A warm moist atmosphere continued over the region. The upper high, which had been suppressing convection during previous days, continued to drift east allowing for a more favorable environment for afternoon pulse thunderstorms to develop.
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A warm moist atmosphere continued over the region. The upper high, which had been suppressing convection during previous days, continued to drift east allowing for a more favorable environment for afternoon pulse thunderstorms to develop. The atmosphere over the region was slightly more stable because of previous day thunderstorm activity and early morning cloud cover. However, by late afternoon and evening, isolated pulse thunderstorms began to develop. One produced a downburst just south of Dublin.
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 Jun 10, 2:20 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 320 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... THE UPPER RIDGE THAT HAS DOMINATED THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...BRINGING RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA...HAS CONTINUED TO SLIDE EAST OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TODAY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE AS PER THE HEIGHT FALLS THROUGHOUT THE UPPER RIDGE. APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...AND VERY WEAK SOUTHERN EDGE WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE IT TO GEORGIA. THE OTHER FEATURE OF INTEREST IS WEAK CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA THAT IS KICKING UP STORMS OVER THE NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA. AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH WE SHOULD SEE SOME INFLUENCE FROM IT ON OUR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. ALREADY SEEING SOME ACTIVITY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA FROM THE INCREASED MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED SEVERE IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...TODAY OR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS WARM BUT HUMIDITY WILL BE HIGHER. AFTER THIS RIDGE RECEDES AND THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH...UPPER LOW WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA AND RIDGE WILL AGAIN BUILD INTO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE US. WITH CONFLUENT FLOW OVER THE NEW ENGLAND AREA...SURFACE HIGH WILL RIDGE DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD. SETUP WILL BE ALMOST A CAD-LOOKALIKE SETUP...WITH WINDS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA BRIEFLY SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST. THIS WILL ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO NEAR NORMAL...AND WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE 850MB HIGH...SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF OVERRUNNING MOISTURE TO KEEP POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS OFF THE EAST COAST AND STRONG UPPER LOW DIGS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT IN THE EXTENDED MODELS AS TO HOW STRONG THE UPPER LOW WILL BE AND HOW QUICKLY IT WILL PROGRESS...AND THUS WHETHER OR NOT THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MAKE IT TO OUR AREA...BUT THE GFS PROGS THIS EVENTUALITY AND KEEPS RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONT STALLS ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE VERY LARGE UPPER TROUGH. MINOR DIFFERENCES IN DETAILS BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF LEAD TO SOMEWHAT LOWER CONFIDENCE...AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED OVER THE TIME PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 69 92 67 86 67 / 30 40 40 30 30 ATLANTA 70 91 70 86 69 / 30 40 30 30 30 BLAIRSVILLE 64 85 64 81 62 / 20 50 40 30 30 CARTERSVILLE 65 91 67 86 66 / 20 40 40 30 30 COLUMBUS 72 94 71 91 71 / 30 30 30 30 30 GAINESVILLE 69 88 68 83 67 / 30 40 40 30 30 MACON 69 93 69 92 70 / 30 40 30 30 30 ROME 67 91 69 88 68 / 20 30 30 30 30 PEACHTREE CITY 67 90 67 87 65 / 30 30 30 30 30 VIDALIA 71 92 70 90 70 / 30 40 30 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 117 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111015- 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- 117 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GA. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM OHIO TO TO TEXAS IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND A SEABREEZE ADVANCING INLAND FROM THE SOUTH WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL WINDS SUGGEST THAT STORMS WILL BE OF THE PULSE VARIETY...GENERALLY SHORT-LIVED AND OF AN UNORGANIZED NATURE... HOWEVER A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE BRIEFLY QUITE STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 208 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 GAZ002-004-011-101845- 208 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN CHATTOOGA...WALKER AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VILLNOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS CHATTOOGA...WALKER AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE VILLNOW...TILTON AND DALTON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 527 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 GAZ112-113-102200- 527 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN NORTHWESTERN TOOMBS AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGGSTON...MOVING NORTH AT 8 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS TOOMBS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE VIDALIA...HIGGSTON AND KIBBEE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 613 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 GAZ086-113-102245- 613 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN TOOMBS AND SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OHOOPEE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS TOOMBS AND EMANUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OHOOPEE...LYONS AND OAK PARK.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning started a forest fire between Wrightsville and Kite in eastern Johnson county.
The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a large 3500 square foot home on the west side of Wrightsville igniting a fire. The structure was completely destroyed by the fire. This fire was started while a separate lightning sparked fire was ongoing in the woods between Wrightsville and Kite.
A former employee of the National Weather Service reported that more than a dozen trees were down in a small area south of Dublin near the intersection Interstate-16 and U.S. Highway 441, near the Dublin High School. In addition, a tin roof was peeled off a commercial building on Industrial Avenue. Radar depicted a small storm with a potential downburst of winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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