A deep slow moving trough was located across the mid-part of the United States. S.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A deep slow moving trough was located across the mid-part of the United States. An unseasonably strong ridge of high pressure was just off the southeast U.S. coast. A stationary front was located across the western Tennessee Valley with a backdoor cold front, cold air wedge located across northeast Georgia. These features combined with unsesonably warm, moist air across the region resulted in scattered strong thunderstorms across northwest Georgia during the evening. One of these thunderstorms became severe in Chatooga county, 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 Oct 9, 5:30 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2009 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... EDGE OF BROAD FRONTAL BOUNDARY EVIDENT ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGE...PROGRESSING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THIS RUN OF MODELS LOOKS A BIT FASTER...BRINGING THE FRONT INTO NORTHWEST CORNER OF GA SHORTLY AFTER 00Z. FRONT PUSHES INTO CENTRAL GA BY 12Z AND LOOKS LIKE IT MAY STALL THERE SATURDAY AS UPPER FLOW REMAINS WEST TO SOUTHWEST. LIKELY OR BETTER POPS TONIGHT NORTHWEST AND SATURDAY NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING MAINLY NORTHWEST. STRONG RIDGE BUILDING EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY MAY PUSH THE FRONT A BIT FARTHER SOUTH. MODELS ARE NOW POINTING TOWARD SOME DRYING OVER NORTH GA SUNDAY. HOWEVER...EASTERLY FLOW SETS UP ACROSS THE CWA ON SUNDAY AND SOME WEAK OVERRUNNING COULD KEEP CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO A BLEND OF MET/MAV...WITH ACTUAL NUMBERS DEPENDING ON CLOUDS AND RAIN COVERAGE. .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MADE NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. GA REMAINS IN A MOSTLY WESTERLY FLOW WITH SEVERAL IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A BRIEF DRY PERIOD AROUND THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... LINE OF TSRA IN ALABAMA WILL LIKELY WEAK SOMEWHAT BEFORE IT ARRIVES...BUT BRIEF THUNDER IS STILL POSSIBLE AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY BACK BRIEFLY AS WELL AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT...SHIFTING FROM 200-210 TO 170-180 DEGREES. AS THE MAIN FRONT APPROACHES...CIGS WILL DROP TO IFR AND IN SOME CASES LIFR STARTING BETWEEN 6-8Z AND LASTING THROUGH MID-MORNING...WITH IFR TO MVFR VSBYS. CIGS LIFT TO LOW MVFR BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD RAIN. EXPECT LITTLE THUNDER DUE TO THE LACK OF 9 / 70 70 20 10 20 CARTERSVILLE 65 70 52 72 57 / 70 70 20 20 20 COLUMBUS 73 80 63 75 65 / 40 60 40 40 30 GAINESVILLE 64 67 53 69 56 / 60 70 30 20 20 MACON 70 84 62 75 62 / 30 40 40 50 30 ROME 66 68 55 75 56 / 80 70 20 10 20 PEACHTREE CITY 66 74 58 72 57 / 60 70 40 30 30 VIDALIA 70 87 66 76 62 / 10 30 30 50 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 41/TDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 415 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101530- 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- 415 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH AND EAST...APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WIND. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHER HAZARDS WILL INCLUDE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DISCUSSION... DEEP SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FLOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA... ALLOWING INSTABILITY TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS INCLUDES CAPES OF NEAR 1000 AND LIFTED INDICES NEAR MINUS 2. IN ADDITION...THERE IS ENOUGH WIND SHEAR TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE PRIMARY LOCATION FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BEST LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUIRED...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 427 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2009 GAZ005>007-092100- 427 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN GILMER...FANNIN AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS GILMER... FANNIN AND MURRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CHATSWORTH... ETON...CONASAUGA LAKE...COHUTTA WILDERNESS...JONES MILL...HIGDON... COLWELL...EPWORTH AND MCCAYSVILLE-COPPERHILL. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 435 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2009 GAZ003-092100- 435 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN CATOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER INDIAN SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS CATOOSA COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE INDIAN SPRINGS...GRAYSVILLE AND GRAYSVILLE. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Chattooga County 911 Center reported that at least a dozen trees were blown down across the county, especially in the Summerville area. Some power lines were also down as a result of the downed trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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