The weak cold front that had entered north Georgia on the 6th had pushed south into central Georgia. S.
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The weak cold front that had entered north Georgia on the 6th had pushed south into central Georgia. Northwest flow aloft continued around a deep upper low anchored in the northeast U.S. However, the most unstable air had been pushed further south, mostly into south Georgia. Just before sunset, outflow from thunderstorms in south Georgia pushed north into the southern portions of central Georgia, causing isolated thunderstorms to develop. One of these briefly became severe in Wilcox county producing damaging downburst winds.
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 Aug 7, 2:49 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 349 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS STILL PRESENT...AND THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES IS TRIGGERING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH GA. BEHIND THE FRONT...DRIER AIR HAS SETTLED INTO NORTH GA...WITH WELCOMED DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS ITS ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER EASTERN CANADA. 00Z ECMWF SEEMED A LITTLE OUT TO LUNCH WITH A NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. 12Z ECMWF MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH GFS AND NAM...WITH THE LOW DEVELOPING A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST BY LATE SUNDAY. WITH THE BOUNDARY AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...A TIGHT RH GRADIENT IS EXPECTED...WITH THE BEST MOISTURE STAYING IN EXTREME SOUTH GA. HAVE OPTED TO CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN SOUTH CENTRAL GA...AND THE NE GA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. PENDING LOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...THESE POPS COULD EASILY BE INCREASED DOWN THE ROAD. GFS SEEMS TO BE THE WARMEST IN THE SHORT TERM ON HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES 1 TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NAM AND ECMWF. GFS ALSO SEEMS TO EMBRACE THE LOWER DEWPOINTS ACROSS N GA A LITTLE MORE THAN THE OTHER MODELS...WITH GUIDANCE APPEARING A LITTLE TOO LOW FOR SUNDAY AM TEMPS. HAVE TENDED TOWARD A MAV/MET BLEND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...LEANING TOWARDS THE MAV. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON GUIDANCE SEEMS TO BE MORE IN LINE...SO HAVE NOT STRAYED TOO FAR FROM CONSENSUS. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE AFOREMENTIONED CLOSED LOW CENTERS OVER CENTRAL FL BY MON AM...MOVES OVER THE NE GULF OF MEXICO BY WED AM...AND MOVES OVER LA/MS BY EARLY THU. MODELS DIFFER A LITTLE MORE IN THE LONG TERM WITH HANDLING OF THIS LOW ONCE IT MOVES OVER LAND. A FEW MODELS LOOP THE LOW BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST...WITH A VORT MAX IMPACTING THE CWA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. OTHER MODELS ABSORB THE LOW INTO AN ONCOMING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WITH SUCH UNCERTAINTY BETWEEN THE MODELS...HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION AND PERSISTENCE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED. WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE LATEST MODELS TO SEE HOW THIS FEATURE PANS OUT. 31 && .AVIATION... TAFS REFLECT THE INFLUX OF DRIER AIR AND LOWER INSTABILITIES. CHALLENGE WAS THE WIND FIELD WHICH GFS MOS WANTED TO FLIP TO WESTERLY OVERNIGHT AND THEN BACK TO EASTERLY. NAM KEEPS IT EASTERLY THROUGHOUT. THIS LOOKS MORE REALISTIC...BUT WITH WINDS BELOW 5 KTS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...CANNOT DISMISS A SHORT TERM FLOP TO WESTERLY. NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES EXPECTED WITH CIGS OVERNIGHT DUE TO DRIER AIR THAN THIS MORNING. NEED TO WATCH AREAS THAT GET RAIN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GA TODAY...THOUGH...FOR POSSIBLE IFR CONDS ADVECTING INTO MCN/CSG IN THE MORNING. //ATL...CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 18Z... CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS HIGH 18Z-06Z AND MEDIUM THEREAFTER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 70 96 72 97 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 ATLANTA 73 95 76 95 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 BLAIRSVILLE 62 90 64 91 65 / 10 20 20 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 67 97 70 97 69 / 10 10 10 10 10 COLUMBUS 75 96 75 96 75 / 20 20 20 10 10 GAINESVILLE 72 94 73 95 73 / 10 20 10 10 10 MACON 72 96 74 97 72 / 20 20 20 10 10 ROME 66 97 69 97 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 PEACHTREE CITY 69 94 71 95 69 / 10 10 10 10 10 VIDALIA 75 95 75 95 75 / 30 20 10 20 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BIBB...BLECKLEY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRAWFORD...CRISP... DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...HOUSTON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON... LAURENS...MACON...MARION...MONTGOMERY...MUSCOGEE...PEACH... PULASKI...SCHLEY...STEWART...SUMTER...TAYLOR...TELFAIR... TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER... WILCOX...WILKINSON. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-081030- 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- 1140 AM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. HIGH PRESSURE IS PUSHING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE FROM THE NORTH. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO SWAINSBORO. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. .DISCUSSION... THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTHWARD AND SPREAD DRIER AIR INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA. THIS WILL DIMINISH THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTH GEORGIA...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND WEAK THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE PUSHED INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA...KEEPING HIGHER INSTABILITY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TROUGH. THE CAPE INSTABILITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 THIS AFTERNOON FOR MAINLY CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Wilcox County 911 Center reported that at least a dozen trees were down around Owensboro near Georgia Highway 233.
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