A weak cold front was located across central Georgia. An inverted trough was moving west through the eastern Gulf.
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A weak cold front was located across central Georgia. An inverted trough was moving west through the eastern Gulf. These combined to result in the typical summertime afternoon and evening thunderstorms, a few of which became strong to severe. Cloud-to-ground lightning was particularly significant with the thunderstorms on this day.
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 5, 3:23 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 423 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... LARGE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE EXPANDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S....MAINLY SOUTH OF 40 DEGREES LATITUDE...WILL BE THE PRIMARY SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURE FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. UPPER- LEVEL RIDGE...NOW CENTERED OVER N TX...WILL SPREAD EAST NEXT 2-3 DAYS...AND SHOULD BE CENTERED OVER AL/GA BY MID- WEEK...THEN RETROGRADE BACK TO THE WEST. NORMALLY THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE A RATHER SIMPLE FORECAST...BUT WITH PW NEAR 2.0 INCHES AND AMPLE HEAT/INSTABILITY AND LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE... CANNOT ELIMINATE DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION...SOME WEAK UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED VIA SHORT WAVES RIDING AROUND EASTERN PERIPHERY OF UPPER RIDGE. A SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE OH VALLEY HAS BEEN ABLE TO PENETRATE THE UPPER RIDGE ENOUGH TO ENHANCE SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY ACROSS N GA/N AL/TN/NC THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE SE OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD. CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT ACTIVITY LINGERING TOWARD MIDNIGHT...BUT VERY WARM TEMPS ALOFT AND LIMITED FORCING...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. LOW- LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS ABUNDANT AND TRAPPED UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...BUT FORCING IS MINIMAL AFTER TODAY ALONG WITH WARM MID- LEVEL TEMPS. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED MON- TUE...AND CONFINED MAINLY TO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS AND THE NE GA MOUNTAINS. MOS GRIDDED TEMPS CONTINUE TO RUN IN THE 95-100 RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. MAV/MET MOS ARE SIMILAR. DID NOT DEVIATE TOO FAR FROM MOS READINGS...EXCEPT FOR THE USUAL BIAS AT RMG. THE SE AREAS AND THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD STAY THE FARTHEST AWAY FROM THE 100 DEGREE MARK. CONDITIONS APPEAR TO STAY JUST SHY OF HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA...AT LEAST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. HOWEVER...AS NIGHTTIME TEMPS INCREASING STAY NEAR AND ABOVE 80 AND DEWPOINTS CREEP UP INTO THE LOW 70S BY MID AND LATE WEEK...HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... LARGE UPPER SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE SOUTHERN U.S. THROUGH THE EXTENDED. HOWEVER...THE GFS INSISTS ON A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT TO THE WEST OF THE UPPER RIDGE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS ALLOWS A STRONGER NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. AS A DEEP TROUGH DEVELOPS ALONG AND JUST OFF THE EAST COAST. A BACK DOOR FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA IN THE SAT-SUN TIME FRAME...WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY ONCE AGAIN FOR THE WEEKEND. IN THE INTERIM...ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE AROUND THE RIDGE WED...AND COULD ALSO ENHANCE SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON...GIVEN THAT WE REMAIN NEAR OR JUST INSIDE THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. OTHERWISE...JUST DIURNAL...MOSTLY OROGRAPHICALLY OR SEA BREEZE SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY EXPECTED 850MB TEMPS HOVER IN THE +20C-+22C THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...WITH GRIDDED MOS SFC TEMPS 95-100 FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. THU-FRI SHOULD BE THE WARMEST DAYS...ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE BACKDOOR FRONT. DID NOT STRAY FAR FROM GUIDANCE. SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS INDICATED FOR THE WEEKEND WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER/POPS AND THE RIDGE BACKING OFF INTO THE MIDWEST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 72 98 73 99 73 / 20 10 5 10 20 ATLANTA 76 96 76 98 76 / 20 10 5 10 20 BLAIRSVILLE 65 86 66 87 67 / 20 20 10 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 70 96 71 98 71 / 20 10 5 10 20 COLUMBUS 77 97 76 100 76 / 20 10 5 10 20 GAINESVILLE 73 95 74 96 74 / 20 10 5 10 20 MACON 72 97 73 100 73 / 20 10 5 10 20 ROME 72 96 73 97 73 / 20 10 5 10 20 PEACHTREE CITY 70 96 71 98 72 / 20 10 5 10 20 VIDALIA 75 96 76 96 75 / 20 20 10 10 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19/01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 436 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061230- 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- 436 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD EASTWARD INTO GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE HAS ROTATED AROUND THE RIDGE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA... FROM APPROXIMATELY WARRENTON TO COLUMBUS. BOTH FEATURES HAVE RESULTED IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DISCUSSION... MODERATE INSTABILITY HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. CAPE VALUES ARE IN THE 1500 TO 2500 RANGE WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 1 TO MINUS 3. THIS INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH THE SHORT WAVE NORTH AND SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET AND SHOULD BE DONE BY MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 343 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007 GAZ089-052015- 343 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AREA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WHICH MAY BLOW DOWN SOME WEAK OR SMALL TREES...POSSIBLY ONTO POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS ACTIVITY. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. 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. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 410 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007 GAZ023-052045- 410 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN HALL COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MURRAYVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS HALL COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MURRAYVILLE...OAKWOOD...GAINESVILLE...FLOWERY BRANCH... WESTSIDE...GAINESVILLE MILLS...CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN AND CANDLER. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:36 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Barrow County 911 Center reported that two power lines were down as the result of lightning strikes.
An official with the Monroe County Emergency Management Agency reported localized flooding as a result of very heavy rain from a small thunderstorm that passed from northwest to southeast across the county. The Forsyth area was particuarly hard hit where drainage systems were unable to handle the amounts of rain that fell in a 30 minute period of time. Several streets were flooded for a brief period. One building sustained minor damage when several inches of water got into the bottom floor.
An official with the Monroe County Emergency Management Agency reported that an apparent thunderstorm downburst or microburst caused considerable damage throughout the city of Forsyth and along Interstate-75 from mile marker 193 in the northwest part of the county to mile marker 185 just southeast of Forsyth. The damage consisted mainly of downed trees throughout this area, including many throughout the city of Forsyth. Several homes were damaged as a result of the downed trees and several power lines were down as well. Johnstonville Road at mile marker 193 was blocked from downed trees and power lines. Several roads were blocked in two subdivisions in the Forsyth area as a result of downed trees. The Riatta subdivision appeared to be the hardest hit where in addition to tree, home, and power line damage, some horse stables were damaged by the strong winds. It was also noted that there were several traffic accidents along Interstate-75 between mile markers 195 and 183.
The Washington County 911 Center reported that lightning started a brush fire along Montgmery Road in the southwest part of the county.
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