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 Aug 29, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 400 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 .OVERVIEW... UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO HOLD OFF THE EAST COAST. FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEARLY STATIONARY FROM MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO LOWER OHIO VALLEY. .SHORT TERM... DYNAMIC SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LESS AIR MASS CONVECTION AND TWO SEA BREEZE INITIATED LINES OF CONVECTION TO DEAL WITH. HAVE LOWERED POPS FOR MOST AREAS PER LATEST TRENDS...BUT HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR WEAKENING SEA BREEZE CONVECTION. MID LEVEL WARMING AND MID LEVEL DRY AIR UNDER UPPER RIDGE PROVIDING SLIGHTLY STRONGER CAPPING STRENGTH THAN YESTERDAY. CRITICAL COUPLE OF DEGREES OF WARMING BETWEEN 700 AND 600 MB ONLY FEATURE CAN FIND MAKING THE DIFFERENCE. MORNING SOUNDING SHOWING NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL SOTUHERLY WIND PROFILE...HIGHLIGHTING POSSIBLE MARITIME AIR MASS...THUS THE SLIGHT DECREASE IN HAZE TODAY. OVERALL...THIS EVENING...KEPT ISOLATED RW/TRW IN FORECAST FOR LEFTOVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WORKING OFF DIURNAL HEATING. FORECAST BECOMES INCREASINGLY MORE COMPLICATED WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING IN AND OVERALL RW/TRW COVERAGE. MODEL PRECIP EFFICIENCIES LOWER TO BELOW CLIMO LEVELS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...AND THUS HAVE LOWERED POPS ACCORDINGLY. LOCAL FORCING WILL KEEP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RW/TRW IN THE AFTERNOONS. FOR MONDAY...SURFACE LOW IN CENTRAL GULF SUNDAY TRENDING TOWARD FARTHER NORTHERLY TRACK...ALONG CURRENT STATIONARY BOUNDARY FROM MISSOURI TO OHIO...IN LATEST MODEL RUNS. THIS WOULD BRING ASSOCIATED TRAILING FRONT THROUGH REGION TUESDAY...WITH MONDAY STAYING WITH ONLY ISOLATED TO AT MOST SCATTERED COVERAGE. THIS SOLUTION SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON PROPOSED STRENGTH OF UPPER RIDGE. .EXTENDED... FOR SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK...A SLIGHT DRYING TREND WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS. MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN UPPER RIDGE STRENGTH AND ANY OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEMS BREWING IN THE ATLANTIC...SO LOW CONFIDENCE ON THIS FORECAST. WILL SEE HOW MODELS TREND NEXT DAY OR SO TO GET A HANDLE. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 72 87 71 88 / 20 20 20 30 KAHN 71 87 70 89 / 20 20 20 20 KGVL 70 86 70 88 / 20 20 20 30 KRMG 71 87 70 88 / 20 40 40 40 KCSG 73 90 73 90 / 40 30 30 30 KMCN 73 89 72 89 / 30 20 20 20 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. 39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-292144- 1145 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND EXTEND OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE CAROLINAS INTO EAST GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE MAINLY NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON LINE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 3 TO 9 PM. .DISCUSSION... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HEATING. CAPES WILL RANGE FROM 1500 TO 2500 WHICH WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY RESULT IN WET MICROBURST WITH WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. .FOR SPOTTERS... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS 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.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that a Pine tree was blown down onto Georgia Highway 141, Peachtree Parkway, near Brookwood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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