1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 13, 3:09 PM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2002 CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NW GEORGIA. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS ACTUAL FRONT STILL BACK INTO CENTRAL TENNESSEE. NOT MUCH CHANGE WILL BE NEEDED TO THIS AFTERNOONS PACKAGE AS THINGS ARE PROGRESSING AS FORECASTED. NORTHWEST GEORGIA WILL SEE SOME PRECIP BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER BUT FOR THE THE REST OF THE AREA EXPECT SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY ANYTIME AFTER 04Z FRI THROUGH 06Z SAT. CURRENTLY MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY. LIFTED INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO NEAR -3 BY 18Z FRIDAY AND CAPES NEAR 1400 J/KG...SO THINGS WILL BE JUST BORDER LINE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ONCE THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN OVER THE STATE. EXPECTING HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY TO BE MOSTLY IN THE 80S WITH LOWS SUNDAY MORNING IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. AFTER THIS LOOKS LIKE OUR NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE MONDAY AS A FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OUT OF THE MID WEST. THIS FRONT STALL OVER GEORGIA MONDAY THEN MOVES EAST ON TUESDAY AS MAIN TROF TRACKS OFF THE EAST COAST. SHORT TERM: EXTENDED: FORECAST CONFIDENCE: FCSTID = 01 ATL 94 70 85 66 / 10 30 60 50 AHN 96 70 87 66 / 10 30 60 50 GVL 92 69 84 65 / 10 30 60 50 RMG 95 69 85 62 / 40 50 60 50 CSG 98 73 90 69 / 10 20 50 50 MCN 98 72 90 69 / 10 20 50 50 .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.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Coweta county 911 center reported that three to four trees were blown down on Corinth road in the extreme southwest part of the county near the Heard/Troup county border.
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