A fall cold front was moving through the area from the northwest aided by a vigorous upper-level trough moving through the Ohio Valley into the mid-Atlantic region. Scattered thunderstorms developed along the cold front during the day and spread southeastward during the afternoon and early evening.
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A fall cold front was moving through the area from the northwest aided by a vigorous upper-level trough moving through the Ohio Valley into the mid-Atlantic region. Scattered thunderstorms developed along the cold front during the day and spread southeastward during the afternoon and early evening.
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 Sep 11, 3:09 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 409 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... MAIN CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM IS THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY SLIPPING INTO NORTH GEORGIA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STREAM OF TROPICAL MOISTURE COMING OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. HOWEVER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT AS THE FRONT ENTERS THE STATE AS DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE HAS BEEN HESITANT TO MOVE OUT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. NAM SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE FRONT...WITH THE FRONT SLOWLY SLIPPING SOUTHEAST THROUGH TOMORROW...STALLING OUT OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. DID BUMP POPS UP INTO THE 50S DURING THE DAYTIME PERIODS AS THIS FRONT HAS HAD A HISTORY OF BEING AN EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCER AND THE MODELS SHOW THAT THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE. WILL HAVE SOME QPF APPROACHING 0.5 INCH IN THE AFTERNOONS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS WELL...DUE TO THE STATIONARY NATURE OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH AMPLE MOISTURE ALLOWING FOR SOME HEAVIER RAIN. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT THANKS TO THE CLOUD COVER. FEEL AFTERNOON CLOUD COVER ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S...SO HAD TO KNOCK 3 TO 5 DEGREES OFF AFTERNOON HIGHS THERE. AS FOR LOWS...MOS LIKELY NOT KEYING IN ON THE CLOUD COVER TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH...SO HAVE BUMPED UP LOWS WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA INTO THE MID 60S TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. OTHER THAN THESE TWO ISSUES...MOS NUMBERS LOOK REASONABLE SO DID NOT STRAY TO FAR FROM THEM. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... IN THE LONG TERM...MOISTURE LOOKS TO SURGE BACK NORTH FRIDAY MORNING AS A STRONG FRONT...WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOVES INTO THE STATE. HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE 50S IN ALL BUT EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA AS INCREASED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY SHOULD LEAD TO SOME MUCH NEEDED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER FRIDAY...STRONG UPPER LOW ROTATES INTO EASTER CANADA...WITH AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS RESULTING IN A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW FOR THE AREA. AFTER SATURDAY...MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE OUT OF THE AREA AND HAVE REMOVED ANY MENTION OF RAIN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. FINAL ISSUE IS WITH THE TEMPERATURES...AS GFS PUSHES SOME COLDER CANADIAN AIR TOWARDS THE STATE. HAVE CONTINUED THE TREND OF INCREASING MOS TEMPERATURES...AS WITH EVERY RUN MEX SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS FOR THIS WEEKEND. STILL KEPT HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S...WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE 50S FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. MODELS SHOW RIDGING BUILDING BACK IN FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK SO HAVE INCREASED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 69 84 64 83 69 / 40 50 30 60 40 ATLANTA 72 83 68 83 71 / 40 50 30 60 40 BLAIRSVILLE 63 82 61 80 66 / 40 20 20 30 40 CARTERSVILLE 67 85 62 84 68 / 40 30 20 50 40 COLUMBUS 72 86 70 86 72 / 50 70 50 70 30 GAINESVILLE 70 83 64 83 69 / 40 40 30 50 40 MACON 72 85 70 84 71 / 40 60 50 60 40 ROME 68 84 63 84 69 / 40 20 20 40 40 PEACHTREE CITY 69 83 64 83 69 / 40 60 30 60 40 VIDALIA 73 87 71 84 72 / 20 60 50 60 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 50/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 615 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-121015- 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- 615 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT ACROSS TENNESSEE THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO SINK SLOWLY SOUTH INTO NORTH GEORGIA BY THIS AFTERNOON. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA REMAINS FAIRLY DRY AND STABLE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...INCREASING MOISTURE DURING THE DAY TODAY WILL HELP TO MARGINALLY DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER TENNESSEE THIS MORNING IS ALSO EXPECTED TO SINK INTO NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE FAR NORTH... SPREADING SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck the attic of a home on Tribble Gates Court within the Gwinnett county portion of Loganville. Damage was minor to moderate.
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