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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 4:00 AM EST, 9 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 .SHORT TERM... GFS APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER SRN AL AND PROJECTS THIS NORTHEAST INTO GA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. CONVECTION OF EARLIER THIS MORNING HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND THEREFORE DO NOT EXPECT SVR WX OVER NORTH GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...CENTRAL GEORGIA IS STILL UNSTABLE AND THERE COULD BE A FEW SEVERE CELLS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PER GFS AND ETA. BY MONDAY MORNING THE FRONT IS OUT OF THE STATE AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA. .LONG TERM... NO CHANGES PLANNED. && .FIRE WEATHER... FUELS WILL REMAIN WET ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TODAY...HOWEVER THEY WILL START OUT DRY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...BUT WITH PRECIPITATION FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA...FUELS WILL BECOME MOIST. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT TODAY...AND DROP TO NEAR 30 PERCENT MONDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE. RED FLAG CRITERIA FOR BOTH TODAY AND MONDAY WILL NOT BE MET. && .AVIATION... AVIATION WEATHER WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE THIS MORNING AS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THINK MOST CEILINGS WILL RUN MVFR TO LOW VFR. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO SHOWERS/STORMS AND COULD BE BRIEFLY 1 MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIER RAIN. S SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME SW THIS MORNING. FRONTAL PASSAGE AT ATL AROUND 18Z-20Z. HEAVIER WEATHER ENDS WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE BUT SHOWERS MAY LINGER A SHORT WHILE AFTER. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 71 49 70 49 / 99 30 00 00 ATHENS 72 49 72 45 / 99 50 10 00 GAINESVILLE 71 46 68 47 / 99 30 10 00 ROME 71 44 72 43 / 99 20 00 00 COLUMBUS 75 54 74 49 / 99 40 10 00 MACON 77 53 75 45 / 99 70 10 00 && .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1202 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-022152- 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- 1202 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA... .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA LATER TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FORM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MACON TO AMERICUS. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN A PREFRONTAL TROUGH LOCATED FROM MACON TO AMERICUS AT NOON. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 500 TO 1000. WITH LIMITED INSTABILITY AND CLOUD COVER INHIBITING THE HEATING...ANY ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM WHEN MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT PENNY SIZE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER 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 140 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ097-021815- 140 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CORDED TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS THE AREA BY 215 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 200 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ109>111-021830- 200 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN TELFAIR...NORTHERN WHEELER AND FAR SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MILAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AN PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD GO INDOORS UNTIL THE THE ACTIVITY ENDS BY 230 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Laurens county 911 center reported that several trees had been blown down in the northwest part of the county.
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