1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 11:57 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1257 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2006 .UPDATE... A FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO AUGUSTA. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS AND EVENTUALLY THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTH TODAY LEAVING NORTH GEORGIA MOSTLY DRY. TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK SO NO UPDATES ARE PLANNED. && KNS/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1205 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-171600- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-CRAWFORD- CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-FANNIN-FAYETTE- FLOYD-FORSYTH-GALSCOCK-GILMER-GORDON-GREENE-GWINETT-HALL-HANCOCK- HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON- JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER- MONGTOMERY-MONROE-MORGAN-MURRAY-MUSCOGEE-N.FULTON-NEWTON-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-S.FULTON- SCHLEY-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ALAMO...AMERICUS...ATHENS... ATLANTA...BARNESVILLE...BLAIRSVILLE...BLUE RIDGE...BUCHANAN... BUENA VISTA...BUTLER...CALHOUN...CANTON...CARROLLTON... CARTERSVILLE...CEDARTOWN...CHATSWORTH...CLEVELAND...COCHRAN... COLUMBUS...COMER...CONYERS...CORDELE...COVINGTON...CRAWFORD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CUMMING...CUSSETA...DAHLONEGA...DALLAS...DALTON... DAWSONVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE...DUBLIN...EASTMAN...EATONTON... ELLAVILLE...ELLIJAY...FORSYTH...FORT VALLEY...FRANKLIN... GAINESVILLE...GIBSON...GRAY...GREEENVILLE...GREENSBORO...GRIFFIN... HAMILTON...HAWKINSVILLE...HOMER...IRWINTON...JACKSON...JASPER... JEFFERSON...JEFFERSONVILLE...JONESBORO...KENNESAW...LA FAYETTE... LA GRANGE...LAWRENCEVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LUMPKIN...MACON...MADISON... MCRAE...MILLEDGEVILLE...MONROE...MONTICELLO...MOUNT VERNON... NEWNAN...OGLETHORPE...PEACHTREE CITY...PRESTON...RAYLE...REDAN... RINGGOLD...ROBERTA...ROME...SANDERSVILLE...SOPERTON...SPARTA... STOCKBRIDGE...SUMMERSVILLE...SWAINSBORO...TALBOTTON...THOMASTON... TRENTON...UNION CITY...VIDALIA...VIENNA...WARNER ROBBINS... WARRENTON...WATKINSVILLE...WINDER...WRIGHTSVILLE...YOUNG HARRIS... ZEBULON 105 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... THE REMNANTS OF A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT AND OUTFLOW FROM YESTERDAYS THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACT AS FOCAL POINTS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND THE SLOW EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING BACK ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS FEATURE SHOULD CURB THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. HOWEVER...FARTHER SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST...THE PRESENCE OF A DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND SIGNIFICANT DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WEAK MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND STABLE AIR ALOFT SHOULD LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 12/SIRMON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 223 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2006 GAZ093-161900- MACON- 223 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MACON COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTEZUMA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR MARSHALLVILLE... MONTEZUMA...OGLETHORPE AND IDEAL THROUGH 300 PM EDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGNTING. TAKE SHELTER NOW AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLICANCES...INCLUDING TELEPHONES...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS AND YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE...OR YOUR HAIR STAND ON END...SQUAT AS LOW TO THE GROUND AS POSSIBLE. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST LIGHTNING FLASH OR THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. 12/SIRMON
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Griffin Daily News reported that a tree fell across McIntosh Road. The tree also brought down a power line, causing a power loss to several nearby homes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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