A weak cold front was located across central Georgia. rich tropical moisture was flowing into the region from the Gulf as Hurricane Humberto moved near the upper Texas coast.
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A weak cold front was located across central Georgia. Meanwhile...rich tropical moisture was flowing into the region from the Gulf as Hurricane Humberto moved near the upper Texas coast. This resulted in the development of numerous showers and thunderstorms across central and north Georgia during the afternoon. While none of these reached severe limits, they did produce frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rain.
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 13, 9:51 AM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1051 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 .UPDATE... FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK FOR THE MOST PART RIGHT NOW AND THUS NO UPDATE PLANNED. WEAK BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS THE AREA WILL PROVIDE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOT EXPECTING TOO MUCH COVERAGE FOR TODAY AS BEST MOISTURE STILL ASSOCIATED WITH HUMBERTO TO THE SOUTHWEST. REMNANTS WILL BE WORKING THIS WAY LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW AND WILL BE INTERACTING WITH THE WEAK BOUNDARY...ENHANCING THE QPF. BUT FOR TODAY...FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AT THIS POINT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 520 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL GA...SOMEWHERE JUST NORTH OF A LA GRANGE TO ATHENS LINE. AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL HAVE THE GREATER RAIN CHANCES...ALTHO SCATTERED IN NATURE AS THE UPPER LEVELS ARE LESS FAVORABLE AND INSTABILITIES ARE WEAK TO MODERATE...WITH SBCAPES OF 800-1000 J/KG AND MUCAPES PUSHING 1500 J/KG. MAIN CONCERN IS REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO ADVECTING THIS WAY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. GFS INITIALIZED BEST AND IS THE PREFERRED SOLUTION. THE GFS TAKES THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL AL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND THE HIGHER QPFS TRACKING MAINLY ACROSS NORTH AL INTO CENTRAL TN. LOOKS LIKE THE NORTHERN THIRD OF GA WILL CATCH THE HIGHER QPF TOTALS WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE FRIDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF A CARROLLTON TO ATHENS LINE WITH AREAS SOUTH GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. INSTABILITIES REMAIN RATHER WEAK THO...BUT ADDED FORCING FROM THE ASSOCIATED UPPER SHORTWAVE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TSTMS...ALTHO NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING SEVERE AT THIS TIME. APPEARS TO BE MAINLY A POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN EVENT...SO WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE GA MOUNTAIN AREAS CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD THREAT FRIDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS STILL PROGGED TO PUSH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO NORTH GA BY EARLY SATURDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH DRIER/COOLER AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY...WITH CLEARING CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS FOR TEMPS...LEANED WARMER TODAY...THEN COOLER ON FRIDAY WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN. MAV HIGHS LOOKED A BIT COOL BEHIND THE FRONT ON SAT...SO TWEAK A DEGREE OR TWO UPWARDS WITH INCREASING SUNSHINE AND DRIER AIR SPREADING SOUTHWARD. LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DOMINATE THROUGH MONDAY...THEN COULD SEE INCREASING CLOUDS AND SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES SOUTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS GFS SHOWS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS FL TUESDAY-TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AVIATION... MOISTURE RETURN IS A LITTLE SLOW IN DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING... AND SUBSEQUENTLY WIDESPREAD IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ARE NOT DEVELOPING AS EARLIER EXPECTED. THERE ARE SCATTERED AREAS OF MVFR VISIBILITY WITH ISOLATED IFR VISIBILITIES...AND I EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 13Z TO 14Z. MOST AREAS SHOULD SEE AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR VISIBILITY BETWEEN 11Z AND 14Z. NEXT BIG QUESTION IS HOW EXTENSIVE ANY MVFR CEILINGS WILL BE WHEN THE CUMULUS FIELD BEGINS DEVELOPING...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 14Z AND 16Z WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD MVFR CEILINGS FORECAST. FOR NOW I AM INCLINED TO SCALE THE COVERAGE BACK TO SCATTERED TEMPO BROKEN INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT PREVAILING BROKEN FORECAST WE HAVE GOING. WITH THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA WINDS WILL ALSO BE A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC THIS MORNING. IT LOOKS LIKE WINDS SHOULD STAY LIGHT...LESS THAN 6 KTS...UNTIL AFTER 16Z. WIND DIRECTION WILL LIKELY BE FAIRLY VARIABLE THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD...BECOMING MORE PREDOMINATELY EASTERLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA BY MIDDAY AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WINDS SHOULD VARY FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST. ENOUGH MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON... EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS TAF SITES. COVERAGE DOES NOT LOOK TO BE EXTENSIVE ENOUGH FOR A TEMPO GROUP...SO I WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OF THUNDER OUT OF THE TAFS FOR NOW...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY ON A SITE BY SITE BASIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 87 68 81 68 84 / 30 40 60 50 10 ATLANTA 86 70 81 67 83 / 30 50 70 50 10 BLAIRSVILLE 85 63 75 65 76 / 20 50 80 50 10 CARTERSVILLE 87 66 80 65 83 / 20 50 80 50 5 COLUMBUS 88 72 86 70 87 / 50 30 60 40 10 GAINESVILLE 86 68 78 66 80 / 20 50 80 50 10 MACON 88 71 87 71 88 / 50 30 60 40 20 ROME 89 68 81 68 84 / 20 50 80 50 5 PEACHTREE CITY 85 68 83 67 83 / 40 40 70 50 10 VIDALIA 87 72 88 73 89 / 60 30 50 30 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 620 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-141030- 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- 620 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINED STALLED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT SHOULD BEGIN LIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM SWEEPING DOWN OUT OF THE PLAINS. MOISTURE FROM THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... THE MOIST AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH GEORGIA TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH CAPES IN THE 1000 TO 2000 RANGE. THIS AIRMASS WILL BE SPREADING NORTHWARD OVER NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FRIDAY AND OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE AGAIN WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:51 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Georgia Department of Transportation reported that lightning struck a transformer on a power pole adjacent to interstate-85 near Fairburn. This resulted in the attached power line falling down on the interstate. All lanes of the interstate had to be closed while the line was repaired.
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