Isolated multicell and a few supercell thunderstorms formed during the evening hours as a warm front moved into the area and an unseasonably cold air mass, which had been over the region for nearly a week, retreated to the northeast. Because the surface air mass was not particularly warm or moist, severe weather was mostly confined to penny and nickel-sized hail.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Isolated multicell and a few supercell thunderstorms formed during the evening hours as a warm front moved into the area and an unseasonably cold air mass, which had been over the region for nearly a week, retreated to the northeast. Because the surface air mass was not particularly warm or moist, severe weather was mostly confined to penny and nickel-sized hail.
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 Apr 11, 5:55 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 655 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE LIFTING NORTHWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SLIGHTLY FASTER THAT MODELS PROGGED. PRE-FRONTAL LINE OF CONVECTION HAS PUSHED INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND LINE HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA BETWEEN 22 AND 23Z. MODELS DIFFER ON HOW FAST FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH WITH GFS/ECMWF FASTER THAN NAM SOLUTION. WILL LEAN CLOSER TO SLOWER NAM SOLUTION FOR IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM...AS GFS APPEARS TOO FAST TO BREAK DOWN IN SITU WEDGE. EASTERLY FLOW NOTED INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN ALABAMA CURRENTLY AND IN SITU WEDGE WILL KEEP ALL BUT AREAS WEST OF A LAGRANGE TO CANTON LINE TOO STABLE FOR ANYTHING BUT ELEVATED CONVECTION. BEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR NOTED JUST AHEAD OF FRONT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING...WITH MOST UNSTABLE CAPES...LAPSE RATES INDICATING BEST AREA FOR THREAT FROM HAIL OVER WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS. WILL CONTINUE SEVERE WORDING FOR STORMS OVER WEST GEORGIA...BELIEVE THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALTHOUGH TORNADO THREAT APPEARS MINIMAL AS BETTER SHEAR SHIFTS NORTH OF FORECAST AREA AS FRONT APPROACHES. FURTHER SOUTH OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. TIMING OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 22-03Z. FRONT EXITS FORECAST AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING WITH DRY AIR FILTERING INTO THE SOUTHEAST AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO BEHIND THE EXITING FRONT. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT ARE MILD...AND GUIDANCE SHOWING GOOD WARM UP ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN TONIGHT AS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW SOME RADIATIONAL COOLING. .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A STRONG...BROAD SHORT WAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD. EXTENDED MODELS SHOW SOME DISCREPANCIES AS FAR AS TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT AND CONVECTION AHEAD/ALONG IT WHICH WILL IMPACT STRENGTH OF THUNDERSTORMS. DGEX/GFS A BIT FASTER BRINGING FRONT INTO AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH ECMWF HOLDING OFF UNTIL EARLY EVENING. FRONT SLOWS DOWN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY EXITING FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WEAK RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...AHEAD OF THE NEXT SHORT WAVE WHICH MOVES INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. EXTENDED MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AS FAR AS TIMING AND INTENSITY OF UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. EXTENDED MODELS DIVERGE FURTHER EARLY PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK AS GFS BUILDS SURFACE HIGH...DRIER AIR INTO FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY AHEAD OF INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH WHICH AFFECTS AREA ON DAY 7. ECMWF BRINGS WARM FRONT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AHEAD OF APPROACHING SYSTEM. WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR UNFOLDING SITUATION. HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED EXCEPT SUNDAY AND MONDAY WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE MODELS WARMING TEMPERATURES TOO QUICKLY. && .FIRE WEATHER... WILL CONTINUE FIRE WEATHER WATCH ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH CHANCES FOR RAINFALL IS NOT AS GOOD AS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING ANY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT TEN HOUR FUEL MOISTURES FOR TOMORROW. IF MEASURABLE RAINFALL DOES MISS CENTRAL PORTIONS TONIGHT...WIND GUSTS TOMORROW AFTERNOON WILL MEET CRITERIA FOR RED FLAG WARNING. CURRENTLY THE LINE OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL PUSH INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BUT SHOULD START TO WEAKEN AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES EASTWARD. && .AVIATION...WEDGE HOLDING ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GA THIS EVENING. STRONGEST STORMS MOST LIKELY