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 4, 2:45 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 .SHORT TERM...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. OCCASIONAL WEAK AREAS OF PVA CROSS THE AREA DURING THAT TIME. WITH SUFFICIENT SURFACE HEATING AND INSTABILITY...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP. MOST FAVORED AREA FOR CONVECTION SHOULD BE CENTRAL ZONES...WHERE BEST MOISTURE IS CONCENTRATED. MODELS WANT TO DEVELOP LOW PRESSURE VICINITY OF NORTHERN GULF ON SATURDAY...BUT TOO MANY UNCERTAINTIES INVOLVED AT THIS TIME TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. HAVE KEPT LOW DIURNAL POPS THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND PERSISTENCE TEMPERATURES. .LONG TERM...SURFACE FRONT EXPECTED TO SAG SOUTH INTO TENNESSEE OVER THE WEEKEND MOST LIKELY WILL STAY NORTH OF THE CWA. HAVE KEPT BASICALLY THE PERSISTENCE FORECAST OF MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 72 90 71 88 / 20 30 20 30 ATHENS 70 92 70 89 / 20 30 20 30 GAINESVILLE 70 90 69 87 / 20 30 20 30 ROME 69 95 69 90 / 20 30 20 30 COLUMBUS 73 92 73 91 / 30 30 30 30 MACON 71 93 73 92 / 20 30 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && 99/41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-050900- 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- 500 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. THE BEST LOCATION FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DISCUSSION... THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES AROUND 2000 AND LIFTED INDICES OF -6 TO -7. THE BEST MOISTURE WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...WEAK DYNAMICS AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL INHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANY THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. BDL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 339 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 GAZ008-009-016-042015- 339 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITE...UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND BLAIRSVILLE TO NORTH OF UNICOI STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WHITE...UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BLAIRSVILLE...OWLTON...CHOESTOE...THE ANNA RUBY FALLS SCENIC AREA AND UNICOI STATE PARK. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND RISING WATER ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 418 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 GAZ005-042045- 418 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS IN MURRAY COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RAMHURST...THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA-SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS MURRAY COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RAMHURST...CARTERS...HOLLEY AND THE WESTERN END OF CARTERS LAKE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND RISING WATER ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Union County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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