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 Jul 28, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 255 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS INTO THE NORTH GEORGIA AREA AROUND WEDNESDAY...BUT BEST UPPER SUPPORT REMAINS NORTH OF THE AREA. WILL KEEP SCATTERED POPS THROUGH THIS FORECAST AS AIRMASS REMAINS FAIRLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. UPPER PATTERN FAIRLY STATIC WITH STRONG RIDGE WEST AND WEAKER RIDGE TO THE EAST. UPPER TROUGH TRIES TO SHARPEN AND DEEPEN INTO THE SOUTHEAST MID TO LATE WEEK AS WESTERN RIDGE EASES EASTWARD AND AMPLIFIES...BUT STILL ONLY MARGINAL UPPER FORCING FOR THE AREA. TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN SEASONAL THROUGH THIS FORECAST. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 72 88 71 88 / 30 40 30 40 KAHN 71 88 69 89 / 30 40 30 40 KGVL 70 87 67 88 / 30 40 30 40 KRMG 70 88 70 89 / 30 40 30 40 KCSG 73 91 73 91 / 40 40 30 40 KMCN 72 91 72 91 / 40 40 30 40 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. 20
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-290150- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 352 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDING ALONG A AND-MCN-MGM LINE WILL PERSIST. OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE STATES WEATHER. HIGH DEW POINTS AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE PLUS AFTERNOON HEATING WILL GENERATE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...AS AFTERNOON HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE. THIS WILL LEAD TO GREATER INSTABILITY. DEWPOINTS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 70S. CAPES WILL BE IN THE 1500 TO 2500 RANGE. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MACON TO COLUMBUS. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 400 PM TO 700 PM. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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.
GAZ079-080-281830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 207 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN TAYLOR AND SOUTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF BUTLER THROUGH 230 PM EDT.
GAZ078-089-281930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 303 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN MUSCOGEE AND SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF COLUMBUS THROUGH 330 PM EDT.
GAZ074-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 355 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INTENSE LIGHTNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF SANDERSVILLE THROUGH 430 PM EDT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The local newspaper of Cochran reported that lightning struck and set on fire a barn on Cary Road. The barn was a complete loss.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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