An unusual summer cold front continued to move southeast through Georgia. By afternoon it had moved through the northwest corner of the state.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
An unusual summer cold front continued to move southeast through Georgia. By afternoon it had moved through the northwest corner of the state. Northwest flow and cold air aloft continued to provide an unstable air mass across the area. This combined with daytime heating led to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms once again. Isolated storms became severe and most 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 29, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 357 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... BROAD UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. AT LEAST TWO FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVES ARE PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF THE TROUGH DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING. AIR MASS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH WIDESPREAD 70 TO 75 DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...CAPES IN THE 2000-3000 J/KG RANGE...AND LIS -2 TO -4. HOWEVER...RATHER WARM AIR ALOFT...-5C AT 500MB...APPEARS TO BE LIMITING THE INTENSITY OF THE ACTIVITY SO FAR TODAY. A WEAK FRONT LIES FROM NW-SE ACROSS THE CWA FROM NEAR RMG-ATL-MCN...WHICH WILL ENHANCE AND FOCUS SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND MON AFTERNOON AS WELL. SHORT WAVES WILL PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL FORCING ALOFT. THE FRONT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE IN THE LIGHTNING DISPLAY WITH ACTIVITY LINED UP FROM TUL-LIT-ATL. BEST AREA FOR CONVECTION WILL BE ALONG AND SW OF THE FRONT...WITH THE USUAL DIURNAL EMPHASIS. AIR MASS ACROSS N GA DRIES A LITTLE BIT BY MON AFTERNOON AS THE WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS FURTHER S/SW INTO CENTRAL GA. THUS...BEST CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVITY MON SHOULD BE ACROSS CENTRAL GA...BUT GIVEN HEATING AND MOISTURE...FEEL COMPELLED TO HOLD ONTO AT LEAST LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH. TUE...THE MOISTURE GETS PUSHED EVEN FURTHER S/SW AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO RETROGRADE WEST INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND ARKLATEX REGION. THE BEST FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WILL REMAIN NEAR THE FRONT...AFFECTING FAR S PARTS OF GA THROUGH THE MID-SOUTH AND ARKLATEX REGION. AM ALWAYS RELUCTANT TO DROP POPS COMPLETELY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AS THE MODELS FREQUENTLY PUSH FRONTS AND MOISTURE TOO FAR S. WILL DROP POPS FROM THE N 1/3 OF THE TUE-WED AREA...BUT WILL NEED TO LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR CENTRAL GA NEAREST THE BOUNDARY...BETTER MOISTURE...AND INSTABILITY. GUIDANCE TEMPS APPEAR FAIRLY REASONABLE...EXCEPT FOR RMG...WHICH CONTINUES TO SHOW HIGH MAV BIAS. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...THE UPPER TROUGH WEAKENS AND SHIFTS EAST. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT...WHICH HAS BEEN PARKED OVER THE MID U.S. FOR SOME TIME...BEGINS TO BUILD SE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THE WESTERN ATLANTIC SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BEGINS TO EXPAND WESTWARD INTO THE GULF. A WEAKNESS IS LEFT ALONG THE GULF COASTAL REGION. THUS...THE BEST AREA FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION SHOULD BE ACROSS FAR S GA AND THE FL PANHANDLE AND POINTS W/E. THIS MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO CREEP BACK TO THE NORTH BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE WESTERN U.S. RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND THE ATLANTIC SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CONTINUES TO EXPAND WESTWARD. SW FLOW WILL BEGIN TO BRING THE DEEPER MOISTURE BACK NORTH INTO THE CWA FY FRI AND INTO THE WEEKEND. OVERALL THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE IN MAX/MIN TEMPS THROUGH THE WEEK...REMAINING PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL. TEMPS MAY COME UP A TAD TOWARD THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK AS THE RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS DOWN FROM THE NW AND 850MB TEMPS WARM TO NEAR +20C...AS OPPOSED TO +18C RIGHT NOW. NAM/GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM ON OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN AND MOISTURE FIELDS. ECMWF MORE ROBUST WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING SE OVER THE AREA FROM THE MIDWEST BY NEXT WEEK...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INHIBIT DAILY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AS RELATIVELY DRY/STABLE NE FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 71 90 70 92 70 / 20 20 20 5 5 ATLANTA 74 90 72 92 72 / 30 20 20 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 68 86 66 87 65 / 20 20 20 10 5 CARTERSVILLE 70 91 67 92 67 / 30 20 20 5 5 COLUMBUS 75 93 74 94 74 / 50 50 30 20 20 GAINESVILLE 72 90 71 91 70 / 20 20 20 10 5 MACON 73 92 72 93 71 / 40 30 20 20 10 ROME 70 92 69 94 68 / 20 20 20 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 70 90 68 92 67 / 40 30 20 5 5 VIDALIA 74 92 74 92 71 / 40 50 30 20 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19/37
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 632 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-301045- 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- 632 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A MOIST LOW LEVEL AIR MASS PERSISTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WITH A WEAK SURFACE FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN TENNESSEE INTO EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. .DISCUSSION... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED OVER GEORGIA...WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN TENNESSEE INTO NORTH GEORGIA. THE AIR MASS WAS MOIST...AND THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD TRIGGER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE...WITH CAPES RANGING FROM 1000 TO 2000...AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF MINUS TWO TO MINUS THREE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PULSE TO SEVERE LEVELS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 438 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 GAZ097-109-292130- 438 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN EASTERN DODGE AND WESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN CADWELL AND CHESTER...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS ACTIVITY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PLAINFIELD...DEXTER...CHESTER...CADWELL...RENTZ...AND YONKERS. 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 444 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 GAZ108-109-292130- 444 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN WILCOX AND WESTERN DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...DEVELOPING RAPIDLY...BETWEEN ABBEVILLE AND PINEVIEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS EASTERN WILCOX AND WESTERN DODGE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 503 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 GAZ045-055-057-292130- 503 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN IN HENRY... CLAYTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DECATUR...TO STOCKBRIDGE...TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOCUST GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS HENRY...CLAYTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LUELLA...STOCKBRIDGE...PANTHERSVILLE...NORTH DRUID HILLS...NORTH DECATUR...MORROW...LOVEJOY...LAKE CITY... JONESBORO...IRONDALE...HAMPTON...GRESHAM PARK...FOREST PARK...DRUID HILLS AND DECATUR. 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 506 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 GAZ080-292145- 506 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA-SIZED HAIL IN TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BUTLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUTLER AND POTTERVILLE. 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 517 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 GAZ108>110-292200- 517 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN WILCOX...TELFAIR AND DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PINEVIEW TO WORKMORE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA-SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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 520 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 GAZ056-292200- 520 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND PEA-SIZED HAIL IN SPALDING COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXPERIMENT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT GRIFFIN...EAST GRIFFIN...AND ORCHARD HILL. 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
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The public observed penny-sized hail on College Street on the north side of Griffin. The public also reported that some of the hail may possibly have been as big as golf balls.
The Fire & Rescue Department for Montgomery county reported that four trees were down on power lines on the east side of the county.
The Times Georgian of Carrollton reported that a weekend type cabin was destroyed by a fire as a result of a lightning strike. The cabin was declared a total loss. The fire was not actually discovered until after a midnight by a driver passing by the scene.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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