An upper-level disturbance was tracking across the southern plains into the Tennessee valley around a large subtropical ridge in the western Gulf of Mexico. Scattered thunderstorms developed during the early and mid-afternoon across northwest and north central Georgia and then moved east-southeast across the northern half of the state.
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An upper-level disturbance was tracking across the southern plains into the Tennessee valley around a large subtropical ridge in the western Gulf of Mexico. Scattered thunderstorms developed during the early and mid-afternoon across northwest and north central Georgia and then moved east-southeast across the northern half of the state. A few storms became strong to severe producing marginally severe hail as well as frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.
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 10, 4:15 AM EST, 8 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 515 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MODELS SIMILAR WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...BEFORE WEAKENING FURTHER AND GETTING SUPPRESSED SOUTHWARD AS A COLD FRONT MEANDERING ACROSS THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION DRIFTS SOUTHWARD...APPROACHING NORTH GEORGIA LATE FRIDAY. UNTIL THEN...SUPPORT FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUE TO BE WEAK WITH HEATING AND A WEAK LEE SIDE TROUGH BEING THE MAIN TRIGGERS. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MAINLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN GETTING INTO SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. MAV/MET MOS TEMPS FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGH THE PERIOD AND PLAN TO USE A BLEND FOR TEMPS AND POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK BOUNDARY SLIPPING INTO NORTH GEORGIA FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN MEANDERING SOMEWHERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE BEGINNING TO DRIFT BACK TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY. EXTENDED PROGS SIMILAR WITH BOUNDARY THEN MEANDERING NEAR THE TENNESSEE/GEORGIA BORDER INTO TUESDAY. WILL NEED TO KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS GOING FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WITH BEST CHANCES CONTINUING ACROSS THE NORTH. && .AVIATION... ISOLATED MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL GIVE WAY TO MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE BY 14Z...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK TOMORROW. WINDS WILL REMAIN WEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD... INCREASING TO 5-7KTS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO NEAR 3KTS AFTER 02Z. SCT050 WILL DEVELOP GAIN ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 16Z...AND ISOLATED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA BUT SHOULD AVOID ALL TAF SITES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 92 68 92 68 89 / 10 10 30 20 20 ATLANTA 89 71 90 70 87 / 10 5 30 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 85 64 83 63 83 / 20 20 30 20 30 CARTERSVILLE 90 64 91 65 87 / 20 10 30 20 30 COLUMBUS 92 73 93 73 93 / 10 5 20 10 20 GAINESVILLE 89 68 89 69 87 / 20 10 30 20 30 MACON 92 69 94 71 93 / 10 5 20 10 20 ROME 90 67 91 68 90 / 20 10 30 20 30 PEACHTREE CITY 90 66 90 67 89 / 10 5 20 10 20 VIDALIA 94 69 94 73 94 / 10 10 20 10 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 49
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 110 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111015- 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- 115 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. A SURFACE FRONT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS COMBINED WITH CAPES OF 1500 TO 2000 AND LIFTED INDICES OF -4 TO -8 WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 124 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 GAZ002>005-012-101830- 124 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN GORDON...WALKER...WHITFIELD...CATOOSA AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR COHUTTA TO SUTTLES MILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF GORDON...WALKER...WHITFIELD...CATOOSA AND MURRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SALEM...ROCKY FACE...TUNNEL HILL...WOOD STATION... BEAUMONT... RINGGOLD...NAOMI...LAFAYETTE...LINWOOD...ROCK SPRING... NOBLE...SUTTLES MILL...VARNELL...COHUTTA AND COHUTTA.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 UTC.
2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home northeast of Dalton in the Pleasant Grove community. The structure suffered at least minor damage.
The Gordon County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail near Calhoun. Radar data suggests that the hail likely occurred closer to Resaca.
The Carroll County 911 Center reported that four trees were down in the southern part of the county. One tree was down on Oak Grove Road and another was down on Oak Grove Church Road.
The public observed penny-sized hail just east-northeast of Stockbridge.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 177794, 177797, 177809, 177810.