1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 30, 4:30 AM EST, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 .SHORT TERM... CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA WILL MOVE EAST INTO GEORGIA AND DISSIPATE BY SUNRISE. ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER SHORT WAVE. SURFACE FRONT ALONG A EASTERN TENNESSEE TO NORTH ALABAMA LINE. FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA TODAY AND STALL OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDED THE FRONT. GFS AND ETA DIFFER ON STRENGTH AND MOVEMENT OF FRONT. SPEED WISE PROGS SEEMS TO HAVE BEST HANDLE FOR NOW. SHOULD SEE SOME DRYING ...DECREASING CLOUDS NORTHWEST TO SOUTH BEHIND FRONT LATER TODAY INTO TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE TODAY AND SLIGHTLY LOWER NORTH TUESDAY BEHIND FRONT. GASTON OVER SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST UP EAST US COAST. CAVEATS. ALL THE ABOVE SCENARIO DEPENDENT UPON FAVORED GFS SOLUTION. IF THAT IS OFF, WILL HAVE TO REEVALUATE. GIVEN PWS IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE AND EXPERIENCE LAST NIGHT...STORMS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. .LONG TERM... THIS IS REALLY UP IN THEIR. PATH OF FRANCES WILL RULE WEATHER AT THE END OF THE WEEK. FOR NOW...THE FRONT STALLS OVER CENTRAL TO SOUTH GEORGIA. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS DOWN THE EAST COAST BEHIND IT AND DOMINATES OUR WEATHER UNTIL FRANCES MOVES INTO THE PICTURE ON THE WEEKEND. DRYING AND STABILIZATION WITH HIGH SHOULD SUPPRESS ANY PRECIPITATION THROUGH THURSDAY. THEN RETURN FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE INTO THE WEEKEND WHICH IS REFLECTED IN THE DIURNAL 20% EACH AFTERNOON . && .AVIATION... CEILINGS AND VSBYS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE THIS MORNING FROM VFR TO IFR. RAIN WAS SOMEWHAT MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA YESTERDAY THAN SATURDAY...SO LOW VSBYS AND CIGS WERE EXPECTED. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT HAS NOT MADE ITS WAY TO FAR INTO GA AS OF YET. EXPECT FRONT TO SINK FURTHER ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY. THIS SHOULD HELP SCT OUT THE TAF SITES BY 14Z-16Z. AS FOR EXPECTED WX TODAY...SHRA/TSRA GENERALLY SE OF A GVL-ATL-CCO LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS T.S. GASTON MOVES FURTHER AWAY AND FRONT SINKS FURTHER INTO THE STATE...EXPECT WINDS ACROSS AREAS W OF THE FRONT TO TRANSITION TO NW 5-10KTS...SW-W WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT 5-8KTS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 87 69 86 69 / 40 20 10 10 ATHENS 88 68 87 67 / 50 20 10 10 GAINESVILLE 85 68 84 67 / 50 20 10 10 ROME 88 67 88 64 / 30 10 10 10 COLUMBUS 90 72 90 71 / 40 30 30 10 MACON 91 70 89 68 / 40 30 30 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-301553- 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- 600 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO MIDDLE GEORGIA TODAY. TROPICAL STORM GASTON WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AWAY FROM GEORGIA. AT THE SAME TIME A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH SOUTH OUT OF THE MIDWEST AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ALSO SINKS SOUTH TOWARD THE GULF OF MEXICO. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE BEST TIME FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 2PM UNTIL 9PM EDT. THE BEST AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO ATLANTA TO LAGRANGE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TODAY INTO MIDDLE GEORGIA. TROPICAL STORM GASTON WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD AWAY FROM GEORGIA. A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES OF 1500-2000 AND LIFTED INDICES OF -1 TO -2. HOWEVER...UPPER AIR DYNAMICS REMAIN WEAK WITH A WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILE AND DRIER AIR IS MOVING INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH 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 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Eatonton Messenger newspaper reported that thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs in the area and one tree. The tree fell on a shed, causing damage to the structure.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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