A series of weak upper-level disturbances continued to track across the area around the northern periphery of a large subtropical ridge across the Gulf of Mexico. A cold front was slowly approaching from the north.
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A series of weak upper-level disturbances continued to track across the area around the northern periphery of a large subtropical ridge across the Gulf of Mexico. A cold front was slowly approaching from the north. A very unstable air mass remained in place across the state. Isolated thunderstorms continued during the early morning hours across east central Georgia, with redevelopment across north and central Georgia during the afternoon and evening hours. A few storms approached severe limits.
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 11, 6:33 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 733 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 .UPDATE... I WILL BE ISSUING AN UPDATED FORECAST AT 800 PM TO LET THE RAGGED REMAINS OF THE OLD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRE. I HAVE REDUCED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AS WELL TO CORRESPOND TO THE CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE EXISTING FORECAST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 525 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... LINE OF STRONG CONVECTION CURRENTLY MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTHERN END OF YET ANOTHER FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE IN THE WESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW OVER THE REGION. THIS LARGE SCALE PATTERN STAY CONSISTENT THROUGH FRIDAY AS A BROAD...FLAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. BY SATURDAY THE RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING NORTH TURNING THE UPPER FLOW BACK TO A MORE NORTHWESTERLY ORIENTATION...BUT KEEPING THE FORECAST AREA UNDER THE FAVORED LOCATION TO AT LEAST GET SIDESWIPED BY WAVES RIDING OVER THE RIDGE. TIMING OF THESE WAVES IS A BIT HARD TO PIN DOWN SO I WILL KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE RANGE AREAWIDE...BUT WITH A BIT OF A DIURNAL BIAS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... 12Z RUN OF THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS BOTH CONTINUE THE TREND OF BUILDING THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTH AND EAST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THE GFS EXPANDS THE RIDGE FURTHER EAST OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE ECMWF KEEPING THE RIDGE CENTERED MORE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. GFS SOLUTION WOULD BE NOTICEABLY HOTTER AND DRIER THAN THE ECMWF. FOR NOW I WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST TRENDS...WITH SCATTERED...MAINLY DIURNAL...CONVECTION CONTINUING THROUGH THE PERIOD AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING AT OR A BIT ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. AVIATION...UPDATE... CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DIMINISH WITH HEATING. EXCEPT FOR THE CONVECTION VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH MVFR VSBYS IN THE EARLY MORNING FOR SOME AREAS. SURFACE WINDS BECOMING CALM OR LIGHT/VARIABLE FOR MOST LOCATIONS. ATL WIND EXPECTED TO BECOME WSW 5 KTS OR LESS. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 69 91 68 90 68 / 20 30 40 30 30 ATLANTA 71 89 71 88 71 / 20 30 30 40 30 BLAIRSVILLE 64 84 62 86 65 / 20 40 30 40 30 CARTERSVILLE 66 88 66 88 67 / 20 30 30 40 30 COLUMBUS 72 92 72 92 72 / 20 30 30 40 30 GAINESVILLE 69 88 69 89 69 / 20 40 30 40 30 MACON 71 92 71 92 72 / 20 30 30 30 30 ROME 68 89 68 89 68 / 20 40 30 50 30 PEACHTREE CITY 67 89 67 89 68 / 20 30 30 40 30 VIDALIA 73 92 72 93 72 / 20 30 30 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 840 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-121000- 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- 840 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...THURSDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THE REST OF THURSDAY NIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME MORE STABLE DURING THE NIGHT AND THAT WILL LESSEN THE CHANCES FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BDL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 719 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 GAZ097-109>111-120000- 719 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN TELFAIR... WHEELER...DODGE AND LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JAY BIRD SPRINGS TO RHINE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 TELFAIR...WHEELER...DODGE AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GODWINSVILLE...RHINE...CHAUNCEY...FIVE POINTS...JAY BIRD SPRINGS... ACHORD...MILAN...LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...HELENA...MCRAE...SPRING HILL...JORDAN...ALAMO...TOWNS AND SCOTLAND. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 756 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 GAZ097-109>111-120045- 756 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN TELFAIR...WHEELER...DODGE AND LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CEDAR GROVE TO UNION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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 TELFAIR...WHEELER...DODGE AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE EASTMAN... UNION...CEDAR GROVE...GODWINSVILLE...FIVE POINTS...LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...ALAMO...TOWNS...SCOTLAND...MILAN...HELENA...MCRAE...JAY BIRD SPRINGS AND ACHORD. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 915 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 GAZ097-120145- 915 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CEDAR GROVE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 941 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 GAZ097-120215- 941 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND 40 MPH WINDS IN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM EDT... AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CEDAR GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 5 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 LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 1015 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CEDAR GROVE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 112 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 GAZ074-084-120600- 112 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN WILKINSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM EDT... AT 109 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOOMSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS WILKINSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE TOOMSBORO...OCONEE...HEBRON... DEEPSTEP...WARTHEN...TENNILLE...RIDDLEVILLE AND SANDERSVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:19 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Washington County Emergency Management Director and the county 911 center reported that four trees were down in the western part of the county, one of which was down near the Wilkinson county line.
The Morgan County 911 Center reported that two trees were down on High Shoals Road and another was down on Apalachee Road in the far northern part of the county between Bostwick and High Shoals.
The public reported that several large oak trees were either uprooted or blown over near Smyrna along Derby Lane. A possible microburst was suspected.
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: 179979, 179980, 180063.