1 lightning, 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 10, 1:22 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 222 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 .SHORT TERM... TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE CWA THROUGH SATURDAY. GFS/ETA INDICATE SOME DRYING IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH. THE ETA IS MUCH DRIER AND DROPS OFF POPS COMPLETELY THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTH. FEEL THE GFS/NGM HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS AND WHILE THERE WILL BE SOME DRYING...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND WILL THEREFORE KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS GOING ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH. GFS/NGM INDICATE MOISTURE AT ALL LEVELS RETURNS TO THE NORTH FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THE DIURNAL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. MOS TEMPS APPEAR TOO WARM AND THE LOCAL DAILY BIAS TABLES INDICATE ALL MODELS HAVE BEEN TOO WARM FOR MAX TEMPS AND TOO COOL FOR MIN TEMPS. WILL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY WHICH LINE UP WITH PERSISTENCE AT MOST SITES. .LONG TERM... GFS/EUROPEAN/CANADIAN MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP THE WESTERLIES WELL NORTH OF GEORGIA WITH A WEAK FLOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THROUGH DAY 7. THIS MEANS THE TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE CWA WILL REMAIN AND SO WILL THE DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S AND LOWS IN THE 70S THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 73 91 73 90 / 30 30 20 40 ATHENS 72 93 72 92 / 30 30 20 40 GAINESVILLE 70 90 71 90 / 30 20 20 40 ROME 73 95 71 94 / 30 20 20 40 COLUMBUS 75 92 75 92 / 30 40 20 30 MACON 74 92 73 92 / 30 40 20 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 808 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111000- DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 808 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... .SYNOPSIS... WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH GEORGIA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT. TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DISCUSSION... WITH TROPICAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUING OVER THE AREA...NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THERE WILL BE SOME DRYING IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH SHOULD HELP TO KEEP ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL ALSO PREVAIL TODAY WITH CAPES NEAR 1000 AND LIFTED INDICES IN THE MINUS 2 TO MINUS 3 RANGE. THIS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && 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 238 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 GAZ032-033-043-044-101915- 238 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA-SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN DOUGLAS...COBB AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 1 MILE NORTH OF MABLETON...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN FULTON AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS WHO ENCOUNTER THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND INCREASE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST IN FRONT OF YOU. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 355 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 GAZ042-052-102030- 355 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL...40 TO 50 MPH WINDS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN HEARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOWELL IN SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 359 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 GAZ057-102030- 359 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL...40 TO 50 MPH WINDS ...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE EAST SIDE OF MCDONOUGH MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED FREQUENT 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 424 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 GAZ020-102100- 424 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL...40 TO 50 MPH WINDS ...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN BARTOW COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF STILESBORO...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED FREQUENT 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 447 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 GAZ062-102115- 447 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL...40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR WARRENTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH 515 PM. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE ALSO INDICATED FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CORDED TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Griffin Daily News reported that lightning struck a home on Amberwood Lane, setting the structure on fire. The fire was contained fairly quickly with only minor damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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