2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 8:55 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 955 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001 TRW HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG DEW POINT DISCONTINUITY OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS BOUNDARY IS SLOWLY LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AND SHOULD PUT MOST OF THE STATE IN HIGHER DEW POINT/UNSTABLE AIR OVERNIGHT. THUS WILL KEEP POPS IN THROUGH THE NIGHT AS IN PRESENT FORECAST. WILL INCREASE CLOUDS MOST AREAS AS WE HAVE DEVELOPED A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE CIRRUS SHIELD. WILL DECREASE WINDS A BIT...AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT WITHOUT A FAIRLY STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. TEMPERATURES LOOK OK WITH THE HIGHER DEW POINTS AND CLOUDS KEEPING OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES QUITE A BIT WARMER THAN THE PAST FEW NIGHTS. .ATL... GA...NONE. 26
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-272300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL...AND ACCOMPANYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. SHORT WAVE TROUGHS CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE UPPER LOW AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. A BOUNDARY SEPARATING WARM...HUMID AIR TO THE SOUTH FROM COOLER...DRIER AIR TO THE NORTH IS LOCATED FROM NEAR BIRMINGHAM...TO COLUMBUS...TO ALBANY THIS EVENING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO AMERICUS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LATER TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...NOW LOCATED ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS...TO REACH NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD ATLANTA AROUND DAYBREAK. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS COMPLEX WOULD AGAIN BE LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR RESIDES ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. CAPES UP TO 500 JOULES PER KILOGRAM AND LIFTED INDICES IN THE 0 TO -4 RANGE WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS EVENING. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN TOO STABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT...AS THE DEWPOINT DISCONTINUITY BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED WITHIN A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED BAND THAT WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS WILL SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FOR SPOTTERS... ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN INSTABILITY OVERNIGHT COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. RAB
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-280400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL...AND ACCOMPANYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. SHORT WAVE TROUGHS CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE UPPER LOW AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. A BOUNDARY SEPARATING WARM...HUMID AIR TO THE SOUTH FROM COOLER...DRIER AIR TO THE NORTH IS LOCATED FROM NEAR BIRMINGHAM...TO COLUMBUS...TO ALBANY THIS EVENING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO AMERICUS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LATER TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...NOW LOCATED ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS...TO REACH NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD ATLANTA AROUND DAYBREAK. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS COMPLEX WOULD AGAIN BE LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR RESIDES ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. CAPES UP TO 500 JOULES PER KILOGRAM AND LIFTED INDICES IN THE 0 TO -4 RANGE WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS EVENING. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN TOO STABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT...AS THE DEWPOINT DISCONTINUITY BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED WITHIN A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED BAND THAT WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS WILL SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FOR SPOTTERS... ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN INSTABILITY OVERNIGHT COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. RAB
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-280400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL...AND ACCOMPANYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. SHORT WAVE TROUGHS CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE UPPER LOW AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. A BOUNDARY SEPARATING WARM...HUMID AIR TO THE SOUTH FROM COOLER...DRIER AIR TO THE NORTH IS LOCATED FROM NEAR BIRMINGHAM...TO COLUMBUS...TO ALBANY THIS EVENING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO AMERICUS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LATER TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...NOW LOCATED ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS...TO REACH NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD ATLANTA AROUND DAYBREAK. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS COMPLEX WOULD AGAIN BE LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR RESIDES ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. CAPES UP TO 500 JOULES PER KILOGRAM AND LIFTED INDICES IN THE 0 TO -4 RANGE WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS EVENING. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN TOO STABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT...AS THE DEWPOINT DISCONTINUITY BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED WITHIN A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED BAND THAT WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS WILL SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FOR SPOTTERS... ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN INSTABILITY OVERNIGHT COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. RAB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported dime to quarter size hail covering the ground near the Fayette county hospital and also on the east side of Peachtree City, both on Georgia Highway 54.
An amateur radio operator reported dime size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5245514, 5245515.