S. and starting to shift eastward.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Upper-level dynamics were becoming more favorable as an upper level trough was deepening in the mid part of the U.S. and starting to shift eastward. This combined with a warm and unstable air mass allowed thunderstorms to develop across much of north and central Georgia during the afternoon and evening. A few of these briefly became severe.
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 27, 4:33 AM EST, 8 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 533 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... OVERALL LARGE SCALE PATTERN BEGINNING TO SHIFT AS WE HEAD INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD TODAY. UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE RIDGES CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINS DIGGING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION APPEAR TO BE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SETTLES INTO NORTH GEORGIA. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... LONG TERM FORECAST PERIOD SHOULD START OUT QUITE ACTIVE AS THE LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY EAST TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...THE UPPER TROUGH IS EAST OF THE STATE AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC SURFACE RIDGE IS BUILDING WEST OVER THE REGION. THIS SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED... MAINLY DIURNAL...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 20 && .AVIATION... TERMINALS REMAINING VFR SO FAR THIS MORNING WITH LOCAL MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ONLY BEING REPORTED INVOF OF RMG AND VPC...IN BR/FG. EXPECT THESE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO REMAIN NORTHWEST OF THE METRO ATLANTA AIRPORTS WHERE 12KFT CLOUD DECK IS PERSISTING... HOWEVER A FEW OF THE MORE FOG PRONE SITES MAY DIP BRIEFLY TOWARD MVFR AROUND SUNRISE. DIURNAL CU FIELD SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP AROUND 5-6KFT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MID-LEVEL TEMPS WARM SLIGHTLY FROM YESTERDAY...AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE IMPULSE PUSHES EAST OF AHN BY LATE AFTERNOON. MAY SEE SLIGHT DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS COMPARED TO THURSDAY...THOUGH LIKELY ENOUGH COVERAGE TO WARRANT AN AFTERNOON MENTION OF VCTS. WINDS LIGHT AND GENERALLY FROM THE SW THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RRH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 91 69 89 69 85 / 30 30 40 40 50 ATLANTA 89 71 88 71 85 / 50 30 40 40 50 BLAIRSVILLE 85 65 85 66 81 / 40 30 40 40 50 CARTERSVILLE 88 67 88 68 85 / 50 30 40 40 50 COLUMBUS 91 72 90 73 87 / 50 30 50 40 50 GAINESVILLE 89 69 89 68 85 / 40 30 40 40 50 MACON 92 72 90 72 88 / 40 30 50 40 50 ROME 90 68 89 68 85 / 50 30 40 40 50 PEACHTREE CITY 89 67 89 69 84 / 50 30 50 40 50 VIDALIA 92 73 90 73 89 / 40 30 50 40 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:36 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Local law enforcement officers observed penny-sized hail near Clarkston.
The Banks County Emergency Management Director reported that at least 10 trees were down north of Homer. Another tree was down on a mobile home west of Homer near the intersection of Georgia Highway 323 and 51. Pea-sized hail was observed in the Maysville area.
The Banks County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning set a barn on fire in the western part of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 118575, 118270, 118576.