A stationary front lingered across northeast Georgia. S.
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A stationary front lingered across northeast Georgia. High pressure aloft continued to build from the Arklatex region into the mid-south and southeast U.S. A strong upper trough was moving off the New England Coast, with a weak extension of the trough trailing into southeast Georgia. This feature combined with ample daytime heating and moisture provided for afternoon thunderstorms across east central Georgia. The activity mainly affected Emanuel, Johnson, and Washington counties. Isolated storms became severe, but all produced frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.
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 Aug 4, 2:27 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 327 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIODS. WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW REMAINS OVER THE FORECAST AREA AS THE NEXT UPPER LOW TRACKS ACROSS CANADA INTO THE GREAT LAKES AREA BY 06Z WEDNESDAY. SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MAIN FEATURES...MOISTURE FIELDS. GFS SHOWING SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES PER USUAL. AT THE SURFACE THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY LINGERS OVER THE FORECAST AREA AS A FRONT IS PUSHED EASTWARD AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW. THIS FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING INCREASING POPS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ENOUGH MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA...AND WITH VORT MAX TRAVERSING THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TO ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE ISOLATED CONVECTION MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...AS ALWAYS THIS TIME ENOUGH INSTABILITY PRESENT THAT ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. AM NOT AS KEEN ON POPS TOMORROW AS MODELS INDICATING LESS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA ND UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES ARE LACKING. FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL CONTINUE WITH A MAV/MET BLEND BASED UPON LOCAL BIASES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. HEAT INDICES ARE PROGGED TO APPROACH 105 TOMORROW IN SOME AREAS... MAINLY OVER EAST GEORGIA. WE WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON WEDNESDAY AS HEAT INDICES MAY BE IN THE 106-110 RANGE OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... EXTENDED MODELS CONTINUE WET PATTERN THROUGH THE EXTENDED PORTIONS OF FORECAST PERIOD. SOME DISCREPANCIES NOTED IN PROGRESSION OF UPPER LEVEL FEATURES WITH ECMWF A GOOD COMPROMISE OF THE FASTER GFS AND SLOWER DGEX. THE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EASTWARD BY SUNDAY WITH THE SURFACE FRONT ONCE AGAIN LINGERING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIODS. THE BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION LOOK TO BE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS WILL REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 70 100 72 98 73 / 10 0 0 20 20 ATLANTA 73 97 75 96 75 / 10 0 0 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 62 93 69 93 67 / 5 10 10 20 30 CARTERSVILLE 66 96 69 96 68 / 10 5 5 20 30 COLUMBUS 73 97 76 98 76 / 20 0 0 20 20 GAINESVILLE 70 94 74 95 73 / 10 5 5 20 30 MACON 72 99 75 100 74 / 20 0 0 20 20 ROME 67 100 71 99 69 / 5 5 5 20 30 PEACHTREE CITY 68 95 66 95 68 / 10 0 0 20 20 VIDALIA 75 99 76 98 76 / 20 0 0 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 612 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051015- 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- 612 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE STATE. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WAS CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DISCUSSION... GEORGIA REMAINS IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TODAY. MEANWHILE...A SURFACE TROUGH LINGERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. THE TROUGH SHOULD SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE MOST FAVORED AREA SOUTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM MINUS TWO TO MINUS FOUR...AND CAPES RANGING FROM 1500 TO 2500. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 318 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 GAZ072-082-041945- 318 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN BIBB AND JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DURESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 4 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS BIBB AND JONES COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MACON...JAMES...GRISWOLDVILLE...DURESVILLE...DRY BRANCH AND CROSS KEYS. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 347 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 GAZ076-042030- 347 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM EAST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LOUISVILLE. BRIEF 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 Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An officer with the Wadley Police Department observed penny-sized hail in the Wadley area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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