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 Mar 26, 11:57 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1157 AM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 WILL UPDATE ZONES TO LOWER POPS IN THE NORTHWEST. SHOWERS/TSTMS PROGRESSING PRETTY MUCH ON SCHEDULE. A BREAK IN CLOUDS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL ADD SOME FUEL TO THE FIRE. ETA MOISTURE CONVERGENCE INDICATES A MAXIMUM NEAR FRONT AT 21Z FROM JUST WEST OF ATLANTA TO THE MONTGOMERY AREA. WONT MESS WITH THE REST OF THE FORECAST TOO MUCH BUT MAY TWEAK POPS AND TEMPS A BIT TO MATCH CURRENT TREND. DH 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>113-262100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1059 AM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...DUE TO EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL END IN THE NORTHWEST BEFORE 2 PM AND IN THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF GEORGIA BY AROUND 6 PM. LIFTED INDICES ARE FORECAST IN THE ZERO TO MINUS TWO RANGE...AND CAPES 600 TO 1200. SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 60S. HOWEVER...DUE TO EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER...INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED ENOUGH THAT ONLY GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA COULD PRODUCE SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AND 30 MPH WINDS WHERE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY WILL BE...BUT AGAIN...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Marion county sheriff reported that thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, blew the top off a latched down camper, and knocked a barn over.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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