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EVENT NUMBER FFC2100236

RWILLIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
634 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2021

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

0558 PM     HAIL             3 ENE LAGRANGE          33.06N  84.99W
04/24/2021  M1.00 INCH       TROUP              GA   SOCIAL MEDIA

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL OCCURRED ON NORTH DAVIS RD NEAR
            HOGANSVILLE RD.

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EVENT NUMBER FFC2100237

RWILLIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
639 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2021

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

0555 PM     HAIL             LAGRANGE                33.04N  85.03W
04/24/2021  M1.00 INCH       TROUP              GA   SOCIAL MEDIA

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL FELL AT INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET
            AND BROOME STREET IN DOWNTOWN LAGRANGE.

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EVENT NUMBER FFC2100238

RWILLIS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
642 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

GAZ025-027-036-038-242315-
Madison GA-Jackson GA-Oglethorpe GA-Clarke GA-
642 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 642 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Westgate Park, or near
Athens...moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail and frequent
           cloud to ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Danielsville, Athens, Nicholson, Comer, Winterville, Colbert, Ila,
Carlton, Hull, Athens-Clarke County, Westgate Park, Diamond Hill,
Smithonia, Beechwood Hills, Oconee Heights, Barretts Mill, Point
Peter, James Holland Youth Sports Cmpx, Pocataligo and Bear Creek
Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3406 8299 3404 8297 3403 8293 3401 8294
      3401 8291 3391 8340 3393 8342 3392 8345
      3393 8349 3401 8356 3402 8355 3424 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 229DEG 37KT 3400 8346

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH