1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Oct 24, 4:30 PM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001 WILL BE UPDATING THE ZONES TO MENTION THE RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND KEEP THIS EVENING DRY. .ATL... GA...NONE. OUR DETAILED COUNTY FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT FOUS52 KFFC. OUR AREA FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CITIES IS AVAILABLE AT FLUS42 KFFC.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-250830- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1120 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA OVERNIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM KENTUCKY TO MISSISSIPPI WILL PUSH INTO GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. .PRIMARY THREAT... THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE FROM CEDARTOWN TO GAINESVILLE NORTH TO THE BORDER OF TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA. .DISCUSSION... THE AIRMASS OVER GEORGIA HAS BECOME UNSTABLE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF GULF MOISTURE ON SOUTHERLY WINDS. LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 3 ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CAPES WILL BE AROUND 1000. THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS RESULTS FROM RAPID MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH THE TRANSPORT OF STRONG MID LEVELS WINDS TO THE SURFACE BY CONVECTIVE CURRENTS. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. 15
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Walker county 911 center reported that several trees and a power line were blown down on Georgia Highway 337 near Mount Carmel.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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