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 Jul 20, 6:35 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 735 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 .SHORT TERM... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE FORECAST PERIOD. EASTERN END OF THE RIDGE OVER THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS RATHER WEAK AND DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE. BY THE END OF THE WEEK THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE RIDGE BUILDS NORTH AND EAST RESULTING IN WEAK NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THIS ALLOWS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO SAG INTO THE REGION FRIDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL MOISTURE OR LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AND BARRING ANY CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES RIDING DOWN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WE SHOULD NOT SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM WITH HIGHS AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. .LONG TERM... OVER THE WEEKEND THE WESTERN RIDGE SHIFTS EASTWARD BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE SUNDAY. THIS MAY SUPPRESS THE DIURNAL CONVECTION PATTERN A BIT...BUT I STILL EXPECT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO BREAK THROUGH EACH AFTERNOON. MODELS SHIFT THE PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PATTERN BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD AS UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. THIS PUTS GEORGIA UNDER AN ALMOST ZONAL FLOW PATTERN BY NEXT WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST...TRENDING BACK TOWARD NORMAL BY DAY 7 AS UPPER RIDGE IS REPLACED WITH ZONAL FLOW UNDER THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. TROUGH. && .AVIATION... WE REMAIN UNDER UPPER RIDGE WITH LIGHT WINDS AT ALL LEVELS. THE ONLY SOURCE OF LIFT IS DAYTIME HEATING AND CONVERGENCE ALONG WEAK LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES. EXPECTING EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEAT...SOMETIME AROUND 02-03Z. SCATTERED MID LEVEL CLOUD ALONG WITH SOME CIRRUS WILL BE ALL THAT IS LEFT FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SOME AIRPORTS REPORTING HAZE...AND THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR A WIDER AREA THURSDAY. WILL SHOW SOME HAZE IN THE FORECASTS... WITH VISIBILITIES MAINLY 3-5 MILES TOWARD SUNRISE IMPROVING TO 5 OR 6 AFTER SUNRISE. KATL AND OTHERS MAY REPORT UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES LATER IN THE DAY WHILE OTHERS HOLD ON TO 5 TO 6 MILES. ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED SIMILAR TO THOSE SEEN WEDNESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 73 91 74 93 / 30 40 30 40 ATHENS 72 92 72 93 / 30 40 30 40 GAINESVILLE 71 90 72 91 / 30 40 30 40 ROME 73 93 72 94 / 30 40 30 40 COLUMBUS 75 94 75 95 / 30 40 30 40 MACON 75 94 74 95 / 30 40 30 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && 20/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 601 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211000- 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- 601 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MEANWHILE A WEAKENING BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY...WHICH WILL TRIGGER SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 PM AND 8 PM. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AS DAYTIME HEATING COMBINES WITH DECREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 70S TODAY. INSTABILITY INDICES WILL BE MARGINAL WITH LIFTED INDICES AROUND MINUS 2 AND CAPES INCREASING TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AS THE WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL KEEP ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE 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 708 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ079-080-091-202345- 708 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN TAYLOR... MARION AND TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GENEVA TO NEAR BUTLER...MOVING VERY LITTLE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE JUNCTION CITY AND HOWARD. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 745 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 726 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ031-032-210000- 726 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN PAULDING AND COBB COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW HOPE...DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MACLAND. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 800 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 752 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ032-210015- 752 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN COBB COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT... AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MARIETTA THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SMYRNA. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 815 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 834 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ032-033-045-210100- 834 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN DEKALB...COBB AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SANDY SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DORAVILLE AND CHAMBLEE. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 900 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 851 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ069-210115- 851 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN UPSON COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM EDT... AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ROLAND...THOMASTON...AND THE ROCK...MOVING VERY LITTLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 915 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 912 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ069-210145- 912 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN UPSON COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN THOMASTON AND THE ROCK...MOVING VERY LITTLE. 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 STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 945 PM EDT.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:25 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck near a senior citizens center and caused $1,000 in damages to a deep freezer at the facility.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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