S. late on the 19th and into the 20th.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A deep upper-level trough and associated cold front were accelerating eastward from the Mississippi Valley region into the southeast U.S. late on the 19th and into the 20th. Widespread showers and a few thunderstorms accompanied this system producing generous 1.0 to 1.5 inch rainfall amounts across much of north and central Georgia. While no severe weather was reported, strong gradient winds in advance of this system resulted in several trees being blown down in Houston county. This was the only report received of any damage associated with this weather system.
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 Mar 19, 4:55 AM EST, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 555 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 549 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MODELS IN CLOSE AGREEMENT ON WEAKENING UPPER LOW OVER TEXAS AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. ASSOCIATED SURFACE SYSTEM TAKES SIMILAR TRACK...PULLING A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAIN FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS AS THIS SYSTEM PUSHES THROUGH. MODEL INSTABILITY WEAK WITH LIFTED INDICES OF ZERO TO MINUS 1 AND CAPES GENERALLY LESS THAN 300. HOWEVER HELICITIES REMAIN HIGH AND WITH 55 TO 65 LOW LEVEL JET PROGD ACROSS THE AREA...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS (WITH DAMAGING WINDS) NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. WILL FOLLOW PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND WITH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA THIS MORNING... THEN LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. MODELS PUSH FRONT INTO SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CWA BY 00Z AND WILL TAPER POPS OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST BY DAYS END...WITH BEST CHANCE ACROSS SOUTHEAST. FRONT PROGD OFF THE GEORGIA COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WILL END ALL PRECIP BY THEN. HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD EAST FROM TEXAS THURSDAY WITH A RETURN TO FAIR WEATHER FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NO BIG COOL DOWN INDICATED BEHIND THE FRONT. MOS TEMPS SIMILAR WITH HIGHS AND LOWS RUNNING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL LEVELS AND PLAN TO STAY CLOSE. LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... QUIET WEATHER CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE NEXT RAIN PRODUCER APPROACHES LATE SUNDAY. COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND SUNDAY BUT CHANCES LOOK TO INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LATEST GFS INDICATIONS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING AND MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF. THIS SYSTEM LIFTS OUT MONDAY NIGHT WITH FAIR WEATHER BACK IN THE CARDS FOR TUESDAY. EXTENDED PROGS BACKING OFF A BIT ON COOLING OVER THE WEEKEND. FREEZING TEMPS STILL A POSSIBILITY...BUT MAINLY ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA. BUT BIG COOL DOWN NOW ADVERTISED FOR FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH HIGHS MONDAY SOME 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. NOT SURE HOW MUCH I WANT TO BUY INTO THIS AT THIS POINT AND WILL NOT GO QUITE AS COLD AS MODELS. WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH AND SEE HOW MODELS EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. && .AVIATION... LOW CLOUDS MOVING IN ACROSS THE AREA WITH LOW LEVEL E TO SERLY FLOW. SHOULD SEE CEILINGS RISE A BIT AFTER DAY BREAK BUT NOT TO MUCH WITH NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN. LOOKING FOR SHRA/TSRA LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE E TO SE UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. SHOULD SEE WIND SPEEDS IN THE 10-17KT RANGE WITH HIGHER GUST. WIND SPEED WILL STAY UP AFTER FROPA BUT THE DIRECTION WILL CHANGE OVER TO THE W TO SW. SHOULD SEE FROPA IN THE ATL AREA BETWEEN 17-19Z. WILL SEE SOME RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS IN AND AROUND TSRA DEVELOPMENT. NOT LOOKING FOR ANY FOG DEVELOPMENT OVER NIGHT TONIGHT AS WINDS WILL STAY UP IN THE 12-18KT RANGE OUT OF THE W-NW THROUGH 12Z THU. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 67 43 69 37 72 / 100 20 0 5 5 ATLANTA 71 39 66 41 71 / 100 10 0 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 66 37 62 32 64 / 100 20 0 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 67 40 64 33 71 / 100 5 0 5 5 COLUMBUS 74 45 70 40 74 / 100 10 0 5 5 GAINESVILLE 64 41 66 39 67 / 100 10 0 5 5 MACON 79 43 73 37 73 / 90 30 5 5 5 ROME 70 44 67 36 72 / 100 10 0 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 70 43 67 34 73 / 100 10 0 5 5 VIDALIA 81 49 71 38 72 / 70 50 0 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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. && 01
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1134 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 GAZ001>003-191615- 1134 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN DADE...WALKER AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM EDT... AT 1131 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILDWOOD TO 42 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RISING FAWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS DADE... WALKER AND CATOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 130 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 GAZ066-078-089-090-191815- 130 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN IN CHATTAHOOCHEE...MUSCOGEE...HARRIS AND TROUP COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 127 PM EDT/1227 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LA GRANGE TO 16 MILES WEST OF FORT BENNING...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE FROM EASTERN ALABAMA INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH 215 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LOUISE...LONG CANE...JONES CROSSROADS...HARRISONVILLE... ABBOTTSFORD...WEST POINT...LA GRANGE...WHITESVILLE...MOUNTVILLE... HOGANSVILLE...STOVALL...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...MULBERRY GROVE... FORTSON AND CATAULA. 19
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that several trees were down on U.S. Highway 129/Georgia Highway 247 from strong gradient winds occurring in advance of a line of heavy showers and a few thunderstorms approaching from the west.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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