1 lightning, 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 5, 4:40 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 540 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRYING TO PUSH INTO N GA THIS MORNING. THE SHOWERS ACROSS TN HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SO AS THEY MOVE INTO THE STATE THEY SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. AS FOR THE WEATHER PATTERN NOT MUCH CHANGE PAST FEW DAYS. UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE IN THE WESTERN U.S. AND STRONG AMPLIFIED TROUGH EASTERN U.S. MODELS STILL SHOWING EVERYTHING SHIFTING SLOWLY EAST WITH THE TROUGH SETTING UP INTO A WEDGE LIKE PATTERN ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD THU-MON. A FEW SHORT WAVES IN NW FLOW ALOFT KEEP A FAIRLY ACTIVE PATTERN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH WED. MAY SEE SOME FLOODING ACROSS N GA TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND FFG AROUND 1-1.5 ACROSS THE AREA. BY THU/FRI THE EASTERN U.S. TROUGH SHIFTS EAST SO WE SHOULD SEE BEST CONVECTION SHIFT FURTHER EAST INTO NC/SC AS WELL. WILL STILL SEE DIURNAL CONVECTIVE PATTERN ACROSS GA BUT WITH LESS OF A SEVERE THREAT AS THE WEEK CONTINUES. AS FOR TEMPS WILL CONTINUE WITH BELOW SEASONAL NORMAL NUMBERS. UPPER NW FLOW...CLOUD COVER...AND VERY WET SOILS WILL HINDER ANY GOOD SUMMERTIME HEATING. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 84 70 82 70 / 40 60 50 20 KAHN 86 70 84 69 / 30 50 50 20 KGVL 85 69 82 69 / 40 50 50 20 KRMG 87 69 84 69 / 50 70 40 20 KCSG 89 72 87 71 / 40 40 50 20 KMCN 90 72 87 70 / 30 40 50 20 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. .AVIATION DISCUSSION...REMNANTS OF MCS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST OVER AL. THIS FEATURE BEARS WATCHING SINCE RADAR LOOPS SHOWS THAT IT MAY SLIDE INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN GA. WITH VARIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...COULD SEE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AT ANY TIME. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS PRODUCING CEILINGS BELOW 1 THSD THIS MORNING. SHOULD SEE IMPROVEMENT TO AROUND 3 THSD FT AFTER 10 AM. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN FOG THIS MORNING IMPROVING AFTER SUNRISE...BUT EXPECT AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO LOWER CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 THSD FT AND 3 MILES. 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 615 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051600- 615 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...AS UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVES CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. NUMEROUS OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL HELP PROVIDE INSTABILITY. IN ADDITION...WITH CAPES AROUND 2500 AND LIFTED INDICES IN THE MINUS 2 TO MINUS 4 RANGE...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Muscogee county 911 center reported that lightning struck a tree near a house. The tree subsequently fell on the house causing damage to the structure.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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