A strong cold front was approaching the area from the west early on the 28th. A deep upper-level trough was moving into the mid-south.
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A strong cold front was approaching the area from the west early on the 28th. A deep upper-level trough was moving into the mid-south. Unusually warm, moist Gulf air was present over the region in advance of these systems. Widespread showers and thunderstorms spread across the area from the southwest early in the day and moved rapidly northeast, bringing beneficial rains to much of north and central Georgia. However, an isolated severe thunderstorm was reported in west central Georgia in Heard county before daybreak.
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 28, 4:55 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 455 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... A VERY DYNAMIC WEATHER PATTERN ON TAP FOR THE REGION OVER THE NEXT 72 HOURS. LATEST SURFACE MAP SHOWS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SE TX AND A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD ALONG THE GA AND FL STATE LINE. A VIGOROUS UPPER DISTURBANCE KICKING OUT OF OK/TX THIS MORNING WILL DRIVE THE SURFACE LOW NEWD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PUSH THE WARM FRONT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE BY EARLY AFTERNOON...PLACING MUCH OF GA IN A WARM...MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THIS COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...A STRONG DIFFLUENT UPPER JET AND A 40-50KT MID LEVEL JET CLIPPING NW GA DURING THE AFTERNOON-EARLY EVENING HOURS WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY WEST CENTRAL AND NW GA LATER TODAY-EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE GREATER RISK WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF COLUMBUS TO ATLANTA TO CANTON TO CHATTANOOGA LINE. ALTHO CAPES AND LIS REMAIN RATHER LOW (100-300 CAPE & ZERO TO -1 LI)...LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND HELICITY VALUES WILL BE VERY HIGH (200-400 HELICITY)...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN RISK WILL LIKELY BE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHO WITH THOSE HIGH SHEAR/HELICITY VALUES...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THIS THREAT WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM THIS AFTERNOON-EVENING...AND SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH BY MID EVENING AS THE UPPER SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE LOW PUSH FAR TO THE NNE. THE COLD FRONT GETS STRETCHED OUT AND WILL SLOWLY PUSH ACROSS THE STATE THRU SATURDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS FIRST SYSTEM SHOULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 0.5 TO 1.0 INCH. AN OVER RUNNING RAIN EVENT QUICKLY SETS UP FOR SUNDAY AS ANOTHER VIGOROUS UPPER SHORTWAVE PUSHES ACROSS THE SOUTH AND DRIVES ANOTHER SURFACE LOW ACROSS SOUTH GA ON SUNDAY. SHOULD SEE MAINLY A COOL...STABLE RAIN...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GA...WITH POSSIBLY SURFACE BASED STORMS FURTHER SOUTH. HAVE NOT MENTIONED THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL MONITOR THAT POTENTIAL CLOSELY AS SUNDAY APPROACHES. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS FOR SUNDAY SHOULD BE AROUND 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER FWC NUMBERS FOR HIGHS TODAY WITH CLOUDS ALREADY IN PLACE AND RAIN QUICKLY APPROACHING FROM AL. THEN LEANED TOWARD THE MAV NUMBERS THRU THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... A COOL DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...THEN GETS REINFORCED EARLY TUESDAY AS A BLAST OF COLD AIR OUT OF CANADA SWEEPS INTO THE AREA. COULD SEE A FEW FLURRIES IN THE MOUNTAINS JUST BEHIND THE FRONT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE TRAVERSES THE DEEP SOUTH WITH COLD TEMPS IN THE 20S IN PLACE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS LACK OF MOISTURE WILL HINDER ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. && .AVIATION...UPDATED... DIFFICULT TAF FORECAST FOR TODAY. IFR-LIFR CEILINGS OVER MUCH OF AREA WITH MVFR VSBYS DUE TO DRIZZLE AND FOG. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE SW. UNSURE HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE CEILINGS AND AM PLANNING TO KEEP CONDITIONS ON THE LOW SIDE FOR NOW. SOME IMPROVEMENT LATER TODAY TO MVFR OR POSSIBLY VFR IN ADVANCE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WITH APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ESE WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS BECOMING S LATER TODAY AROUND 10 KTS. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 58 50 66 42 53 / 80 60 10 70 80 ATLANTA 58 46 60 44 51 / 80 50 10 70 80 BLAIRSVILLE 55 39 59 35 50 / 100 70 10 50 70 CARTERSVILLE 61 42 59 36 53 / 100 60 10 70 70 COLUMBUS 67 53 67 48 57 / 60 50 20 80 70 GAINESVILLE 54 46 62 42 50 / 90 60 10 60 70 MACON 68 53 68 49 57 / 50 40 20 70 70 ROME 63 43 63 37 57 / 100 50 10 60 60 PEACHTREE CITY 65 45 61 41 53 / 80 50 10 80 80 VIDALIA 72 57 70 54 62 / 20 20 30 60 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291000- 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- 500 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. .SYNOPSIS... A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING A COLD FRONT TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE TODAY OR EARLY EVENING AND ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM THE GEORGIA...TENNESSEE...NORTH CAROLINA BORDER TO ATLANTA TO COLUMBUS...LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DISCUSSION... A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE TO THE AREA THIS MORNING CAUSING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THEN...STRONG WINDS AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY. CAPES WILL INCREASE TO 500 OR LESS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OR TORNADOES LATE TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. BDL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 439 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 GAZ102-103-281030- 439 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN WEBSTER AND STEWART COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM EST... AT 439 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH A FEW STRONG EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF FLORENCE MARINA STATE PARK TO ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WESTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS WEBSTER AND STEWART COUNTIES THROUGH 530 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE TROUTMAN...WESTVILLE...PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...FLORENCE MARINA STATE PARK...WESTON...LUMPKIN...DUMAS... RICHLAND...PRESTON...LOUVALE AND BROOKLYN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 509 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 GAZ090-281045- 509 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY UNTIL 545 AM EST... AT 509 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY THROUGH 545 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE JAMESTOWN...RENFROE...MANTA AND CUSSETA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 512 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 GAZ092-093-281045- 512 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN SCHLEY AND MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM EST... AT 512 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR WALLS CROSSING TO ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF OGLETHORPE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS SCHLEY AND MACON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LA CROSSE...ELLAVILLE...WALLS CROSSING... FOUNTAINVILEE...MURRAYS CROSSROADS...OGLETHORPE...MONTEZUMA...IDEAL AND GARDEN VALLEY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 555 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 GAZ052-053-066-281200- 555 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN TROUP...HEARD AND COWETA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EST... AT 555 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF GLENN IN HEARD COUNTY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS TROUP...HEARD AND EVENTUALLY INTO COWETA COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE GLENN...WARESVILLE... TEXAS... HARRISONVILLE...FRANKLIN...HOGANSVILLE...COOKSVILLE... CORINTH...HANDY...GRANTVILLE...STEPHENS CROSSROADS...MORELAND... SARGENT...AND NEWNAN.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:20 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm spotter observed nickel-sized hail in the Franklin area.
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