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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.
The summer of northwest flow aloft continued with a strong subtropical ridge across the southwestern U.S. and a deep upper trough in the northeastern U.S. A cold front was approaching north Georgia from the Tennessee valley. Isolated thunderstorms developed across north Georgia during the afternoon and evening producing frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. None of the storms were observed to have become 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 Jul 26, 5:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 610 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS INCONSISTENT WITH THE HANDLING OF THE BROAD UPPER TROF AND A POTENTIAL CONVECTIVE VORT MAX IN THAT TROUGH CAUSING THE GFS TO HAVE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS. THIS MAKES THE FORECAST HIGHLY UNCERTAIN TONIGHT AND MONDAY. MODELS INDICATING MORE MOISTURE MOVING OVER THE AREA AND THIS APPEARS REASONABLE. SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OH TO LOWER MS VALLEYS NOT LIKELY TO GET TO GA AS THE FRONT WILL HAVE LITTLE PUSH TO GET THAT FAR S. NAM INDICATING A SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS WELL AS THE OVERDONE GFS. WILL CONTINUE THE CALL FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY OVER THE N AND W PORTIONS OF THE CWA TONIGHT. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL GIVE POTENTIAL FOR A FLARE UP OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ON MONDAY WITH SIMILAR POTENTIAL ON TUESDAY WITH A SHORT WAVE APPROACHING LATER IN THE DAY. TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS LOW. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED THIS PERIOD AS MOIST SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG WITH WSW UPPER FLOW. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE A PATTERN OF SUMMER-LIKE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS OVER FL DURING THE WEEK AND THEN INTO S GA LATE IN THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS COULD PUSH THE BEST MOISTURE OVER N GA. && .AVIATION... LINGERING CONVECTION WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING ALONG THE SFC TROF AXIS EXTENDING DOWN THE PIEDMONT. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS WEAK VORT MAX ROTATING ACROSS NRN AL WHICH WILL ENHANCE LIFT DURING THE EVENING. NAM KEEPS CONVECTION BUBBLING THROUGH 06Z...ALBEIT WEAK...AND GIVEN THE FORCING EVIDENT...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT LEAST VCSH UP TO ABOUT 04Z FOR THE METRO AIRPORTS. MAY PULL THE MENTION OF LOW STRATUS FROM THE ATL TAF BUT IF PRECIP PERSISTS IN THE AREA...MAY NEED TO RETAIN IT AND LOWER VSBYS TO 4-6NM RANGE IN BR FOR THE PRE-SUNRISE PERIOD. WINDS WILL STAY OUT OF THE WEST FOR THE DURATION. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE A REPEAT PERFORMANCE...AS THE SFC TROF...MOISTURE AND UPPER-LEVEL TROF ALL PERSIST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 70 91 70 91 70 / 40 40 30 30 50 ATLANTA 71 87 71 88 71 / 50 30 20 50 50 BLAIRSVILLE 67 82 68 84 70 / 50 40 20 30 50 CARTERSVILLE 67 90 68 89 68 / 50 30 20 40 50 COLUMBUS 73 89 71 89 72 / 50 40 20 60 50 GAINESVILLE 70 85 71 88 70 / 50 50 30 40 50 MACON 71 91 69 93 71 / 30 40 20 50 40 ROME 68 90 69 89 68 / 50 30 20 40 50 PEACHTREE CITY 68 87 67 88 69 / 50 30 20 50 50 VIDALIA 73 91 71 91 72 / 20 40 30 40 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BDL/LPR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 132 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-271745- 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- 132 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT LOCATED IN THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO TENNESSEE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT. .DISCUSSION... A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL ROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN STATES. THESE DISTURBANCES SHOULD PUSH A WEAK FRONT INTO TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLY MORNING STORMS OVER TENNESSEE...COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...MAY HELP TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD...MOST NUMEROUS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. A FEW STRONG STORMS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PERIOD. .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 326 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 GAZ052-262000- 326 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN HEARD COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FROLONA...MOVING EAST AT 10 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 HEARD COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE TEXAS...FROLONA...FRANKLIN...CENTRALHATCHEE...POWERS CROSSROADS...PLANT WANSLEY AND CORINTH. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 358 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 GAZ042-052-262030- 358 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN HEARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EPHESUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 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 HEARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EPHESUS...ROOSTERVILLE...CENTRALHATCHEE AND ROOPVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 454 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 GAZ020-262130- 454 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN BARTOW COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EUHARLEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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 BARTOW COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE STILESBORO...EUHARLEE...KINGSTON...CASSVILLE... EMERSON...RED TOP MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CARTERSVILLE AND WHITE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck a two-story home on Castle Royal Drive. The home sustained significant damage from the resulting fire. A family of five was displaced as a result of this lightning-related fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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