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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 4:30 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 .SHORT TERM... LATEST SATELLITE/RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW MOST OF ACTIVITY EAST AND NORTH OF CWA. MID LEVEL WARM CAP AND MUCH LOWER PE VALUES TODAY HAVE SUPPRESSED CONVECTION. WILL KEEP ISOLATED CONVECTION IN NE AND E CWA THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE DRY TONIGHT. NGM/GFS/ETA IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL RETROGRADE NORTHWEST NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL ALLOW SOME WEAK IMPULSES TO TOP THE RIDGE AND WILL HELP TO TRIGGER SOME 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. 1000/500MB AND 1000/850MB THICKNESS DO NOT CHANGE MUCH NEXT TWO DAYS...SO LITTLE TEMP CHANGE NEXT 2 DAYS. THINGS GET MORE INTERESTING WEDNESDAY FIRST...THICKNESSES SUPPORT WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR AS THE MERCURY SURGES TO 95 TO 100 ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL SURGE TO 100 TO 110 ACROSS OUR AREA. THE NEXT CONCERN WILL BE THE APPROACHING COOL FRONT/DEWPOINT FRONT. LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE MODERATE TO SEVERE INSTABILITY AND SOME MOISTURE. IF WE CAN BUST THROUGH THE MID LEVEL CAP...SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LI IS FORECAST TO DROP TO -6C TO -7C BY LATE WED AFTERNOON...WITH SHOWALTER OF -6C...CONVECTIVE STORM INDEX OF 2-3...EHI OF 1-3...AND CAPES OF 3000-4000 J/KG. PE VALUES INCREASE TO 1.5 TO 1.9 INCHES. WILL MONITOR NEXT FEW DAYS TO SEE IF MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE. TIMING WILL BE CRITICAL. .LONG TERM... EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK FOR THE TROUGH/FRONT TO MOVE THRU BY THU WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS AND A LITTLE COOLER AIR THU INTO SAT. TEMPS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL OR EVEN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BY LATE WEEK. WILL MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST AS PE VALUES BELOW 0.6 INCHES THU-SAT. MOIST START TO RETURN SUNDAY...BUT WILL MAINTAIN DRY FOR NOW. && .AVIATION... UPPER RIDGE...CENTERED NEAR THE AL/GA BORDER THIS EVENING...WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT WEST TOWARD TX THIS WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW A STRONGER NW FLOW ALOFT TO BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE REGION AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CHANGES IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR THE SE U.S. SFC HIGH DRIFTS FROM THE EASTERN GULF TO THE WESTERN GULF. AS FLOW ALOFT BECOMES NW...A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL AFFECT THE AREA...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT APPEAR TO BE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CEILINGS...VFR CIGS PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. CU FIELD IS MINIMAL WITH MID-LEVEL WARM CAP...NW DOWNSLOPE SFC WINDS...AND LOWER PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH 18Z MON. AFT 18Z MON...ISOLD-SCT SHRA/TSRA WILL DEVELOP AND COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED MVFR CIGS. VISIBILITY...GENERALLY VFR. EARLY MORNING POCKETS OF SHALLOW FOG WILL RESULT IN ISOLD AREAS OF MVFR...BRIEF IFR POSSIBLE IN THE SAME AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO MCN AND AHN...WITH MVFR AT WORST FOR ATL. ISOLD-SCT SHRA/TSRA AFT 18Z MON WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR VISIBILITY...WITH ISOLD BRIEF IFR VISIBILITY POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER TSRA. WX...LOCALIZED SHALLOW GROUND FOG MON 09Z-13Z IN THE NORMALLY FAVORED LOCATIONS. SCT SHRA/TSRA 18Z MON - 00Z TUE ALSO EXPECTED...MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE EASTERN AREAS OF THE CWA. WINDS...WEAK THERMAL LOW IN SOUTH GEORGIA CREATING SOME CHAOS IN THE CURRENT SFC WIND FIELD. WINDS EITHER VRB04KT OR NW5-10KTS THIS EVE...GENERALLY CALM OR LIGHT NW OVERNIGHT. FOR MON...LEE SIDE TROUGH BECOMES BETTER ESTABLISHED OVER THE EASTERN STATES...RESULTING IN BONAFIDE W-NW FLOW FOR THE CWA...WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY 7-10KTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 74 90 73 90 / 10 30 20 30 ATHENS 72 93 71 93 / 10 30 20 30 GAINESVILLE 71 90 71 90 / 10 30 20 30 ROME 72 93 72 93 / 10 30 20 30 COLUMBUS 75 93 74 93 / 10 30 20 30 MACON 73 95 73 95 / 10 30 20 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JJN/RAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 526 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-120330- 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- 526 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE UNTIL SUNSET...MAINLY EASTERN GEORGIA... .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT...NEAR THE ALABAMA/GEORGIA BORDER...WILL DRIFT WEST THROUGH MONDAY. A SURFACE HIGH IN THE EASTERN GULF WILL ALSO DRIFT SLOWLY WEST THROUGH MONDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA BY MONDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... A WARM LAYER IN THE MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ASSOCIATED WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT...LOCATED NEAR THE ALABAMA/GEORGIA BORDER...IS SUPPRESSING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY. HOWEVER...WITH AMPLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE AND A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...IT IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP UNTIL SUNSET. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING WILL BE SMALL AND SHORT LIVED. THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE...TO ATHENS...TO LOUISVILLE...TO VIDALIA...WHERE THE MID-LEVEL WARM CAP IS WEAKEST. ANY ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DISTURBANCES IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT FOR JULY...COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COULD LEAD TO SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL WANT TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AS LATER FORECASTS BECOME AVAILABLE AND MORE REFINED. FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...DRIER...SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER. && 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 327 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-120127- 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- 327 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ...HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ON THE WAY FOR WEDNESDAY... THE HOTTEST AIR OF THE SEASON IS ON THE WAY TO MOST OF NORTH AND MIDDLE GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE MIDDLE 90S IN NORTH GEORGIA AND THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 IN MIDDLE GEORGIA. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S TO SEND THE HEAT INDEX TO 100 TO 110 ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SO FAR THIS SEASON...THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE IN ATLANTA IS 92...ATHENS IS 96...COLUMBUS IS 95...AND MACON IS 100. WE DO NOT EXPECT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE REACHED...THOUGH WE WILL GET CLOSE AT MACON WHERE THE RECORD HIGH IS 101. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. NOEL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Truetlen County Sheriff's Office reported that one tree was blown down on Georgia Highway 86. The road was partially blocked as a result.
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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: 5414818.