A stationary front was draped across North Georgia. The remnants of Hurricane Humberto tracked from southern Louisiana during the morning, across central Mississippi during the day, and into northern Alabama and northwest Georgia by evening.
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A stationary front was draped across North Georgia. The remnants of Hurricane Humberto tracked from southern Louisiana during the morning, across central Mississippi during the day, and into northern Alabama and northwest Georgia by evening. Meanwhile, a strong fall cold front was moving rapidly southeast from the central plains. The right quadrant of the remnants of Hurricane Humberto tracked across northwest Georgia bringing heavy rain to that portion of the state. Rainfall amounts of four to six inches occurred across the far northwest portion of Georgia, especially in Murray, Whitfield, and northwestern Fannin counties, but average amounts in this area were more in the two to three inch range. Some roads were flooded as a result. In addition, during the afternoon heating, a few thunderstorms became severe across north Georgia producing marginally severe hail and wind 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 Sep 14, 4:30 AM EST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... TROPICAL DEPRESSION HUMBERTO...CURRENTLY PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL MS...WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST GA BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLIGHT RISK OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AREAS EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER WHERE STRONG DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AND A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL COMBINE TO SUPPORT TRAINING OF CELLS. AT THIS TIME DUE TO LACK OF STRONG INSTABILITIES...IT APPEARS RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN MODERATE...WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES (ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE) EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF GA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. EXPECTING GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS FURTHER SOUTHWARD. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD ONLY HELP TO BRING SOME RELIEF TO THE 14+ INCHES OF RAINFALL DEFICIT EXPERIENCED SO FAR THIS YEAR. HOWEVER...WILL AFTER MONITOR CLOSELY THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GA FOR THE POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECTING MOSTLY WIDESPREAD RAIN/SHOWERS AND ONLY THE ISOLATED TO OCCASIONAL SCATTERED EMBEDDED TSTM DUE TO LACK OF STRONG INSTABILITIES (400-800 SBCAPE/1500-2200 MUCAPE...-1 TO -2 LIS). THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING AS THE DEEPER MOISTURE BEGINS TO LIFT OFF TO THE NE AND A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH IN FROM THE NW. THE GFS PUSHES THE FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SOME INDICATIONS IT MAY STALL OVER THE FAR SE REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA TEMPORALLY ON SATURDAY. WILL HOLD ONTO A SLIGHT CHANCE SHOWER DOWN THAT WAY ON SATURDAY...THEN CLEAR ALL RAIN CHANCES BY SATURDAY EVENING AS THE COOLER/DRIER AIR SPREADS SOUTHWARD. THE MUCH COOLER AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PLUMMET SUNDAY MORNING LOWS INTO THE 50S NORTH AND CENTRAL...60S FURTHER SOUTH. LEANED TOWARD THE WARMER HIGHS AND WETTER SIDE OF GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIODS. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... A COOL DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE NE STATES ON SUNDAY AND MAINTAIN A DRY/COOL NELY FLOW THROUGH TUESDAY. GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW AN EASTERLY WAVE ADVECTING DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY MID WEEK...RESULTING IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MAY SEE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO DURING MAX HEATING...OTHERWISE EXPECTING MAINLY ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR A MUCH NEEDED DEFICIT RELIEVING RAIN. && .AVIATION... LOOK FOR CIGS GENERALLY IN THE IFR TO LOW MVFR RANGE THIS MORNING...LIFTING INTO LOW VFR RANGE BY NOON. CURRENTLY...VSBYS GENERALLY 6 MILES OR BETTER MOST PLACES...BUT SUSPECT WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME AREAS FLIRT WITH VSBYS IN THE 3 TO 5 MILE RANGE INTO LATE MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF PRECIP MOVING OUT OF ALABAMA BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD OVER OUR AREA. WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON RADAR...BUT THINKING WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF SOME LIGHT RAIN MOST TAF SITES THIS MORNING. AS HEATING BECOMES MORE OF A FACTOR THIS AFTERNOON...PLAN TO TEMPO SHWR/TSTORM ALL TAF SITES AFTER 18Z. LIGHT SE TO S WINDS THIS MORNING...BUT FAVORING S TO SW DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPEED GENERALLY AROUND 10 KTS MOST PLACES. 49 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 82 66 82 58 78 / 80 60 10 5 5 ATLANTA 81 65 82 59 81 / 90 60 5 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 76 64 80 54 78 / 100 50 10 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 81 63 84 54 83 / 100 50 10 5 5 COLUMBUS 86 71 87 64 85 / 80 40 10 5 5 GAINESVILLE 79 65 82 58 77 / 90 60 10 5 5 MACON 87 70 89 65 85 / 70 50 10 5 5 ROME 82 65 85 54 85 / 100 40 10 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 82 65 84 56 82 / 90 60 5 5 5 VIDALIA 88 73 88 69 84 / 50 40 20 10 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 535 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-150945- 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- 535 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM THE CAROLINAS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA INTO NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHWARD AS THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION HUMBERTO MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF MISSISSIPPI. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR ANYTIME TODAY...THE GREATER THREAT WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM. .DISCUSSION... A MOIST AIRMASS COUPLED WITH AN OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHING ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA AND THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION HUMBERTO...WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. LIFTED INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE -1 TO -3 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CAPES OF 1000 TO 2000. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES...THUNDERSTORMS DUMPING HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SATURDAY AND TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 444 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 GAZ003>005-140930- 444 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITFIELD...CATOOSA AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM EDT... AT 441 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VARNELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS WHITFIELD...CATOOSA AND MURRAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CITIES OF KEITH... DAWNVILLE... TUNNEL HILL...DALTON ...VARNELL...COHUTTA...SUMAC...CRANDALL AND GREGORY. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:54 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Murray County 911 Center reported that heavy rain had caused portions of Georgia Highway 225 near Northwest Elementary School Road to become flooded and closed.
The Whitfield County 911 Center reported that heavy rain, on the order of three to four inches across the area in a four hour period, had resulted in road closures in the north part of Dalton, specifically Willowdale Road at U.S. Highway 41, and also a little further north along Georgia Highway 71, Cleveland Highway, near Wailing Road.
The Dalton Citizen reported that trees were down at several locations within the county, including in Dalton at Houston Valley Road and Trickum Road. Isolated power outages caused by trees down on power lines resulted in a handful of residents losing power.
The Daily Citizen of Dalton reported that many trees were down across both the northern and southern portions of the county.
The Murray County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck the fire station. Several radios and computers were damaged.
A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail while traveling along Interstate-20 south of Villa Rica near the Douglas county line.
A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail while traveling along Interstate-20 east of Douglasville near Lee Road. A wind gust of 51 mph was also measured by an on board mounted anemometer.
The public reported that at least seven large trees, some as large as two to three feet in diameter, were down in the Stockbridge area. One tree was down across Pinehurst Drive. Several street signs were also blown down in the area.
The public reported penny-sized hail in the Stockbridge area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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