1 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 Aug 4, 2:10 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 310 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2004 .SHORT TERM... THERMAL SURFACE TROF OVER SOUTH GEORGIA WITH A RIDGE OVER THE NORTH. AFTERNOON CUMULUS DEVELOPED IN DEEPER MOISTURE OVER SOUTH AND HIGHER TEMPERATURES. FOCUS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS IS A CONVERGENCE ZONE ALONG A AGS-ABY LINE. THE CONVECTION IS ALSO BEING ASSISTED ALOFT BY A WEAK JET ALONG THE GA-FL BORDER. EXPEDCT CONVECTION TO DISSIPATE ALONG WITH CU AFTER SUNSET WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING. CIRRUS NORTH SPLILLING OVER UPPER RIDGE OVER NORTH GEORGAI. CIRRUS ASSOICATED WITH WAVE MOVING INTO EAST COAST TO BEGIN DIGGING DEVLOPING EAST COAST TROF. A COLD FRONT NOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THURSDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY SHWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AVTIVITY WILL BE LIMITED AS SYSTEM SHEARS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. ACTIVITY WILL END NORTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED TO 30% OR LESS...MAINLY NORTH IN THE AM. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTH SUPPORTED BY THSE DIGGING TROF. AS NOT REALLY CONFIDENT OF THE POPS OR AMOUNTS DUE TO THE SHEARING OF THE UPPER SYSTEM AND ITS SPEED. WILL SEE. A SERIES OF WAVES WILL DIVE INTO THE DEVELOPING EAST COAST TROF... CAUSING AN UNUSUALLY DEEP AND STRONG UPPER TROF TO DEVELOP ON THE EAST COAST. A JET WILL MOVE INTO THE TROF THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GPS HAS BEEN CONSISTENLY EVERY RUN TO DEVELOP THE TROF DEPER EACH RUN. WILL BEAR WATCHING. ASA RESULT OF THE ACCOMPANUYING COLD AIR WITH THE FRONT AN TROF... TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE FROM NEAR RECORD HIGHS TO NEAR RECORD LOWS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING. RIGHT NOW I AM FOLLOWING MEX LEAD... BUT IT APPEARS LOWS MAY BE EVEN COOLER. HAVE ISSUED A SPS ON THIS. .LONG TERM... AFTER FROPA...DRY. THE HIGH BUILDS IN AND WE GET INTO NNW FLOW ALOFT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROF. BY TUESDAY THE SURFACE HIGH HAS MOVED SLIHGTLY EAST AND ZONAL FLOW ALOFT BEGINS TO BECOME SOUTHWEST AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPRAOCHES. THIS ALLOWS THE SURFACE FLOW TO BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY...AND ANOTHER FRONT TO DROP INTO THE SOUTHEAST... MOVING INTO GEORGIA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THUS WILL PRDUCED PRECIPTATION WEDNESDAY. WILL SEE. STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE ON TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 73 90 65 85 / 10 20 10 00 ATHENS 71 92 63 84 / 10 20 10 00 GAINESVILLE 72 89 65 83 / 10 20 10 00 ROME 70 90 63 86 / 10 20 10 00 COLUMBUS 75 95 70 88 / 10 20 10 00 MACON 72 97 66 87 / 10 20 20 00 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 550 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-041300- 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- 550 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL DOMINATE THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WHICH WILL MEAN DRY CONDITIONS AND SINKING AIR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 331 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2004 GAZ111-112-042000- 331 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN WHEELER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GLENWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CORDED TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. THE THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 400 PM EDT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 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 400 PM EDT.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that thunderstorm winds blew several large limbs off a large oak tree blocking a portion of Georgia Highway 75. Some of the limbs were over 18 inches in diameter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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