A strong upper-level disturbance and cold front were approaching the area from the west late in the day. A band of light to moderate rain preceded these weather systems across west Georgia late in the day.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A strong upper-level disturbance and cold front were approaching the area from the west late in the day. A band of light to moderate rain preceded these weather systems across west Georgia late in the day. The leading edge of this rain area brought strong winds to parts of northwest Georgia, causing some trees and power lines to be blown down.
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 Dec 20, 5:30 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... PRECIP CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EASTWARD...AND SOUTHERN PORTION HAS FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVECTION. STABILITY INDICES LOWER TO MINUS 3 LI AND CAPE TO JUST OVER 400 AS THE BULK OF THE STORM MOVES INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TONIGHT. RAINFALL DIMINISHES AND MOVES DURING THE DAY FRIDAY... AND AS THE LOW MOVES OFF THE COAST...A WEDGE SETS UP FOR SATURDAY. AS A RESULT OF THE WEDGE...WILL LOWER SATURDAYS HIGH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES. IN ADDITION TO THE COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND LOW CLOUDS...LIGHT PRECIPITATION MIGHT ALSO BE EXPECTED. SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. THE GFS MODEL HAS MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM THAN THE NAM...BUT BOTH MODELS HAVE THE BULK OF IT LIFTING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST BEFORE THE FRONT ENTERS GEORGIA SUNDAY. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SUNDAY NIGHT THE FRONT SETTLES INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WITH LIGHT RAINFALL ALONG IT...BUT IT ALL EXITS BY MORNING. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BECOMES DOMINATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS MEXICO STARTS TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION... DETERIORATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA. MVFR TO LOW VFR CIGS LOWERING INTO THE IFR RANGE BY 02Z...WITH VSBYS GENERALLY HOLDING IN THE MVFR RANGE MOST AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING. EXPECTING SOLID IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUES. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE FRIDAY. MAYBE AFTER 18Z BEFORE SEEING CIGS BACK IN THE MVFR RANGE. VSBYS SHOULD BEGIN TO SHOW SOME IMPROVE AFTER 15Z. EXPECT GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN TONIGHT BETWEEN SURFACE HIGH WEDGING DOWN THE APPALACHIANS AND SURFACE LOW MOVING EAST FROM MISSISSIPPI. EXPECT EAST WINDS TO BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE EVENING...GENERALLY IN THE 10 TO 15KT RANGE...WITH GUST UP TO 25 KTS POSSIBLE. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KTS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. 049 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 54 44 47 40 52 / 30 100 30 5 20 ATLANTA 56 45 48 41 53 / 50 90 20 5 20 BLAIRSVILLE 48 41 48 40 53 / 50 90 20 5 20 CARTERSVILLE 57 45 51 41 55 / 50 80 10 5 20 COLUMBUS 64 50 55 45 65 / 50 80 20 5 10 GAINESVILLE 50 43 47 40 52 / 50 100 20 5 20 MACON 63 51 53 45 63 / 40 100 40 5 10 ROME 54 46 54 43 64 / 50 90 10 0 10 PEACHTREE CITY 59 46 52 42 57 / 50 90 20 5 20 VIDALIA 67 50 59 48 65 / 20 90 60 5 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 37
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 435 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211130- 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- 435 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OR DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY FROM OKLAHOMA TO NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FROM 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO MCRAE. .DISCUSSION... THE AIRMASS SOUTH OF A WARM FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE THIS EVENING. LIFTED INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ZERO TO MINUS ONE WITH CAPES OF 100 TO 200. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. RRH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 517 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 GAZ001>004-011-210015- 517 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN CHATTOOGA...DADE...WALKER...WHITFIELD AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 515 PM EST...AN AREA OF STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA AND APPEARED TO BE HEADED TOWARD PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. A PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IS EXPECTED IN CHATTOOGA...DADE...WALKER...WHITFIELD AND CATOOSA COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 715 PM WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BEING CAUSED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS LOW IS FORMING AT THE SAME TIME A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS TRYING TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHERN GEORGIA. THE STRONGER THE DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE...THE HIGHER THE WIND SPEEDS. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL WEATHER SITUATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 557 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 GAZ012-019-210015- 557 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EST... AT 555 PM EST...AN AREA OF STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA AND APPEARED TO BE HEADED TOWARD PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. A PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IS EXPECTED IN FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 715 PM WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BEING CAUSED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS LOW IS FORMING AT THE SAME TIME A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS TRYING TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHERN GEORGIA. THE STRONGER THE DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE...THE HIGHER THE WIND SPEEDS. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL WEATHER SITUATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Chattooga County 911 Center reported that numerous trees and power lines were down throughout the county.
The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were blown down on Old Dalton Road and Bells Ferry Road. The Rome News Tribune reported that several trees were down on power lines in the Lindale area leaving about 1750 residents mostly in that area without power.
A storm spotter reported that a power line was down in Carrollton. Several tree limbs were also down in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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