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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 30, 4:30 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 .SHORT TERM... SURFACE BOUNDARY APPEARS TO BE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...NEAR A ROME TO BLUE RIDGE LINE. LATEST RUN OF MODELS DRIFTING BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT...NEARING AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE BY TUESDAY MORNING. WITH BOUNDARY STILL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TUESDAY WILL NEED TO HOLD ON TO LOW POPS MOST LOCATIONS...BUT WILL INDICATE BEST CHANCE CENTRAL SECTS. AS DAY PROGRESSES...BOUNDARY DRIFTS A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH...SLIPPING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY. REMNANTS OF BOUNDARY APPEAR TO MEANDER SOMEWHERE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE GETTING PUSHED INTO SOUTH GEORGIA THURSDAY AS SURFACE HIGH WEDGES DOWN THE APPALACHIANS. .LONG TERM...WEDGE-LIKE FEATURE APPEARS TO WEAKEN AND DRIFT EAST FRIDAY WITH FORECAST AREA GETTING INTO A LITTLE BETTER RETURN FLOW. BY THE WEEKEND...EFFECTS OF FRANCES MAY COMES INTO PLAY WITH GFS AND NHC TRACK TAKING IT UP THE EAST COAST. .AVIATION...FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE PROBLEMATIC AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST SOME PERIOD OF IFR TO AFFECT ATL TUE MORNING. SFC FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS N-NW GEORGIA FROM NEAR AVL-ATL-MGM. LITTLE ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED AS UPPER TROUGH EXITS TO THE NE AND UPPER RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING IN FROM THE EAST. HENCE...THERE IS LITTLE TO NO SUPPORT FOR THE FRONT TO CONTINUE MOVING AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY JUST WASH OUT. AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY NEXT 24-36 HOURS AS A VERY LARGE CANADIAN HIGH DRIFTS TOWARD NEW ENGLAND/MID-ATLANTIC...JUST FURTHER COMPLICATING THE PICTURE. THIS HAS TO THE POTENTIAL TO BRING A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT TO THE AREA LATE WED...BUT MODELS NOT IN AGREEMENT. CEILINGS...SCT CU THIS EVENING SHOULD DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET..BUT SCATTERED CONVECTIVE DEBRIS IN THE FORM OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AS DOES MOST OF THE CONVECTION. ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH NO CHANGE OF AIR MASS EXPECTED. LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUATION OF HAZE TRANSLATING TO FOG AFTER 04Z. I DO FEEL THAT THERE IS BETTER POTENTIAL FOR IFR CONDITIONS EARLY MON MORNING THAN WE HAVE HAD RECENTLY GIVEN HISTORY OF A SIMILAR AIR MASS OVER AL THIS MORNING ADVECTING SLIGHTLY EASTWARD TODAY INTO WEST GEORGIA. MAY STOP JUST SHORT OF ADVERTISING THIS...BUT COORDINATION WITH CWSU WILL DETERMINE WHAT IS ULTIMATELY PLACED IN THE TAF. OUTSIDE THE HOURS OF 09Z-13Z...EXPECT MVFR-VFR CIGS. VISIBILITY...VFR THROUGH THE EVENING WITH LOCALLY MVFR 5SM HZ. AFTER 04Z...MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN MVFR OR WORSE...PREVAILING 3-5SM HZ WITH LOCAL POCKETS...E.G MCN AND AHN...OF 1-3SM BR. THERE IS EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIFR VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 1SM IN THE 09Z-13Z PERIOD AT THE USUAL SPOTS...E.G. MCN AND AHN. VISIBILITIES SHOULD IMPROVE TO MVFR IN HZ THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH GENERALLY VFR AFT 16Z. WIND...WIND FIELD CONTINUES TO BE VERY CHAOTIC. THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LARGE SFC HIGH MOVES TOWARD MID-ATLANTIC...WHICH WILL ESTABLISH A GOOD EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THIS PROBABLY WILL NOT TAKE PLACE IN EARNEST FOR THE ENTIRE CWA UNTIL WED. WEAK FRONT WILL HAVE TO WASH OUT FIRST. IN THE INTERIM...EXPECT GENERALLY VRB03KT TO CALM OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TUE. WILL FAVOR NW WINDS OVERNIGHT NORTH OF FRONT...SW AHEAD OF FRONT. FOR TUE...EXPECT N-NE NORTH OF FRONT...CONTINUING SW SOUTH OF FRONT. NO AREA SHOULD EXCEED 8KTS...EVEN DURING THE DAY. WX...ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN MOSTLY SE OF A LINE FROM CSG-MCN-AGS...WITH JUST ONE OR TWO BACK TO THE NORTH. WILL DROP ALL MENTION OF SHRA/TSRA WITH 00Z TAFS FOR ATL AREA. WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF PROB30 OR VCTS FOR CSG-MCN AREA TUE...BUT LEAVE OUT OF THE ATL AREA AND PROBABLY AHN TOO. NOTE...CONVECTION WILL LIKELY RETURN TO ALL AREAS WED AS DEEPER MOISTURE RETURNS NORTH AND SHORT WAVE ROTATES NORTH THROUGH THE AREA FROM DEVELOPING UPPER LOW OVER LA/MS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 70 87 69 84 / 30 20 10 20 ATHENS 69 88 68 86 / 30 20 10 20 GAINESVILLE 69 85 67 84 / 30 20 10 20 ROME 68 89 65 87 / 20 10 10 10 COLUMBUS 73 90 71 89 / 30 30 20 30 MACON 71 90 70 89 / 30 30 20 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 46/19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 421 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-310230- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-CRAWFORD- CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DE KALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-FANNIN-FAYETTE- FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK- HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON- JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE- SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR- TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON- WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 421 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK...NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM NEAR BLUE RIDGE TO CARROLLTON. A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING BACK INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE MAIN AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE...TO LAWRENCEVILLE...TO THOMASTON...TO LUMPKIN. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM UNTIL 10 PM EDT. .DISCUSSION... THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES OF 1500-2000 AND LIFTED INDICES TO -2. HOWEVER...A LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT IS ACTING TO INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FURTHERMORE...WEAK UPPER AIR DYNAMICS AND A VERY WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILE ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MODERATE INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE FRONT WILL COMBINE TO TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...MOSTLY EAST AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON ACROSS MIDDLE GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AREA WIDE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA. RAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 353 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 GAZ111-112-302045- 353 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHEELER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MCRAE TO ALAMO TO MT. VERNON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...THE PATH THEY ARE REPEATEDLY TAKING OVER THE SAME AREA...AND THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THEY ARE PRODUCING...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN DRIVING THROUGH THESE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL END IN THIS AREA BY 5 PM...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 818 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 GAZ037-047-310045- 818 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WALTON AND OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WITH AN EARLIER THUNDERSTORM. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. THE THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 845 PM EDT.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported that one tree was blown down.
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