A short wave in westerly flow aloft brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to north and central Georgia during the afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. While most of the storms remained below severe limits, a couple produced isolated wind damage, including one incident in Atlanta that resulted in an injury when a tree fell on a vehicle.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A short wave in westerly flow aloft brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to north and central Georgia during the afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. While most of the storms remained below severe limits, a couple produced isolated wind damage, including one incident in Atlanta that resulted in an injury when a tree fell on a vehicle.
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 Jun 19, 4:20 AM EST, 9 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 520 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... MODELS SIMILAR WITH STRONG SHORTWAVE ROTATING THROUGH BASE OF UPPER TROUGH MOVING EAST FROM THE CENTRAL U.S. ...SWEEPING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TODAY/TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PROGGD TO REACH EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE TODAY...PUSHING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. BOUNDARY PROGGD NEAR A LAGRANGE TO ATHENS LINE BY 12Z WEDNESDAY...THEN MOVES INTO SOUTH GEORGIA BY LATE AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO BE AT A MINIMAL. SO FAR SPC NOT OUTLOOKING OUR AREA...HOWEVER COULD SEE A FEW STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH MODEL CAPES APPROACHING 1500. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT LOOK FOR BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AS FRONT DRIFTS ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS SIMILAR WITH ENDING PRECIP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL HOLD ON TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EXTREME SOUTHEAST INTO THE EVENING...WITH MODEL TENDENCY TO MOVE SYSTEMS OUT TOO QUICKLY. DRY FORECAST THURSDAY WITH FRONT PROGGD INTO NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTHEAST U. S. TEMPERATURES TODAY AND WEDNESDAY LARGELY DEPENDENT AND CLOUD AND PRECIP COVERAGE. WILL USE MAV/MET BLEND AS A GENERAL RULE. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BE THE DOMINATE FEATURE OVER OUR AREA INTO SATURDAY. LATEST GFS RUN SHOWS SOME TROUGHING ALONG THE EAST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A SHORTWAVE SWEEPING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...IT PUSHES SOME DEEPER MOISTURE INTO EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA. WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND WITH LOW POPS IN THAT AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. UPPER RIDGE LOOKS TO BECOME RE- ESTABLISHED OVER OUR AREA MONDAY AND PLAN TO KEEP ALL AREAS DRY FOR NOW. && .AVIATION... SURFACE RIDGE BREAKING DOWN OVER THE REGION AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. THIS WILL KEEP WINDS WEST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 06Z. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY AS WE APPROACH 12Z WEDNESDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AT OR BELOW 10 KTS AREAWIDE. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. WE HAVE A MIX OF VFR AND MVFR VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING...WITH THE MVFR CONDITIONS MUCH MORE PREVALENT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WHERE RAINFALL LINGERED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. I EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 14Z...WITH VFR VISIBILITIES EXPECTED AFTER 14Z OUTSIDE OF PRECIPITATION AREAS. CEILINGS HAVE REMAINED VFR OVERNIGHT...BUT MVFR CEILINGS ARE LURKING JUST WEST OF THE AREA ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA. AS THE PRECIPITATION COVERAGE INCREASES AFTER 14Z ACROSS THE AREA...I EXPECT A MIXTURE OF VFR AND MVFR CEILINGS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 83 67 85 62 89 / 80 60 20 5 5 ATLANTA 83 68 84 65 87 / 90 70 20 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 78 64 82 55 85 / 90 70 20 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 82 66 86 58 89 / 90 70 20 5 5 COLUMBUS 86 72 87 67 92 / 90 70 20 5 5 GAINESVILLE 80 66 83 62 86 / 90 70 20 5 5 MACON 89 73 89 65 94 / 80 60 40 10 5 ROME 86 68 91 59 93 / 90 70 10 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 82 68 87 58 89 / 80 70 20 5 5 VIDALIA 88 72 85 69 91 / 70 50 60 20 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 49/49
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1128 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-201215- 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- 1128 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A VERY MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AS THE SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. SHIFTS SOUTH AND EAST OFF THE COAST. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWEEP INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LIGHTNING...WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. .DISCUSSION... THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDICES FROM MINUS 1 TO MINUS 3 AND CAPE AROUND 1000 TO 1500. HOWEVER...THE APPROACHING UPPER WAVE AND COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 205 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 GAZ066-078-089-191845- 205 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN MUSCOGEE...HARRIS AND TROUP COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES WEST OF ABBOTTSFORD TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORTSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS MUSCOGEE... HARRIS AND TROUP COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS UP TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING. BOATERS ON WEST POINT LAKE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. GET OFF OF THE WATER IMMEDIATELY AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE COMPLETELY PASSED BEFORE RETURNING TO THE LAKE. 16
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 224 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 GAZ052-066-078-191915- 224 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN HARRIS...TROUP AND HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARESVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORTSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS HARRIS... TROUP AND HEARD COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS UP TO ONE INCH AN HOUR MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING. BOATERS ON WEST POINT LAKE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. GET OFF OF THE WATER IMMEDIATELY AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE COMPLETELY PASSED BEFORE RETURNING TO THE LAKE. 16
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The LaGrange Daily News reported that lightning struck a transformer outside the Dunson United Methodist Church on Barnard Avenue. The lightning traveled through the electrical lines into one of the air conditioners in the crawl space resulting in a fire which caused considerable damage to the structure.
The public reported that strong thunderstorm winds blew down a power line and also broke off a railroad crossing arm.
The Clayton County 911 Center reported that a couple of power lines were down at the intersection of Georgia Highways 85 and 138.
The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down around the city. One person was injured when a tree fell on their vehicle.
The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that three trees were down near Bouldercrest Road in the southwest part of the county in the Candler-McAfee/Cedar Grove area.
The Douglas County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down in the Lakeland Hills and South Burnt Hickory Road areas from a thunderstorm downburst. No property damage was reported, however.
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