A healthy fall cold front was moving through north Georgia during the afternoon hours. This combined with ample low-level moisture allowed scattered thunderstorms to develop.
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A healthy fall cold front was moving through north Georgia during the afternoon hours. This combined with ample low-level moisture allowed scattered thunderstorms to develop. None reached severe limits, but one in Gwinnett county did causing some lightning damage.
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 Oct 9, 1:24 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 224 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AREA OF CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SPREADING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT APPEARS TO BE ON SCHEDULE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND SHOULD REACH THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA BY TOMORROW MORNING. I WILL KEEP THUNDER IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH INSTABILITY RUNNING OUT AS WE LOSE WHAT HEATING WE HAVE HAD TODAY. VERY DRY AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT AS THE DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM DIGS TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THURSDAY. BEST COLD ADVECTION LAGS UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE LOW PUSHES THE TAIL END OF A FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE OVER THE STATE. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR ANY CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS NEXT FEATURE. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MAIN INFLUENCE OVER OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE THE DRY AIRMASS THATS DOMINATES AS A LARGE SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. FROM SOUTHERN CANADA AND SLOWLY SHIFTS EASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. UPPER FLOW REMAINS NORTHWEST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK TURNING MORE WESTERLY TO SLIGHTLY SOUTHWESTERLY BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. THIS SHIFT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO SLOWLY WARM UP...BUT A LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL LIFT AND THE CONTINUED DRY AIRMASS OVER THE REGION SHOULD KEEP US DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 64 86 53 76 45 / 50 0 0 0 5 ATLANTA 63 84 53 74 48 / 50 0 0 0 5 BLAIRSVILLE 54 80 45 68 39 / 30 0 0 10 10 CARTERSVILLE 59 83 49 73 42 / 30 0 0 5 5 COLUMBUS 66 87 58 80 50 / 50 5 0 0 5 GAINESVILLE 62 84 54 73 48 / 50 0 0 5 10 MACON 67 88 56 80 47 / 40 10 0 0 5 ROME 59 84 49 73 43 / 20 0 0 5 10 PEACHTREE CITY 60 84 49 75 41 / 50 0 0 0 5 VIDALIA 70 88 61 82 50 / 30 20 0 0 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-100900- 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 EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS MORNING TO EARLY EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA TODAY AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NORTH AND WEST OF MACON LATE THIS MORNING TO EARLY EVENING. .DISCUSSION... CAPES WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 1000 WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 1 TO MINUS 3 AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WITH A MOIST AIRMASS AT LOWER LEVELS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. BDL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 253 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 GAZ019-091945- 253 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN FLOYD COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROME...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SERIES OF STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS OF FLOYD COUNTY...RESULTING IN NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HEATH CREEK...LAVENDER CREEK...AND BEECH CREEK...TO REACH NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS. PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS AND ALONG HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF FLOYD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COOSA...ROME...SHANNON AND LINDALE. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 326 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 GAZ032>034-045-092000- 326 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN DEKALB... COBB...GWINNETT AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DUNWOODY TO AUSTELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS DEKALB...COBB...GWINNETT AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WHITEWATER... SANDY SPRINGS...POWDER SPRINGS...MARIETTA...FAIR OAKS...DUNWOODY... AUSTELL...SMYRNA...VININGS...BERKELEY LAKE...NORCROSS...MABLETON... NORTH ATLANTA AND DORAVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 346 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 GAZ022-023-034-092015- 346 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN GWINNETT... FORSYTH AND HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GAINESVILLE TO SUWANEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS GWINNETT...FORSYTH AND HALL COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OSCARVILLE...COAL MOUNTAIN...CHESTATEE...GAINESVILLE...CUMMING...LAKE LANIER ISLAND... WESTSIDE...OAKWOOD...SUWANEE...SUGAR HILL...BUFORD...REST HAVEN AND FLOWERY BRANCH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. 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.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a shed behind a home on Tina Court. The storage shed was set on fire, causing damage to the structure and lawn equipment stored within.
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