An unusual weather pattern was in place for July. A fairly active west to northwest flow was evident across the southern United States with a broad upper low in place across the Great Lakes and New England.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
An unusual weather pattern was in place for July. A fairly active west to northwest flow was evident across the southern United States with a broad upper low in place across the Great Lakes and New England. A cold front extended from Texas into the Tennessee Valley and served as a focusing mechanism for shower and thunderstorm development in a warm, moist air mass present to the south of the front across Georgia and Alabama. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed and moved east-southeast across the area during the afternoon and evening hours. A few of these storms became severe producing damaging wind gusts.
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 5, 2:49 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 349 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... MEAN PATTERN REMAINS UNCHANGED WITH AN UPPER RIDGE SW U.S. AND A DEEP POLAR VORTEX ACROSS THE NE U.S./SE CANADA. UPPER RIDGE HAS RETROGRADED SLIGHTLY WEST AND FLATTENED...ALLOWING A MID-LATITUDE SHORT WAVE AND THE WESTERLIES TO PENETRATE INTO THE SOUTHERN STATES. UNSTABLE NW FLOW ALOFT HAS RE-ESTABLISHED ITSELF FROM THE MIDWEST INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SE TO A BNA-MEM-LIT-DFW LINE. MEANWHILE...AN OLD WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS LIFTED NORTH INTO N GA. THIS HAS ALLOWED A VERY MOIST AIR MASS TO DRIFT N INTO THE MID-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WITH DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOW 70S AND PWS ABOVE 2.00...PROBABLY SOME OF THE HIGHEST PWS THIS YEAR AND MORE THAN AN INCH ABOVE READINGS JUST 24 HRS AGO. OVERNIGHT MCS ACTIVITY DRIFTED INTO N GA EARLY THIS MORNING AN AS EXPECTED WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. THIS HAS LEFT WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE DEBRIS AND SCT SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE N HALF OF THE CWA THIS MORNING. SATELLITE SHOWS A NEAR SOLID CLOUD COVER FROM 40 DEG LATITUDE SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF. THIS IS LIMITING DAYTIME HEATING. HOWEVER...STRONGER DISTINCT CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS ARE STILL EVIDENT WITHIN THE DECAYING COMPLEX. EVEN WITH CLOUD COVER...HIGH PWS AND ANY HEATING WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...SO WOULD EXPECT A CORRESPONDING UPSWING IN CONVECTION. A FEW SEVERE TSRA ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL GA WHERE BETTER INSTABILITY AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES RESIDE. A FAIRLY HEALTHY 20-25KT SW-WSW LLJ WILL ADD TO THE SEVERE THREAT THROUGH THE EVENING. I DO FEEL THAT THINGS WILL BECOME QUITE A BIT MORE ACTIVE DURING THE EVENING THAN WE HAVE SEEN THUS FAR THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND ROUND OF CONVECTION...NOW DEVELOPING IN NE TX/N LA/S AR IN RESPONSE TO A SECOND UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE IN NW FLOW...WILL RIDE ALONG THE SOUTHWARD DRIFTING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND SHOULD REACH THE CWA IN THE FORM OF A WEAK TO MODERATE MCS. THIS WILL LINGER INTO MON MORNING...BUT GRADUALLY WORK FURTHER SOUTH INTO PRIMARILY CENTRAL GA BY MON AFTERNOON. GFS/NAM ARE QUICKER TO PUSH DRY AIR INTO N GA THAN THE ECMWF...ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF SHOWS LESS DEVELOPMENT OF A SECONDARY AREA OF CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. ALL OF THE MODELS SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECONDARY WEAK SFC LOW ACROSS MS/AL BY EARLY MON...WHICH SHOULD DELAY DRYING UNTIL LATER MON/MON NIGHT. GFS QPF LADEN WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...SO PLAN TO LEAN HEAVILY TOWARD THE NOMINAL 0.50-1.00 INCH AMOUNTS INDICATED BY THE ECMWF. AS NOTED YESTERDAY...THE PATTERN REALLY QUITE SIMILAR TO THAT OF LAST WEEKEND AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY STALL IN SOUTH GA BY TUE AND EVENTUALLY WASH OUT. WILL KEEP N GA DRY AFTER MON...BUT WILL NEED TO HOLD ONTO AT LEAST LOW POPS IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES TUE. FOR TEMPS...EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER...HIGH DEWPOINTS...AND ONGOING PCPN WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNIFORM AIR MASS OVERNIGHT. MOST AREAS WILL SEE LOWS BETWEEN 70-75...EXCEPT THE FAR NORTH WHICH SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH DRYING TO REACH THE