An unusually strong upper-level trough was sweeping through the southeast on the 29th accompanied by an unusually strong cold front. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in advance of the front in two waves, first across central Georgia during the afternoon, followed by another round across north Georgia during the late afternoon and evening.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
An unusually strong upper-level trough was sweeping through the southeast on the 29th accompanied by an unusually strong cold front. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in advance of the front in two waves, first across central Georgia during the afternoon, followed by another round across north Georgia during the late afternoon and evening. Damaging straight-line winds occurred with several of the storms, along with frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. Very little hail was reported.
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 29, 2:43 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 343 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... ANOMALOUS DEEP UPPER TROUGH IN THE NE U.S. DRIVING AN UNUSUALLY STRONG EARLY SUMMER COLD FRONT INTO THE SE U.S. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO BRING SHRA/TSRA TO THE CWA NEXT 12 HOURS AND TO THE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA INTO MON. MAIN CONCERN FOR SHORT TERM...FIRST PERIOD...IS THREAT FOR SHRA/TSRA AND THREAT FOR SEVERE. GIVEN THE FRONT...PROGGED INSTABILITY OF 2000 J/KG CAPE...LIS TO -4...AND BETTER THAN NORMAL LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...30-35 KT WESTERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS CENTRAL GA...THREAT FOR SEVERE APPEARS TO BE BETTER THAN JUST THE NORMAL ISOLD DIURNAL PULSE VARIETY. HOWEVER...EXTENSIVE LOW/MID CLOUDS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA LEFT THE AREA MORE STABLE THAN RECENTLY AND HAS SO FAR LIMITED SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT AND EQUALLY INTENSITY. CLOUDS BEGAN TO BREAK OUT 17-18Z AND DEVELOPMENT OF SHRA/TSRA BEGAN AT THAT TIME. TWO AREAS OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT NOTED...ONE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN N AL/N GA...THE FRONT OF WHICH APPEARS TO BE ALONG A BNA-GWO LINE AT 18Z...AND ANOTHER IN CENTRAL AL WHICH IS PUSHING INTO SC GA. THIS IS WHERE THE MOST HEATING OCCURRED EARLIER. AIR MASS APPEARS TO BE QUITE TROPICAL AND SATURATED AND SO FAR THIS HAS LIMITED SEVERE POTENTIAL. 12Z FFC SOUNDING SHOWED THE AIR MASS WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT MORE STABLE THAN AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. NONETHELESS...THE THREAT FOR SVR EXISTS GIVEN THE BETTER THAN NORMAL DYNAMICS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND A SVR WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 01Z. STILL THINKING THAT SEVERE WILL BE ISOLD OVERALL. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THE 00Z ZONE INITIALIZATION TIME...BUT WILL NEED TO HOLD ONTO AT LEAST HIGH CHANCE POPS UNTIL 06Z...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SE HALF OF THE CWA. MUCH DRIER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER INTO THE CWA FROM THE NW AFTER 06Z. SOME LOW POPS WARRANTED ACROSS THE SE PART OF THE CWA AFT 06Z AS FRONT DRIFTS INTO THAT AREA. FOR MON...SOME MOISTURE LINGERS ACROSS THE EXTREME SE PART OF THE CWA AS THE FRONT LINGERS IN THAT AREA. UPPER SUPPORT TO PUSH THE SYSTEM OUT OF THE AREA UNUSUALLY STRONG FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS. THUS...AFT 00Z TUE...WILL REMOVE POPS FROM THE ENTIRE CWA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. MAV MOS...AS HAS OFTEN BEEN THE CASE RECENTLY...APPEARS TO BE WAY TOO COOL FOR MIN TEMPS TONIGHT. WARMER MET MOS APPEARS MORE REASONABLE...SO HAVE DEFINITELY LEANED IN THAT DIRECTION. CLOUD COVER TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN FAIRLY UNIFORM AND MILD LOW TEMPS. FOR MON...SUNSHINE NORTH WILL OFFSET COOLER/DRIER AIR MASS. CLOUD COVER SOUTH WILL HOLD TEMPS DOWN THERE. TEMPS MON SHOULD BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM TEMPS...FEEL THAT MAV MOS WAY TOO COOL FOR MIN TEMPS TUE-WED AND INCONSISTENT WITH GRIDDED MOS DATA. HAVE WARMED ALL AREAS SEVERAL DEGREES. JUST DO NOT SEE LOWS IN THE LOW 50S AROUND JULY 1ST. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE MID PART OF THE WEEK APPEARS TO BE A REPEAT OF LAST WEEKS PATTERN WITH A UNUSUALLY DRY AIR MASS PRESENT OVER THE REGION TUE-WED AS THE POLAR VORTEX ONCE AGAIN BECOMES ANOMALOUSLY DEEP FOR SUMMER. HOWEVER...MOISTURE RETURNS IN EARNEST FOR THE LATER HALF OF THE EXTENDED. THE NE U.S. UPPER TROUGH LIFTS OUT AND THE BERMUDA RIDGE AND UPPER SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BECOME FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE SE U.S. WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE MID SOUTH BETWEEN THE SW U.S. UPPER HIGH AND THE UPPER HIGH OFF THE SE U.S. COAST. THIS PUTS THE MID SOUTH AND SE STATES IN A VERY MOIST...TROPICAL FLOW. SUPPORT IS BETTER THAN NORMAL FOR SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA DURING THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK. FOR NOW HAVE STOPPED AT 40 PERCENT POPS GIVEN DAY-TO-DAY UNCERTAINTY...BUT THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE A GOOD BET...STARTING IN CENTRAL AREAS THU...AND ALL AREAS FRI-SUN. THE NEXT ADVERTISED FRONT AT THIS POINT APPEARS TO BE HELD UP WELL NORTH OF THE CWA...SO SHOULD NOT IMPACT THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL CREEP BACK CLOSER TO NORMAL VALUES. HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN INCREASINGLY WARM...MUGGY NIGHTS...BUT DAYTIME TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE HELD INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. AGAIN...MEX MOS MIN TEMPS TOO COOL DURING THE LATER PERIODS GIVEN TROPICAL AIR MASS PROGGED OVER THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 69 86 63 87 62 / 50 10 0 0 0 ATLANTA 69 85 65 86 65 / 50 10 0 0 0 BLAIRSVILLE 64 80 58 82 58 / 40 10 0 0 0 CARTERSVILLE 66 85 60 86 59 / 40 10 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 71 88 66 91 66 / 60 10 0 0 0 GAINESVILLE 67 85 63 85 64 / 50 10 0 0 0 MACON 72 87 65 91 64 / 60 10 0 0 0 ROME 66 86 61 86 61 / 30 10 0 0 0 PEACHTREE CITY 69 85 61 86 60 / 50 10 0 0 0 VIDALIA 73 88 69 90 68 / 60 30 20 5 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291030- 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- 1115 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WHILE A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASS OVERHEAD. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OVERNIGHT...AS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MEANDERS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. INSTABILITIES WILL BE WEAK...SO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE TUESDAY THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 326 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 GAZ079-089>091-102-103-292015- 326 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...40 MPH WINDS... HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN WEBSTER...STEWART... CHATTAHOOCHEE...MARION...MUSCOGEE AND TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MIDLAND TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WEBSTER...STEWART...CHATTAHOOCHEE...MARION...MUSCOGEE AND TALBOT COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...MIDLAND... LOUVALE...JAMESTOWN...CUSSETA...RENFROE...MANTA...LUMPKIN... WESTVILLE...BROOKLYN...BOX SPRINGS...JUNIPER...BERGINSVILLE... RICHLAND AND BRANTLEY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 350 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 GAZ079-080-090>093-102>104-292015- 350 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...45 MPH WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SUMTER... WEBSTER...STEWART...SCHLEY...TAYLOR...MACON...CHATTAHOOCHEE...MARION AND TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GENEVA TO TROUTMAN...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SUMTER...WEBSTER...STEWART...SCHLEY...TAYLOR...MACON... CHATTAHOOCHEE...MARION AND TALBOT COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OAKLAND...JUNIPER... BRANTLEY...BERGINSVILLE...RICHLAND...TROUTMAN...BUENA VISTA... WESTON...GENEVA...TAZEWELL...DRANEVILLE...PRESTON...PUTNAM...MAUK AND DOYLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 415 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 GAZ069-079>081-091>093-103-104-292100- 415 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN SUMTER...WEBSTER...SCHLEY...TAYLOR...MACON...MARION...CRAWFORD... TALBOT AND UPSON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WOODLAND TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUMAS...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SUMTER...WEBSTER...SCHLEY...TAYLOR...MACON...MARION... CRAWFORD...TALBOT AND UPSON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE JUNCTION CITY...WOODLAND...DUMAS...PLEASANT HILL... ...PLAINS...ELLAVILLE...WESLEY...IDEAL AND BUTLER. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Peach County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the Fort Valley area.
The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that up to 10 trees were blown down across eastern Floyd county.
The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported that 20 trees and several power lines were down in the Rhine area. At least 300 residents in the area were without power.
The public reported that several trees were down in the vicnity of Bells Ferry Road and Bridge Mill Road. In addition, some shingles were lifted off the roof of one home and an umbrella was also torn off some patio furniture.
The Carroll County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down on the bypass around Carrollton. A few trees were also down just northeast of Roopville in southern Carroll county.
The Forsyth County 911 Center reported that lightning strikes started several house fires in the southern half of the county. Specific damages were not provided.
The Clayton County 911 Center reported that several trees were down on Riverdale Road and Fayetteville Road.
The Henry County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck and set on a fire a home on Dorsey Road. In addition, there was also a small brush fire in the northwest part of the county also started by lightning.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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