The strong upper trough moving through the Ohio Valley continued to cause problems in the southeast for yet another day. As was the case on the 4th, severe thunderstorms were confined to the far southeast part of the County Warning Area (CWA).
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
The strong upper trough moving through the Ohio Valley continued to cause problems in the southeast for yet another day. As was the case on the 4th, severe thunderstorms were confined to the far southeast part of the County Warning Area (CWA). Northwest flow aloft kept isolated thunderstorms going well after dark and into the early morning hours of the 6th. Renewed, albeit isolated, thunderstorm development occurred in the west central part of the state during the early morning hours before sunrise on the 6th.
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 May 5, 5:41 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 641 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... INCREASINGLY HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN WILL EVOLVE IN THE SHORT TERM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS AS AN OMEGA BLOCK PATTERN DEVELOPS WITH THE SE U.S. SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN TWO DEEP CLOSED LOWS...ONE IN THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND ANOTHER OFF THE SE U.S. COAST. THIS PATTERN WILL EVOLVE IN THE SHORT TERM AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS WELL DOWN THE EAST COAST AND CUTS OFF...OFF THE MID- ATLANTIC COAST AND DRIFTS SOUTHWARD. AN EXPANSIVE UPPER RIDGE WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN THE TWO CLOSED LOWS SPREADING FROM THE MID SOUTH INTO THE NE U.S. THIS WILL RESULT IN ALL MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION PRODUCING SYSTEMS BEING BLOCKED FROM THIS REGION OF THE COUNTRY. THE AREA WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY IN NW FLOW ALOFT. IN THE IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM...FOCUS WILL BE ON POTENTIAL SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT ALONG WEDGE BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL GA. WEAK AREA OF INSTABILITY AND MODERATE CAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF WEDGE BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...BEST UPPER DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN ACROSS NE GA AND POINTS NE THROUGH THE EVENING. CANNOT RULE OUT SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF WEDGE BOUNDARY...BUT ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN ISOLD WITH LIMITED UPPER SUPPORT...AND SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET WITH LOSS OF HEATING. WOULD EXPECT ADDITIONAL SHRA ACROSS THE NE AREAS DURING THE EVENING...BUT WITH COOL 60S IN PLACE ACROSS THIS REGION...AIR MASS IS VERY STABLE...AND DO NOT EXPECT TSRA IN THESE AREAS. AS UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO EXPAND EASTWARD IN RESPONSE TO DIGGING SW U.S. UPPER RIDGE...EXPECT AREA OF SHRA IN NE GA TO SHIFT FURTHER EAST DURING THE NEXT 12 HRS...AND SHOULD BE MOSTLY OUT OF THE FFC CWA BY MIDNIGHT. WEDGE WILL HOLD FIRM ACROSS THE NC/NE AREAS THROUGH SUN...THEN BE REINFORCED WITH A STRONG SURGE OF DRY...COOL AIR LATE SUN-MON AS THE UPPER LOW DEEPENS OF THE NC/SC COAST. THIS SHOULD FINALLY PUSH THE WEDGE ASSOCIATED BL MOISTURE WEST OF THE AREA. THERE MAY BE A FEW BREAKS IN THE OVC ACROSS THE W/S PARTS OF THE CWA SUN...BUT SUN SHOULD STILL BE A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLD SHRA/TSRA ALONG BACKDOOR FRONTAL BOUNDARY FAR SOUTHERN AREAS SUN...BUT MOST OF THIS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE TAE/JAX CWAS. MAV/MET MOS FAIRLY CLOSE AND ON THE COOL SIDE FOR SUN...WHICH LOOKS GOOD AS WEDGE AND ASSOCIATED LOW CLOUD COVER CONTINUES. FWC MOS TOO WARM AND NOT ACCOUNTING PROPERLY FOR WEDGE. WILL FAVOR COOLER MET/MOS GUIDANCE...AND PROBABLY GO JUST IN BETWEEN THE TWO. ALL GUIDANCE PACKAGES SIMILAR FOR MON...AND ON THE COOL SIDE. AS STRONG WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NE SUN-MON...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE EAST...BUT SHOULD STAY BELOW LOCAL WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... LONG TERM WILL BE DOMINATED BY BLOCKED OMEGA PATTERN WITH DEEP CLOSED UPPER LOW OFF THE SC/NC COAST. THIS LOW WILL MEANDER ABOUT CUTOFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW...BUT REMAIN MOSTLY OFFSHORE. ALL OF THE EXTENDED MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON PATTERN. THIS WILL KEEP GA IN A DRY N-NW FLOW ALOFT. TOWARD THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...THE PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AND WHAT IS LEFT OF THE DEEP UPPER LOW...CURRENTLY IN THE SW U.S....WILL BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY EASTWARD IN A GREATLY WEAKENED...OPEN WAVE FASHION. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PCPN TOWARD THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE GRADUALLY INCREASES...BUT IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY UNTIL THEN AS ANY EFFECTS OF UPPER LOW REMAIN WELL EAST OF THE AREA. INSTABILITY SUGGESTS THAT THERE COULD BE SOME TSRA...ESPECIALLY GIVEN TIME OF YEAR. HOWEVER...OVERALL THE SYSTEM DOES NOT LOOK IMPRESSIVE AT ALL. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...DEWPOINTS WILL DROP TO ABNORMALLY LOW VALUES IN THE 30S AND 40S...SLOWLY RECOVERING TO THE 50S BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WILL BE VERY PLEASANT WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 70S AND LOWS IN THE 40S...QUITE COOL FOR MAY. I REALLY HAD A HARD TIME BUYING OFF ON THE LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S FOR MON- TUE...SOME 15-20 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO...BUT DEWPOINTS WOULD SUPPORT SUCH. HOWEVER...