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 Jul 2, 1:48 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 244 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2003 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH PART OF THE CWA. THESE WILL EXIT THIS EVENING LEAVING DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. MOISTURE RETURNS AS UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS PUMPS THE MOISTURE BACK OVER GA. BEST CHANCE OF RAIN ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH LESSER CHANCE TO THE NORTH. THE MOISTURE SPREADS OVER THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AS FOR TEMPS...WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 68 89 71 89 / 10 10 10 20 KAHN 68 90 69 88 / 10 10 10 20 KGVL 67 87 69 87 / 10 10 10 20 KRMG 67 90 70 89 / 10 10 10 10 KCSG 72 90 72 91 / 10 10 10 30 KMCN 69 91 71 91 / 10 10 10 30 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. 17
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-021545- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 620 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY. TRAILING FRONT WILL STRETCH EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUDS TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WILL BE DRYING OUT SOME AS DRY AIR BEGINS TO FILTER INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. STILL EXPECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO GET INTO THE 1000 TO 1500 RANGE WITH LIFTED INDICES NEAR MINUS 2. THE MAJOR THREAT FROM STRONG STORMS WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS HEAVY RAIN WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED AROUND A HALF TO 1 INCH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Gwinnett Daily-Post of Lawrenceville reported that a large, 60-foot tree fell on a Toyata, crushing the vehicle, but leaving the person inside uninjured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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