S. on the 26th.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A strong upper trough was moving through the eastern half of the U.S. on the 26th. Scattered thunderstorms accompanied this system across north Georgia during the afternoon hours. A couple of these thunderstorms became strong to briefly severe across north central Georgia during the evening hours.
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 26, 5:40 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 640 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... DISJOINTED LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STORMS CURRENTLY WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH... WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT AND SLOWLY BECOMING FURTHER REMOVED FROM THE UPPER DYNAMICS. FINGER OF SLIGHT RISK REMAINS IN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...OVERALL SEVERE THREAT REMAINS MINIMAL ALTHOUGH SHEAR PROFILES MIGHT SUPPORT A SEVERE STORM OR TWO IF INSTABILITY CAN GEAR UP. SOME WEAK VORT LOBES WILL ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW TONIGHT AS IT CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE NORTHEAST...WITH BEST LOW LEVEL WINDS IN NORTH GEORGIA AROUND 00Z TONIGHT. GFS IS FAR MORE STABLE THAN THE NAM...NOT SURPRISING...AND IS SUPPORTED MORE BY THE ECMWF SO AM LEANING TOWARDS ITS SOLUTION VS. THE MORE UNSTABLE NAM. BOTH MODELS ARE SIMILAR ON TIMING BUT THE GFS AND ECMWF TAKE THE LOW FURTHER NORTH...PERHAPS EXPLAINING THE LACK OF INSTABILITY. RELATIVELY SIMILAR SHEAR PROFILES FOR BOTH BUT THE NAM SLIGHTLY MORE SIGNIFICANT WITH AN ADDITIONAL FLARE-UP FRIDAY MORNING IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AS A RESULT...I HAVE NOT PUSHED POPS OUT QUITE AS QUICKLY AS THE GFS WOULD HAVE BUT RATHER LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE IN EASTERN ZONES FOR FRIDAY MORNING. THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH AND SUBSIDENCE BUILDS IN LATER ON FRIDAY...BUT A WEAK IMPULSE MOVES DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH ON SATURDAY AS THE SOUTHERN STREAM JET NOSES INTO THE REGION. GFS HAS SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK SO I PULLED BACK ON SOME OF THE POPS BUT NONETHELESS SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON ARE WARRANTED. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... TROUGH PUSHES OFF THE EAST COAST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH WEAK RIDGING BUILDING INTO THE AREA. UPPER LOW DEVELOPING OVER BAJA WILL FINALLY KICK OUT TOWARD MIDWEEK. ECMWF AND GFS IN DISAGREEMENT AS FAR AS HOW STRONG THIS SYSTEM IS...AND ALSO WITH STRENGTH OF THE HIGH TRYING TO RIDGE DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. IN THE MEANTIME...WEAK RIDGING ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE SOUTHEAST...GENERALLY IN THE 80S. && .AVIATION... PRIMARY CONCERN IS COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA TONIGHT AND ASSOCIATED IFR CONDITIONS...ALBEIT BRIEF. CURRENT COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA RATHER MEAGER SO FAR AND MAY NOT EXPAND TO CATEGORICAL BASED ON GFS/WRF MODEL PROGS AND MOS GUIDANCE POPS OF 60 OR LESS. MAY NEED TO WITH TEMPO SHRA OR TSRA THROUGH 02Z AT A FEW AIRPORTS SOUTH AND EAST OF KMCN BUT OTHERWISE LOOKS LIKE VCTS WILL BE MORE APPROPRIATE GIVEN EXPECTED COVERAGE. COULD SEE SOME STRATUS AFTER 06Z AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE. MOS CIG PROBS LOOKS PRETTY HEALTHY AS WELL. WILL BRING IN OVC015 BY 08Z AND KEEP IT ABOVE 1000FT. CLEARING SHOULD TAKE PLACE RAPIDLY AFTER 12Z AT MOST AIRPORTS. WEST OPERATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. SNELSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 59 78 50 74 49 / 30 20 10 20 10 ATLANTA 60 73 54 71 51 / 20 5 10 20 10 BLAIRSVILLE 53 67 48 65 44 / 40 10 10 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 55 73 50 69 45 / 30 5 10 20 10 COLUMBUS 62 82 53 80 54 / 20 5 10 10 5 GAINESVILLE 58 74 51 70 51 / 40 10 10 20 10 MACON 61 83 50 79 51 / 20 5 10 10 10 ROME 55 73 51 70 47 / 30 5 10 20 10 PEACHTREE CITY 56 74 48 72 49 / 20 5 10 20 10 VIDALIA 64 84 55 81 56 / 20 20 5 10 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 434 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-271200- 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- 434 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER ALABAMA WILL MOVE INTO WEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A LAGRANGE TO AUGUSTA LINE. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT NOW OVER ALABAMA. AN INCREASINGLY WARM AND MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TODAY AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER. CAPES IN THE 500 TO 1000 RANGE HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY. A MID LEVEL DRY INTRUSION AND STRONG DEEP-LAYER FLOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RAPID STORM MOTION AND ENHANCED POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWEST 3000 FEET WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POSSIBILITY FOR A BRIEF TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH GEORGIA SATURDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 252 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 GAZ022-023-033-034-261915- 252 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN GWINNETT... FORSYTH...HALL AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROSWELL TO DACULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS SMALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN FULTON...GWINNETT...FORSYTH...AND SOUTHERN HALL COUNTIES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 335 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 GAZ004-005-262000- 335 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN WHITFIELD AND SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTIES...ONE BETWEEN TILTON AND DALTON...AND ANOTHER BETWEEN HOLLEY AND RAMHURST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...WHICH MAY BLOW DOWN WEAK OR SMALL TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 450 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 GAZ004-005-262115- 450 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN WHITFIELD COUNTY NEAR VARNELL AND BETWEEN COHUTTA AND GREGORY IN MURRAY COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 546 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 GAZ020-031-262215- 546 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN PAULDING AND BARTOW COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW HOPE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF ROTATION AND COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS VERY QUICKLY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS PAULDING AND BARTOW COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE NEW HOPE...CARTERSVILLE...EMERSON AND RED TOP MOUNTAIN STATE PARK. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 607 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 GAZ021-262230- 607 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 TO 45 MPH WINDS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF CHEROKEE NEAR THE BARTOW COUNTY LINE MOVING RAPIDLY INTO SOUTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 4O TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE CHEROKEE...LEBANON...HOLLY SPRINGS...WALESKA...CANTON...BUFFINGTON...NELSON AND BALL GROUND. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF ROTATION ALOFT AND IS BEING MONITORED VERY CLOSELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 642 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 GAZ001-262300- 642 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN DADE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF WILDWOOD...IN NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY ALABAMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL SKIRT ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST PART OF DADE COUNTY AND THEN QUICKLY MOVE INTO TENNESSEE. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS NORTHWEST DADE COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE WILDWOOD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS. 19
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:49 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of trees and power lines were down in a subdivision north of Canton. One of the downed trees caused some minor structural damage to a home in the subdivision.
The Lumpkin County Emergency Management Director reported that about 20 small trees were down across the western portion of the county. In addition, one power line was also down in this area. Several reports of funnel clouds were received from the public in this part of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 28767, 28768.