S. A nearly stationary cold front extended from the Tennessee Valley into the mid-south.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A broad upper trough was located across the southeast and south central U.S. A nearly stationary cold front extended from the Tennessee Valley into the mid-south. A warm, humid, unstable air mass remained across the region. Scattered to numerous showers and a few thunderstorms were noted across all of north and central Georgia. Some brought heavy rainfall resulting in minor flooding and street flooding during the afternoon, especially in the Atlanta and Columbus metropolitan areas.
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 4, 2:48 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 348 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THESE STORMS ARE ROTATING AROUND A CLOSED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR CSG. THIS LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NE AS IT DEEPENS AND PUSHES OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY 00Z SAT. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO PULL GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD WITH IT BRINGING CONTINUED SHRA/TSRA TO NORTH AND CENTRAL GA THROUGH FRI EVENING. NOT EXPECTING MUCH SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS SYSTEM AS THE ATMOSPHERE IS MARGINALLY UNSTABLE BUT IT IS VERY MOIST. PWS ACROSS THE AREA ARE AROUND 2 IN SO SHOULD SEE A GOOD DEAL OF PRECIP OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SOME AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL GA HAVE ALREADY SEEN 1 TO 1.5 IN SINCE YESTERDAY. ONCE THIS LOW MOVES NE A SECONDARY LOW CENTER DEVELOPS OVER SOUTH GA BY 06Z SAT. THIS SECONDARY LOW WILL KEEP SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LOWS BACKSIDE MOISTURE IN ACROSS EAST GA KEEPING POPS THROUGH SAT EVENING. THIS LOW WEAKENS QUICKLY AS IT GETS ABSORBED INTO A BERMUDA LIKE RIDGE THAT BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING SUN. TEMPS WILL STAY AROUND OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS THE BERMUDA RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION SUN A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING OUT OF THE WESTERN GULF MON. THIS UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD NORTHEAST OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD HELP TO KEEP DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION CHANCES TO ISOLATED OR SCATTERED. THIS RIDGE EVENTUALLY FLATTENS AS A NEW UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. SHIFTING EAST WITH RAIN CHANCES INCREASING BY NEXT THU. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 64 75 64 81 64 / 90 70 30 20 10 ATLANTA 64 75 63 81 66 / 80 70 20 10 5 BLAIRSVILLE 63 71 57 80 59 / 90 60 20 10 10 CARTERSVILLE 62 75 58 84 62 / 90 60 10 10 10 COLUMBUS 67 79 65 85 67 / 80 70 20 20 10 GAINESVILLE 62 73 63 80 64 / 90 70 30 10 10 MACON 68 82 65 86 67 / 80 70 40 30 20 ROME 66 81 61 88 64 / 80 50 5 10 10 PEACHTREE CITY 65 76 62 83 64 / 80 70 20 10 5 VIDALIA 68 84 68 84 67 / 60 60 40 30 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 657 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051100- 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- 657 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. .SYNOPSIS... A VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THROUGH FRIDAY WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES GEORGIA FROM THE WEST. A SURFACE LOW CENTERED NEAR PENSACOLA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CROSS GEORGIA TODAY MOVING INTO THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DISCUSSION... THE DEEP AND SATURATED TROPICAL AIRMASS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 2 INCHES WILL ALLOW FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE...BUT SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONCERNS. WEAK INSTABILITY WITH CAPES BETWEEN 200 TO 600 WILL BE JUST ENOUGH TO GENERATE A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES. GIVEN FAIRLY STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR SOUTHEAST OF A LA GRANGE TO ATHENS LINE...A BRIEF AND WEAK TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY IS QUITE LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Columbus television stations reported that extensive street flooding was observed throughout the Columbus metropolitan area. A number of cars stalled out when people attempted to drive them through areas of high water.
The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that heavy rain resulted in a small unnamed tributary, located just west of Interstate 85 and between Georgia Highway 166/Langford Parkway and Langston Drive, rising out of its banks and flooding an adjacent home. The flooding to the home was confined to the yard, crawl space, garage, and a parked car. Further examination determined that the flooding was the result of a collapsed culvert pipe casued by heavy runoff and debris buildup in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2009
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: 182840, 182839.