S. persisted.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 upper atmospheric and surface pattern across the southeastern U.S. persisted. A negatively tilted upper trough persisted across the mid-south and southeast U.S. The environment across the region was slightly more stable than on previous days as the more moist and unstable air had been pushed slightly further south into central Georgia. Afternoon heating and abundant low-level moisture allowed scattered thunderstorms to form during the afternoon, with a few becoming marginally 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 May 7, 3:48 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 448 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... ZONAL FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED...MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION HAS FIRED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL PUSH A SURFACE FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA CLOSER TO TO NORTH GEORGIA...INCREASING POPS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TOMORROW AND SATURDAY. NAM/GFS INDICATING ENOUGH INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA THAT AN ISOLATED CELL MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MAV/MET TEMPERATURES AND CLOSE AND BASED UPON LOCAL BIASES WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF GUIDANCE THIS FORECAST PERIOD. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SOME DIFFERENCES NOTED IN EXTENDED MODELS...CANADIAN AND GFS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE STRENGTH AND POSITION OF THE SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO NEW ENGLAND ON MONDAY AND HAVE LEANED TOWARD THESE SOLUTIONS. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WITH PROGRESSIVE IMPULSES CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THESE IMPULSES SLOWLY PUSH THE SURFACE FRONT...AND INCREASING POPS... INTO SOUTH GEORGIA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A STRENGTHENING SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON MONDAY PUSHES THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP THE MID WEEK DRY...WITH POPS INCREASING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THURSDAY AS THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST INCREASING MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA AND THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS ALLOWING AN IMPULSE TO APPROACH NORTHWEST GEORGIA. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES SHOW NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 63 84 65 88 62 / 20 30 10 20 20 ATLANTA 66 84 66 84 63 / 20 20 10 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 59 80 60 81 56 / 20 40 30 30 30 CARTERSVILLE 62 84 61 83 59 / 20 30 20 20 30 COLUMBUS 66 88 67 90 67 / 20 10 5 5 5 GAINESVILLE 66 84 65 85 61 / 20 30 20 20 20 MACON 66 89 64 91 66 / 20 10 5 5 5 ROME 63 87 65 86 63 / 20 30 30 30 30 PEACHTREE CITY 62 86 61 87 62 / 20 20 5 10 20 VIDALIA 65 90 65 90 67 / 20 10 5 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 459 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-082100- 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- 459 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF AFTERNOON HEATING AND OUT-FLOW BOUNDARIES FOR EARLIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEAK... SO ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...EXCEPT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 501 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009 GAZ038-039-072130- 501 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN WILKES AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VESTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS WILKES AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SANDY CROSS...POINT PETER...VESTA... JACKSONS CROSSROADS...TIGNALL...MALLORYSVILLE...NORMAN...FLORAL HILL...DELHI AND DANBURG.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 522 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009 GAZ046-057-072145- 522 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN HENRY AND ROCKDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF STOCKBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS HENRY AND ROCKDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HIDDEN VALLEY PARK...STOCKBRIDGE...PANOLA MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...EAGLES LANDING...RICHARDSON PARK AND KELLEYTOWN.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public observed penny-sized hail in extreme northeast Henry county, just north of Whitehouse near the intersection of Georgia Highway 138 and White Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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