1 heavy rain, 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 Aug 1, 4:50 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 545 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 .SHORT TERM...ALL MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A LITTLE DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKING INTO NORTHWEST PART OF CWA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION AT THE BEST THIS EVENING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MORE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST CWA THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD MOSTLY DIE OUT BY MIDNIGHT. UPPER LOW OVER LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST TO DROP OVER SOUTHERN PART OF GREAT LAKES THROUGH WEEKEND WITH TROUGH BECOMING MORE PRONOUNCED OVER EASTER PORTION OF NATION. SHORT WAVES RIPPLE THROUGH TROUGH AT THE SAME TIME. NEXT SHORT WAVE BRING ANOTHER ARE OF MOISTURE INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND OVER CWA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY SO WILL INCREASE POPS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM. NO REAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES EXPECTED EXCEPT COULD BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER SUNDAY WITH THE INCREASE IN POPS. .EXTENDED...TIMING OF SHORT WAVES AROUND THE LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH EXTENDED PERIOD. AVN SHOWS MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO LONG WAVE TROUGH WED/THU TIME FRAME WHICH SHOULD GIVE CWA GOOD CHANCE OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN NO REAL COOLING SEEN DURING EXTENDED PERIOD SO WILL CONTINUE MAINLY WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S AND LOWS AT NIGHT MID 60S TO MID 70S. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 70 87 70 86 / 20 20 30 50 KAHN 70 87 70 87 / 20 20 30 50 KGVL 69 86 69 85 / 20 20 40 50 KRMG 72 89 72 87 / 10 30 50 50 KCSG 73 90 73 89 / 20 30 20 50 KMCN 72 90 72 89 / 30 30 20 50 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. .AVIATION DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR ALOFT THIS EVENING OVER NORTH GA WITH LESS CONVECTION. HOWEVER...HIGH RH REMAINS BELOW 700 MB. WILL KEEP MENTION OF CEILINGS BELOW 1 THSD FOR EARLY MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITY UNRESTRICTED EXCEPT NER 5 MILES IN FOG AROUND SUNRISE. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS. 38
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 01 2003 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-011600- 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 01 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TODAY AS A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. A MOIST UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AGAIN TODAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS THE STATE. WITH LIFTED INDICES IN THE ZERO TO MINUS 3 RANGE AND CAPES 1000 TO 2000...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SOUTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE WITH THE BEST TIME FOR DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
GAZ108-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 422 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING IN WILCOX COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER AND SOUTH OF ROCHELLE...THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WITH THIS STORM. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REACH UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN AN HOUR. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ108-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 458 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY FROM NEAR PITTS TO SOUTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE. AS MUCH AS TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ096-107-109-012145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 504 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN PULASKI...DODGE AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...FROM NEAR CHESTER TO COCHRAN AND HAWKINSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. WATER MAY RISE RAPIDLY ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ082-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 550 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN BIBB COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF PAYNE TO SOUTH OF MACON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZED HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ061-073-084-012315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 628 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS IN WILKINSON...BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...FROM NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE AND IRWINTON TO NEAR DEVEREUX. HEAVY RAINFALL IN THIS AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ALONG WITH RISING WATER ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The Bibb county Sheriff and the Macon Police Department reported that heavy rain over a one to two hour period had resulted in minor street flooding, as well as minor flooding of the yards of some homes. There were a few roads in the Macon area that had one or two lanes closed for a while.
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