1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 24, 2:15 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 315 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND ADVECT INTO NORTH GEORGIA. MODELS PROG NORTH GEORGIA TO BE IN THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF THE H3 JET FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. WILL ADD SOME STORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA FOR TONIGHT. MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY MORNING ENDING THE PRECIP FROM THE WEST. A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERNS SETS IN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THEN ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL ROTATE AROUND UPPER LOW AND MOVE ACROSS GA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN. AS FOR TEMPS...ALL MODELS ARE WITHIN 1 OR 2 DEGREES OF EACH OTHER AND DO NOT SEE ANY REASON TO DEVIATE AT THIS TIME. FCSTID = 17 ATL 60 78 57 77 / 50 40 0 10 AHN 59 77 53 79 / 50 40 0 10 GVL 58 71 51 77 / 60 30 0 10 RMG 57 74 49 76 / 50 30 0 10 CSG 63 86 58 83 / 30 40 0 10 MCN 63 85 58 83 / 30 50 0 10 .ATL... GA...NONE.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-250200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 400 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2001 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND ADVECT INTO NORTH GEORGIA. .PRIMARY THREAT... THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO GAINESVILLE. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TONIGHT. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND ADVECT INTO NORTH GEORGIA. NORTH GEORGIA IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF A 300 MB JET FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT...AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ENDING THE PRECIPITATION FROM THE WEST. INSTABILITY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO BE MARGINAL...WITH CAPES FROM 500 TO 1000 AND LIFTED INDICES FROM 0 TO -2. FOR THE MOST PART NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. .FOR SPOTTERS... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:10 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dawson County Emergency Management Director witnessed golf ball size hail for several minutes in a rural area near the Forsyth county line, about 3 miles southeast of Lumpkin in extreme southeast Forsyth county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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