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 Nov 5, 3:00 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 300 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002 WIDESPREAD RAIN (HEAVY AT TIMES) ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AREA OF SHOWERS JUST ENTERING WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. EXPECT PRECIP COVERAGE TO INCREASE ACROSS REST OF COUNTY WARNING AREA BY LATE DAY AS SURFACE LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...PULLING WARM FRONT INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. WITH MUCH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA STILL IN THE COOL SECTOR...LITTLE IN THE WAY OF THUNDER. BUT EXPECT TO SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AS FRONT LIFTS INTO THAT AREA...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS A POSSIBILITY. MODELS SHOW SURFACE LOW LIFTING RAPIDLY, MOVING ACROSS TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING, THEN OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST BY 12Z WEDNESDAY...WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH PRECIP ENDING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT STILL LOOK OKAY WITH MORNING SHOWERS CENTRAL SECTS. SHOULD BE QUITE WINDY WEDNESDAY BEHIND FRONT. WILL NOT ISSUE ADVISORY...BUT PLAN TO CARRY WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUST AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR AREA LAKES. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH DRY FORECAST THROUGH FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. NEXT RAIN SYSTEM POSSIBLY AFFECTING US BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH EXTENDED PROGS HINTING AT RAIN CHANCES CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATL 52 59 39 62 / 90 10 00 00 AHN 53 61 39 62 / 90 10 00 00 GVL 50 59 38 60 / 90 10 00 00 RMG 51 59 37 61 / 80 10 00 00 CSG 59 66 40 66 / 90 20 00 00 MCN 58 66 39 66 / 90 20 00 00 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051715- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2002 .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA... .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE STATE THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOST PART EXPECTING SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE DAY BUT MAY SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS AND MAYBE A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. .PRIMARY HAZARD... TH PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AROUND 50 TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DISCUSSION... A STRONG 850 MILLIBAR JET MAX WITH WINDS OF 60 PLUS MPH WILL PUSH IN OVER GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST THROUGH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP EVEN THOUGH THE MAIN ENERGY SOURCE WITH THIS FRONT REMAINS NORTH OF THE STATE. THE MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD TRANSPORT SOME OF THE HIGH WINDS FROM THE JET MAX TO THE SURFACE. EXPECTING GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 50 TO 60 MPH. SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR BUT THEY WILL BE SHORT LIVED. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTERS GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Heard county Emergency Management Director reported that two trees were blown down in the extreme western part of the county near the Alabama border. One tree was blown down on Old Tennessee Road and the other on Glenn Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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