UPPER 60S. MAV/MET MOS SHOWING IDENTICAL MINS AT MOST N/C GA STATIONS TONIGHT...SO LITTLE IF ANY DEVIATION PLANNED. MET MOS MAX TEMPS TUE SLIGHTLY MORE REASONABLE DEPICTING SLIGHT DRYING IN THE NORTH AND EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER REMAINING IN CENTRAL AREAS. SLIGHTLY COOLER MINS AND WARMER MAX TEMPS IN ORDER FOR TUE WITH INCREASED DRYING AND SUNSHINE EXPECTED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... STRONG SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS AND EXPANDS EASTWARD DURING THE EXTENDED PERIODS. THE EARLY WEEK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS LEFT ACROSS S GA...WHERE IT WASHES OUT. DEEPER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS AND GRADUALLY RETURN TO NORTHERN SECTIONS AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. THE ECMWF/GFS ARE SOMEWHAT AT ODDS AS TO HOW FAR EAST THE UPPER RIDGE WILL EXPAND...WHICH HAS IMPLICATIONS AS TO WHEN/IF THE NEXT NW FLOW SHORT WAVE WILL AFFECT THE SE STATES. FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK...A WEAK TROUGH LINGERS ALONG THE GA/SC COAST BETWEEN THE EXPANDING CENTRAL U.S. RIDGE AND A BERMUDA RIDGE EXPANDING WESTWARD INTO FL. THIS LEAVES MOST OF THE FFC CWA ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND THE SUBSIDENCE SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. WILL CONFINE MENTION OF SHRA/TSRA TO THE FAR S/SE SECTIONS OF THE CWA TUE-FRI CLOSEST TO THE DECAYING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. MUCH OF THE CWA WILL SEE LITTLE IF ANY CONVECTION DURING THIS PERIOD. BOTH MODELS AGREE WITH A NW FLOW SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA TO THE CWA BY NEXT WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY SUN. AS THE UPPER RIDGE EXPANDS...SO DOES THE HEAT. AFTER A FEW RELATIVELY MILD DAYS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...A CONSECUTIVE STRING OF 90-DEGREE DAYS WILL LIKELY RETURN DURING THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK AS 850MB TEMPS RISE TO +22C OR BETTER. THE 12Z RUN OF THE GFS SHOWS THE UPPER RIDGE DRIFTING INTO THE SE U.S. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...LIKELY RESTYLING IN EVEN HOTTER TEMPERATURES AND LITTLE IF ANY PCPN OTHER THAN DIURNALLY...OROGRAPHICLY INDUCED VERY ISOLD SHRA/TSRA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 71 85 69 87 68 / 70 60 10 10 10 ATLANTA 72 84 70 87 69 / 70 70 10 10 10 BLAIRSVILLE 66 82 69 83 65 / 50 40 10 10 10 CARTERSVILLE 70 85 69 89 66 / 60 50 10 10 10 COLUMBUS 74 84 70 91 71 / 70 70 30 10 10 GAINESVILLE 70 85 70 85 68 / 60 50 10 10 10 MACON 74 84 70 89 68 / 70 70 30 10 10 ROME 70 86 69 88 67 / 60 40 10 10 10 PEACHTREE CITY 71 84 67 87 66 / 70 70 10 10 10 VIDALIA 74 86 70 89 68 / 60 70 60 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BIBB...BLECKLEY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRAWFORD... CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...HARRIS...HOUSTON... JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...LAURENS...MACON...MARION...MONTGOMERY... MUSCOGEE...PEACH...PULASKI...SCHLEY...STEWART...SUMTER... TALBOT...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...UPSON... WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKINSON. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 529 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-060930- 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- 529 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN NORTH GEORGIA TODAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL DRIFT ACROSS TENNESSEE AND INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA TODAY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOME SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...BUT DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATER THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. .DISCUSSION... A DECAYING CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL DRIFT INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA THIS MORNING...BRINGING A CHANCE OF WEAK TO MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THAT AREA THROUGH MID-MORNING. RAIN FROM THIS COMPLEX WILL ACT TO STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL REDUCE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THERE. SOUTH OF THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX...HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL BUILD INTO WESTERN GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CAPES IN EXCESS OF 1500 ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS ALOFT ARE RATHER WEAK...SO WELL- ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABLE INSTABILITY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA AND A BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE COOL AIR TO THE NORTH AND THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR TO THE SOUTH...A FEW STORMS THAT DO BECOME STRONG WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 60-70 MPH ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY AND SATURDAY...AND MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 359 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ083-093>095-052100- 359 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...40 MPH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN MACON...HOUSTON... PEACH AND TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKEWOOD TO GARDEN VALLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 MACON...HOUSTON...PEACH AND TWIGGS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 414 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ094-095-052100- 414 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN HOUSTON AND PEACH COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKEWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS HOUSTON AND PEACH COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PERRY...LAKEWOOD...MIAMI VALLEY... POWERVILLE...CENTERVILLE...WARNER ROBINS...HOUSTON LAKE...SAND BED... KATHLEEN AND BONAIRE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 444 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ104-052145- 444 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN SUMTER COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SHILOH TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROXTON CROSSROADS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS ACTIVITY. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 503 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ083-093-095-105-106-052200- 503 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN CRISP... MACON...HOUSTON...TWIGGS AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JEFFERSONVILLE...TO PERRY...TO MONTEZUMA...TO AMERICUS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 555 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ096-097-106>110-052300- 555 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN CRISP... WILCOX...TELFAIR...PULASKI...DODGE...BLECKLEY AND LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM COCHRAN...TO HAWKINSVILLE...TO ARABI...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS ACTIVITY. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 613 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GAZ096-107-109-052300- 613 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN EASTERN PULASKI...NORTHERN DODGE AND SOUTHERN BLECKLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING NEAR DUBOIS ALONG THE DODGE...BLECKLEY...PULASKI COUNTY LINE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS. 19
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:19 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dodge County Emergency Management Director and WMAZ Television of Macon reported that several trees and power lines were blown down around Eastman. The roof was also blown off a barn under construction near Eastman.
The Troup County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down across the county. AT least 1500 residents of the county were left without power for several hours following the event.
The Troup County 911 Center reported that lightning struck and set a storage building on fire. The building was located on Teaver Street in the southwest part of La Grange. While significant damage occurred to the structure, it was not totally destroyed.
The Harris County 911 Center reported that thunderstorm winds blew down a tree along Georgia Highway 85 onto an adjacent barn and power line. The public observed pea-sized hail in the Cataula area.
The public reported that a downburst or microburst caused extensive damage to trees and power lines from the south side of Griffin, near the Spalding Regional Medical Center, to the southern border of the county east of Orchard Hill. The most significant damage was noted along Maple Drive, East College Street, and Macon Road heading south toward Orchard Hill. More than 200 trees and power lines were down along the roads blocking the roadways. Trees were also down in several residential neighborhoods in these areas as well. Some minor structural damage was reported from downed trees. Power was out for several hours to as many as 4000 people in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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