Strong subtropical high pressure continued to dominate the southeastern United States. Nonetheless, a very moist, hot, tropical-like air mass continued across the region.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Strong subtropical high pressure continued to dominate the southeastern United States. Nonetheless, a very moist, hot, tropical-like air mass continued across the region. With high temperatures in the 95 to 100 degree range, scattered diurnal pulse thunderstorms were the rule despite the high pressure aloft. A few of these became strong and produced strong wind gusts as well as frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. However, none meeting severe criteria were reported.
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 Jul 22, 5:25 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 625 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 .AVIATION... TSRA REMAINING JUST EAST AND SOUTH OF ATL THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUS...WILL MAINTAIN CB MENTION THROUGH 01Z. SIMILAR SCENARIO SHOULD UNFOLD FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON STORMS DEVELOPING. COVERAGE EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED ENOUGH TO ONLY WARRANT CB MENTION THEN AS WELL. WINDS NW THIS EVENING BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT AND TRANSITIONING TO NE BY FRIDAY MORNING. //ATL CONFIDENCE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON MOST ELEMENTS...EXCEPT MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON EXACT TIMING OF WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY. 07 && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE SOUTHEAST WHILE THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SURFACE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE ATLANTIC PERSISTS IN INFLUENCING THE CWA. THE UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND WILL SHIFT TOWARD THE CAROLINA COAST. THE CWA WILL STILL REMAIN UNDER THE RIDGE AND BOTH THE GFS AND NAM WANT TO KEEP US DRY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DESPITE THE LOW POPS FROM THE GFS/NAM AND THE UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE...STILL THINK THAT ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND HAVE THUS GENERALLY INCLUDED 20 PERCENT FOR POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. FORECAST SB CAPE VALUES WILL BE NEAR 1500-2000 J/KG DURING THE AFTERNOON WHILE SHEAR WILL REMAIN MINIMAL...THUS THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY WIND AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. GFS HAS COME A LITTLE MORE INTO LINE WITH THE ECMWF IN REGARDS TO THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE AND BRINGS THE INCREASED MOISTURE TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON SATURDAY. REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST ADVISORY INFORMATION. THIS SYSTEM MAY HELP TO INCREASE OUR RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THUS INCLUDED SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS...30 PERCENT...ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH OF THE CWA. TEMPS ARE GENERALLY A MAV/MET BLEND WITH SOME TWEAKS. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE BUT NOT FORECASTING TEMPS TO BREAK ANY RECORDS. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY REGION ON SUNDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE THE BOUNDARY REMAINING NORTHWARD OF THE CWA AS WHAT IS CURRENTLY TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE PUSHES NORTHWARD ALONG THE CENTRAL/WESTERN GULF COAST. THIS SYSTEM IS ABSORBED INTO THE BOUNDARY ON TUESDAY AND THE GFS INDICATES THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMBINED SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY THE END OF THE LONG TERM...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD AND THEN TOWARD THE WEST AND BE CENTERED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION BY THURSDAY. 11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 74 98 73 98 74 / 20 20 5 20 20 ATLANTA 76 96 76 95 76 / 20 20 5 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 70 91 70 88 71 / 20 20 10 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 71 98 72 97 72 / 20 20 10 20 20 COLUMBUS 76 98 76 96 76 / 20 20 5 20 20 GAINESVILLE 75 96 75 95 75 / 20 20 10 20 20 MACON 74 98 73 97 76 / 20 20 5 20 20 ROME 72 98 73 97 73 / 20 20 10 20 20 PEACHTREE CITY 72 96 72 95 72 / 20 20 5 20 20 VIDALIA 75 97 75 96 76 / 20 20 5 30 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BIBB...BLECKLEY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRAWFORD...CRISP... DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK... HOUSTON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAURENS...MACON... MARION...MONTGOMERY...PEACH...PULASKI...PUTNAM...SCHLEY... STEWART...SUMTER...TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS... TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER... WILCOX...WILKES...WILKINSON. && 07/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 559 AM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-231000- 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- 559 AM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH. .OTHER HAZARDS... HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 ARE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES...SEE THE LATEST HEAT ADVISORY STATEMENT. .DISCUSSION... CAPES WILL INCREASE TO 2000 TO 2500 THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -2 TO -4. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER WITH THE UPPER LEVELS REMAINING WARM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE CONVECTION WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 525 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 GAZ111-112-222215- 525 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN WHEELER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF TARRYTOWN...TO LANDSBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...TELEPHONES...DOORS...AND WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SUCH WINDS CAN AFFECT SMALL OR WEAK TREES AND POWER LINES. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 556 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 GAZ113-222245- 556 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN TOOMBS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN NORMANTOWN AND VIDALIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...DOORS...AND WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. TELEPHONES SHOULD ONLY BE USED DURING EMERGENCIES. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SUCH WINDS CAN AFFECT SMALL OR WEAK TREES AND POWER LINES. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 607 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 GAZ058-071-222230- 607 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 35 MPH WINDS IN MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTTS COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FLOVILLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES AND AFFECT SOME POWER LINES. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 617 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 GAZ055>057-070-222245- 617 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN LAMAR...EASTERN SPALDING...WESTERN HENRY AND SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SMALL...YET STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LISTED COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HAMPTON...GRIFFIN...AND CHAPPEL MILL IN NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY. EACH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 632 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 GAZ059-071-072-222300- 632 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 35 MPH WINDS IN NORTHWEST JONES...NORTHEAST MONROE AND SOUTHWEST JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE JASPER...MONROE COUNTY LINE...NEAR BERNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES AND AFFECT SOME POWER LINES. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 633 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 GAZ059-071-072-222300- 633 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN NORTHWEST JONES...NORTHEAST MONROE AND SOUTHWEST JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE JASPER...MONROE COUNTY LINE...NEAR BERNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES AND AFFECT SOME POWER LINES. 19
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An amateur radio operator reported that a tree was down across a road and a power lines near McCollum Road and Georgia Highway 54, near Hampton.
The Spalding County 911 Center reported that two trees were down on the east side of Griffin. One tree fell on a home causing damage to the structure. The other tree fell on a power line.
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