CSG-MCN AND SOUTH. CONVECTION SHOULD BE DIMINISHING AFTER 03Z. IFR CEILINGS UNTIL SURFACE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...AFTER 03Z. CEILING IMPROVING AFTER THAT...BECOMING MOSTLY MID/HIGH WITH WINDS BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 MPH. VISIBILITY BELOW 3SM IN RAIN/FOG IMPROVING TO 5SM OR GREATER BY 03Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 46 70 42 74 50 / 60 5 5 5 20 ATLANTA 48 69 44 72 57 / 60 5 5 5 20 BLAIRSVILLE 42 65 34 68 50 / 60 10 5 10 20 CARTERSVILLE 43 68 37 69 52 / 60 5 5 5 30 COLUMBUS 51 76 45 79 57 / 40 5 5 5 10 GAINESVILLE 46 69 41 72 51 / 60 10 5 5 20 MACON 48 76 42 79 55 / 50 5 5 5 10 ROME 42 69 38 71 55 / 60 5 5 10 40 PEACHTREE CITY 43 70 37 75 53 / 50 5 5 5 20 VIDALIA 55 79 44 79 54 / 40 5 5 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA: BALDWIN...BIBB...BLECKLEY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRAWFORD...CRISP... DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...HANCOCK...HARRIS... HOUSTON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...LAURENS... MACON...MARION...MERIWETHER...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MUSCOGEE... PEACH...PIKE...PULASKI...SCHLEY...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT... TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TROUP...TWIGGS... UPSON...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX... WILKINSON. && 12/41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 AM EDT WED APR 11 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-121100- 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-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- 1115 AM EDT WED APR 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTHWEST TODAY...WEDGING DOWN THE APPALACHIANS INTO NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION...SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DALTON TO ATLANTA TO AMERICUS. THE BEST TIME WILL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 PM AND 9 PM. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY EAST FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE...WITH CAPES IN THE 500 TO 1000 RANGE AND LIFTED INDICES FROM ZERO TO MINUS 3 ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 538 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 GAZ001-112215- 538 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN DADE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ENGLAND TO 22 MILES WEST OF RISING FAWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS DADE COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TRENTON...NEW ENGLAND...WILDWOOD...RISING FAWN AND CLOUDLAND STATE PARK. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 538 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 GAZ001-112215- 538 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN DADE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ENGLAND TO 22 MILES WEST OF RISING FAWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS DADE COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TRENTON...NEW ENGLAND...WILDWOOD...RISING FAWN AND CLOUDLAND STATE PARK. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 604 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 GAZ061-073-112245- 604 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SCOTTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SCOTTSBORO...HARDWICK...COOPERS... MILLEDGEVILLE...MIDWAY-HARDWICK...DEVEREUX...LINTON...SPARTA AND CULVERTON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 619 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 GAZ001-002-112245- 619 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM FAIRVIEW TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF RISING FAWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE RISING FAWN...NEW ENGLAND...CLOUDLAND STATE PARK...TRENTON...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...CHICKAMAUGA...CEDAR GROVE AND ROCK SPRING. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:08 UTC.
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Troup County 911 Center observed penny-sized hail in LaGrange. The public reported penny-sized hail in West Point.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The weather observer for the Fort Benning military reservation observed half-dollar to golf ball-sized hail. The public also observed golf ball-sized hail in the area as well. The Chattahoochee County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail in Cusseta. The weather observer at Fort Benning also observed wind gusts to 43 mph. Some small tree limbs were blown down in the area.
The Marion County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail in the Buena Vista area.
The Schley County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
A Morgan county sheriff's deputy observed penny-sized hail in the area of Interstate-20 and U.S. Highway 129 or Eatonton Road. However, most of the hail observed in the area was pea-sized.
The Washington County 911 Center reported penny to quarter-sized hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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