3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 11, 4:30 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003 ...UPDATED TO INCLUDE AVIATION DISCUSSION... STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GEORGIA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. SOME WEAKENING OF THE STORMS IS POSSIBLE AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD INTO SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. CENTRAL GEORGIA LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE THE BEST INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH MORE HEATING. COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE CWA BY THIS EVENING...AND WILL LEAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ZONES. DRY AND COOLER INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. HAVE NOT CHANGED THE EXTENDED. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 83 58 76 53 / 50 10 10 10 KAHN 85 56 78 50 / 50 10 10 10 KGVL 80 55 76 49 / 50 10 10 10 KRMG 81 53 79 48 / 50 10 10 10 KCSG 89 60 83 55 / 40 20 10 10 KMCN 89 59 83 54 / 40 20 10 10 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. .AVIATION DISCUSSION... LOW CLOUDS AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL START THE DAY ACROSS THE STATE. EXPECTING COLD FRONT TO PUSH THOROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. LOOKING AT SHRA/TSRA BETWEEN 16Z AND 20Z NORTH AND 18Z TO 24Z CENTRAL. ONCE FRONT GOES THROUGH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EVENTUALLY NORTHWEST BY MON MORNING. 41
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111615- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 615 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING NORTH AND BY AFTERNOON CENTRAL. .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT...CENTERED OVER NORTH FLORIDA...WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SHIFT SOUTH TODAY. AN UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST THOUGH THE STATE TODAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. .DISCUSSION... AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS RESIDES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BUT WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS PROVIDING A WARM...STABLE LAYER IN THE MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WARM STABLE LAYER SERVES AS A CAP AND WILL HELP TO SUPPRESSES THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WILL BE SOME INSTABILITY ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AS CAPE AND LIFTED INDICES VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MARGINAL. CAPES ARE EXPECTED AROUND 1000 TO 1500 AND LIFTED INDICES RANGING FROM MINUS 1 TO MINUS 3 WILL HELP TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT. WITH ALL THIS...COMBINED WITH DAY TIME HEATING...CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
GAZ005>007-012-013-019-020-111445- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 949 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS IN BARTOW...PICKENS... FLOYD...GORDON...GILMER...FANNIN AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM EDT... AT 942 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF BLUE RIDGE TO ROME...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 40 MPH IN THIS AREA. WITH THE VERY WET SOIL CONDITIONS THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO KNOCK OVER WEAKER TREES. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 1045 AM EDT. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:00 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Rome News Tribune reported that several trees were blown down in Armuchee and the roof was blown off a chicken house in Cave Spring owned by Coosa Valley Growers. Other than the roof and some insulation, the house did not have any other structural damage.
The public reported that a thunderstorm downburst snapped off two large trees, one 70-feet tall and the other 50-feet tall in the Norwalk Subdivision just off Georgia Highway 369 west of Oscarville. The yard was also covered with many downed tree limbs.
The Taylor county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
The public reported nickel to quarter-sized hail halfway between Louisville and Wrens.
The Telfair county Emergency Management Director reported that some trees had been blown down. The Telfair Enterprise of McRae reported that one vehicle was destroyed when it was crushed by a tree that fell during the storm. In McRae, the Glory Bound Baptist Church suffered extensive damage when two large pine trees fell through the roof of the church. All together there were seven holes in the roof of the church which occurred when the large pine trees fell on the roof.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5362449, 5362268, 5362266, 5362267, 5362448.