1 heavy rain, 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 Jun 28, 4:20 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 520 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 .OVERVIEW...LARGE SCALE REGIME WILL SUPPORT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE NEAR FOUR CORNERS AND BUILDING RIDGE IN GULF OF MEXICO TO BAHAMAS NEXT 7 NEXT...WHILE WEAK TROUGHING REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST. WEAK TROUGH OVER SOUTHEAST IS SUPPORTED BY LOCAL FORCING OF WET ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS. THIS SUPPORTS SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... MUGGY CONDITIONS AND NEAR CLIMO FOR TEMPS. .SHORT TERM...OLD BOUNDARY WASHING OUT ACROSS CWA. WITH DAYTIME HEATING...EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CWA THRU THIS EVENING AND THEN QUIETING DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. MAIN WILD CARD IS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IN EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE MOISTURE WILL LIFT NORTH AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS WESTWARD. MODELS DISAGREE ONLY LOCATION OF THIS MOISTURE PLUME WITH ETA/NGM FARTHER WEST...AND GFS/CANADIAN/NOGAPS FARTHER EAST AND UKMET/ECMWF IN BETWEEN. FOR NOW...PREFER UKMET/ECWMF TAKING DEEP MOISTURE TO GULF COAST BY SUNDAY THEN INTO OUR CWA LATER MONDAY/TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS BY EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS MOISTURE GOES AROUND DEVELOPING UPPER HIGH. HAVE DISCOUNTED ETA SOLUTION OF TX/LA/AR AS TOO FAR WEST BASED ON UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WESTERLY WINDS ON WATER VAPOR LOOP ALONG GULF COAST. ETA HAS DONE VERY POORLY LATELY...WITH NO RAINFALL FORECAST FROM THE JUNE 16/17 FLOOD EVENT AND YESTERDAYS RAINFALL. EXPECT OVERALL PATTERN TO HAVE FOLLOW PARAMETERS FOR US THRU TUE OR WED. CAPE OF 1000-2000...LI OF -1C TO -5C...SHOWALTER 0F -1C TO -4C...K INDEX IN THE 30S...A LOW LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE WITH THETA-E CONVERGENCE OVER US...AND PE VALUES IN THE 1.2 TO 1.8 INCH RANGE. AS FOR TEMPS...WILL USE 1000/500 AND 1000/850 THICKNESS TECHNIQUE COMBINED WITH 850 TECHNIQUE FOR MAXES AND MINS AND HOURLY TEMPS. OVERALL. EXPECT MAXES A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND MINS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .EXTENDED...CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LAST FROM TUE INTO WED...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FOR THURSDAY. WILL CONTINUE DRY FCST FOR THE 4TH OF JULY INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 69 85 69 84 / 20 30 20 50 KAHN 68 86 69 85 / 20 40 20 50 KGVL 67 84 67 83 / 20 30 20 50 KRMG 67 88 68 86 / 10 20 20 50 KCSG 71 87 71 88 / 30 50 20 40 KMCN 70 86 70 88 / 30 50 20 40 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. ...AVIATION DISCUSSION... ABUNDANT MOISTURE REMAINS AS FRONT CONTINUES TO SHIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET AND RE-GENERATE AGAIN AFTER 18Z SUNDAY. LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP AFTER 06Z ALL SITES...DISSIPATING BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z. NOEL/17
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-281430- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST TODAY. THIS FRONT SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST OF MACON BY LATE TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT MEANDERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH LIFTED INDICES EXPECTED AROUND MINUS 2 TO MINUS 3 AND CAPES RANGING FROM 1000 TO 1500 BY EARLY EVENING...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND INDEPENDENCE 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 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained SkyWarn spotters reported torrential rainfall on Interstate 285 at Georgia Highway 400 resulting in over 2 inches of standing water on the roadway. Traffic was brought to a standstill at the time in this area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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