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS AND STAGNATES OVER THE AREA. MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE WELL INTO THE 80S...WITH EVEN SOME LOW 90S IN THE FAR S PART OF THE CWA BY FRI. MEX MOS MAY BE A LITTLE TOO FAST TO WARM THINGS UP. && .FIRE WEATHER... VERY DRY AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NE/E SUN-MON. BY MON...AFTERNOON RH VALUES DROP INTO THE CRITICAL 25 PERCENT OR LOWER RANGE FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS. EAST WINDS OF 5-10 MPH WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. WITH NO WIDESPREAD RAIN FORESEEN FOR SOME TIME AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES...FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. THUS...HAVE ISSUED A FWW FOR MON AFTERNOON FOR THE SE HALF OF THE CWA. && .AVIATION... WEDGE FRONT HAS BEEN PERSISTENT DURING THE DAY AND CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM ROUGHLY KLGC TO KVDI. THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND FEEL ONLY KMCN AND KCSG HAVE CHANCES FOR SEEING SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. OTHER CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT IN SOUTHERN TENNESSEE WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR POTENTIAL IMPACTS AT ATLANTA AREA TERMINALS...BUT STABLE AIR IN PLACE AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING HAS LED TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN ANYTHING MORE THAN LIGHT SHOWERS FALLING IN THE AREA. BIG QUESTION FOR OVERNIGHT IS WHEN WILL CIGS FILL BACK IN AND HOW LOW WILL THEY GO. KAHN HAS YET TO BREAK OUT AT ALL TODAY AND FEEL THEY WILL STAY IFR UNTIL AT LEAST 15 UTC TOMORROW. FOR THE ATLANTA AREA... PLAN ON BLENDING THE MORE PESSIMISTIC MAV WITH THE MORE OPTIMISTIC MET AND BRING MVFR CIGS BACK IN AT 04 UTC...WITH IFR CIGS AT 10 UTC. KCSG AND KMCN WILL LIKELY SEE MVFR CONDITIONS SET IN AROUND 06 UTC WITH BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS AROUND SUNRISE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 57 72 48 74 46 / 20 0 0 5 5 ATLANTA 58 73 49 72 49 / 20 0 0 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 55 72 44 71 42 / 20 10 0 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 59 77 49 73 45 / 20 5 0 5 5 COLUMBUS 66 81 55 77 51 / 20 10 0 5 5 GAINESVILLE 58 72 48 71 48 / 20 10 0 5 5 MACON 63 81 50 77 48 / 20 5 0 5 5 ROME 61 79 53 77 46 / 20 5 0 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 59 75 49 72 44 / 20 0 0 5 5 VIDALIA 62 79 53 75 51 / 20 20 0 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BARROW...BIBB...BLECKLEY... BUTTS...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CLARKE...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DODGE... DOOLY...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK...HARRIS...HENRY... HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES... LAMAR...LAURENS...MACON...MADISON...MARION...MERIWETHER... MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON...OCONEE... OGLETHORPE...PEACH...PIKE...PULASKI...PUTNAM...ROCKDALE... SCHLEY...SPALDING...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT...TALIAFERRO... TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TROUP...TWIGGS...UPSON... WALTON...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX... WILKES...WILKINSON. && 17/19/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 448 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061200- 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- 448 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A WEDGE OF COOLER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM LA GRANGE TO SWAINSBORO. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE STRONGER STORMS COULD CONTAIN PEA SIZED HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG A LA GRANGE TO SWAINSBORO LINE WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME PEA SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 615 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAZ083-052245- 615 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN TWIGGS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS TWIGGS COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE JEFFERSONVILLE AND DANVILLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 632 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAZ096-097-052315- 632 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN BLECKLEY AND WESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BROWN HILL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS BLECKLEY AND WESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE CARY...BROWN HILL...POWELL...GOLDSBORO...MONTROSE...DUDLEY AND DEXTER. THIS STORM IS APPROACHING SEVERE THRESHOLDS. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 637 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAZ069-052300- 637 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN SOUTHERN UPSON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL UPSON COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN UPSON COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 658 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAZ080-052345- 658 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CARSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN PART OF TAYLOR COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR...LARGELY IN RURAL AREAS. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 746 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAZ097-060030- 746 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM EDT... AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...AND BREWTON DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. 19
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Laurens County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck three homes in the county. Damage was minor and confined to electrical wiring damage. No fires were reported.
The Eastman Police Department reported golf ball-sized hail in the Chauncey area.
The Laurens County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail in the far southern part of the county near the Wheeler county line.
The public observed golf ball-sized hail about three miles east-northeast of Swainsboro. The Emanuel County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail about 4.5 miles east of Swainsboro. The public reported that nickel-sized hail fell for up to 10 minutes in Twin City.
The Johnson County Emergency Management Director, while attending an event in Emanuel county, reported that a fence at the race track in Twin City was blown over and a sign was damaged as well.
The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home near Sunset Village or between Old Alabama Road and Jeff Davis Road. Only minor electrical damage was noted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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