18 hail, 4 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 May 1, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 310 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003 NOT PLANNING ON CHANGING MUCH IN THE CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS. STILL LOOKS LIKE MAINLY AIRMASS CONVECTION THIS EVENING DYING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. DONT EXPECT AS MUCH SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WE HAD YESTERDAY WITH 500MB TEMPERATURE A GOOD 2 DEGREES WARMER ON THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING...IN FACT ENTIRE SOUNDING FROM AROUND 700-400MB WAS WARMER THIS MORNING. MODIFIED MORNING FFC SOUNDING TO 85 DEGREES UNLEASHES ONLY AROUND 500J/KG VS NEARLY 2500J/KG YESTERDAY. TOMORROW HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION AS TAIL-END OF THE SHORTWAVE SWEEPING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BRUSHES NORTH GEORGIA AND PUSHES SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE FORECAST AREA. APPEARS FOR NOW THAT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL REMAIN DRY AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY AND TROUGH AXIS PUSHES OFF SHORE...LEAVING NORTH GEORGIA IN NORTHWEST FLOW. RIDGE AXIS CROSSES EAST OF THE AREA BY MONDAY WITH ANOTHER SHOT AT SOME PRECIPITATION FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 62 83 60 81 / 30 40 30 10 KAHN 62 83 59 82 / 50 40 30 10 KGVL 60 81 56 79 / 50 40 30 10 KRMG 60 83 58 81 / 40 40 30 10 KCSG 64 87 64 85 / 30 40 30 10 KMCN 64 87 64 84 / 30 40 30 10 .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>113-011800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1100 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... WITH HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF GEORGIA AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST...A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... DAYTIME HEATING WILL ONCE AGAIN AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH FROM 1500 TO 1800 THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIFTED INDICES OF -2 TO -4. THIS INSTABILITY WILL BE ENOUGH TO ALLOW A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO MACON... TO CORDELE AND BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 PM AND 9 PM. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 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.
18 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Knoxville Sheriff's Office reported penny-sized hail in Knoxville, while the county 911 center reported penny-sized hail in Roberta.
The Laurens county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The Lamar county Sheriff's Office reported penny-sized hail.
An amateur radio operator reported penny size hail.
An employee of the Little Ocmulgee State Park and Lodge reported penny to quarter size hail at the Park near the Wheeler county line.
The public reported a 15-mile long path of damage across northeast Bleckley county, beginning near Cary and terminating near Rebie, along which numerous trees were blown down, a 20-foot high empty water tank was blown over, a barn was destroyed, and a house suffered minor damage. While much of the damage was caused by strong straight-line thunderstorm winds, a survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, concluded that a severe microburst or gustnado, moving in a southeastward direction, affected a small area approximately 60 yards wide and 200 yards long beginning approximately two miles northwest of Goldsboro along Georgia Highway 278,. Numerous trees were blown down along Georgia Highway 278, all felled to the north, while other trees, blown down approximately one mile south of this location, were felled to the south. Residents reported seeing a funnel cloud in the Cary area.
The public reported dime to quarter-sized hail.
The Laurens county 911 center reported golf ball-sized hail.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The Dodge county 911 center reported that several trees had been blown down.
The Laurens county 911 center reported that trees and some power lines were down just northwest of Dudley, while other trees were down on the road just southwest of Dudley.
The public reported golf ball-sized hail.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The public reported quarter-sized hail.
The public reported penny to quarter sized-hail.
The public reported quarter size hail.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The public reported nickel-sized hail.
The Lumpkin county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
The Schley county Sheriff reported quarter-sized hail.
The Muscogee county 911 center reported that numerous trees were blown down across the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5361861, 5361991, 5361917, 5361918, 5361920, 5361919, 5361921, 5361922, 5361923, 5361993, 5361924, 5361925, 5361926, 5361992, 5361927, 5361928, 5361929, 5361990, 5361930, 5361989, 5361931, 5361988.