A back door cold front was approaching the area from the northeast. S.
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A back door cold front was approaching the area from the northeast. Meanwhile, a low pressure trough in the northeast U.S. continued to provide a cold, unstable northwest flow aloft over the area. This lead to the development of scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. One of these became severe in southeast Georgia. All of the storms produced frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.
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 Jul 28, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 300 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SHORT WAVE DROPPING SOUTHWARD JUST EAST OF FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON HAS AIDED IN DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. GOOD CLOUD SHEILD ASSOCIATED WITH MORNING CONVECTION HAS DIMINISHED ENOUGH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH/WEST GEORGIA THAT TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY APPROACHING 90. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD QUICKLY DESTABILIZE SOUTH OF A LAGRANGE TO MILLEDGEVILLE THIS AFTERNOON. SHORT TERM MODELS SHOW WEAK SHEAR OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF I-20 WHERE SPC HAS OUTLOOKED AREA FOR SLIGHT RISK /SEE SWODY1/...INDEED SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA ALREADY UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 00Z. WILL HOLD OFF ON CLEARING ANY COUNTIES AS AREAL COVERAGE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS SHORT WAVE WEAKENS AND MOVES OFF TO THE EAST THIS EVENING CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH. ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW BUT AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINS TO BE ABSORBED INTO MAIN FLOW IMBEDDED IMPULSES ARE WEAKER AND WEAKER AS THEY TRAVERSE THE FORECAST AREA. WEAK SURFACE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SAG SOUTHWARD TOWARD FORECAST AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH FORECAST AREA BY THE END OF THE SHORT TERM PERIODS. SHORT TERM MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ALTHOUGH GFS EXHIBITING SOME SIGNS OF CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THROUGH SHORT TERM AND WILL GENERALLY TAKE A BLEND OF MAV/MET. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXTENDED MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH A FEW DISCREPENCIES IN STRENGTH OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND TIMING OF THE SHIFT EASTWARD. GFS INDICATES WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EASTWARD ALLOWING THE UPPER RIDGE TO BEGIN BUILDING OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN U.S. BEHIND WEAK SURFACE FRONT WHICH MODELS WASH OUT OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA. BY NEXT WEEKEND THE SOUTHEAST IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER RIDGE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. ENOUGH MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA TO WARRANT ISOLATED CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDWEEK. LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW SETS UP BY EARLY FRIDAY INCREASING MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE GULF THAT SCATTERED DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION CAN BE EXPECTED. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES APPEAR REASONABLE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH EXTENDED PERIODS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 69 87 69 90 70 / 30 50 30 20 20 ATLANTA 71 88 71 89 73 / 30 30 30 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 65 83 65 88 66 / 30 50 30 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 68 87 67 91 67 / 30 40 30 20 20 COLUMBUS 74 89 73 92 74 / 40 40 30 30 30 GAINESVILLE 70 86 69 90 71 / 30 50 30 20 10 MACON 73 90 72 93 72 / 40 40 30 30 30 ROME 71 92 69 93 68 / 30 40 30 20 20 PEACHTREE CITY 69 88 68 90 67 / 30 30 30 20 20 VIDALIA 73 89 73 90 74 / 40 50 30 30 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 07/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 420 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291215- 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- 420 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A SIGNIFICANT MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHING THROUGH EASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA IS PRODUCING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO ITS SOUTH AND EAST. IN THE DISTURBANCES WAKE...A SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR MASS HAS KEEP THUNDERSTORMS AT A MINIMUM OVER WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. FURTHER NORTH...ANOTHER WEAKER SHORTWAVE OVER TENNESSEE IS ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER FAR NORTH GEORGIA. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA AS IT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. .DISCUSSION... THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS GEORGIA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH CAPE VALUES THIS AFTERNOON OVER 2000 AND LIFTED INDICES NEAR -5...WITH MOST INSTABILITY OVER SOUTHEAST PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...AS WELL AS FAR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A MID-LEVEL JET STREAK PASSING OVERHEAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS GENERATED MODERATE SHEAR OVER PARTS OF THE AREA...HELPING TO SUPPORT MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THAN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY WITH MORE ISOLATED STORMS ANTICIPATED EACH DAY AFTER THAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS EVENING...AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA. SBK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 358 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 GAZ097-098-282045- 358 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN TREUTLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN DUBLIN...MINTER...LOWERY...AND ROCKLEDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MINTER AND ROCKLEDGE. 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 449 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 GAZ112-113-282130- 449 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZED HAIL...35 MPH WIND GUSTS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN WESTERN TOOMBS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM KIBBEE...TO HIGGSTON...TO ALSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AILEY...HIGGSTON...ALSTON...UVALDA AND CEDAR CROSSING. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES 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 459 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 GAZ112-113-282130- 459 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...PEA SIZED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN SOUTHWEST TOOMBS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN AILEY AND ALSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS ACTIVITY. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATES THAT MORE THAT 50 OR MORE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES HAD BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS ACTIVITY WITHIN A 5 MINUTE PERIOD ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HIGGSTON...AILEY...AND ALSTON. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. 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
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:07 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Toombs County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail in the western part of the county near the Montgomery county line on Georgia Highway 130, just northwest of South Thompson.
The Toombs County Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm downburst blew down 10 to 20 trees northeast of Lyons. In addition, one home lost about 40 shingles. One tree was also down in the city of Lyons as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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