A weak stationary front lingered across north Georgia. A strong subtropical ridge remained across Florida into south Georgia.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A weak stationary front lingered across north Georgia. A strong subtropical ridge remained across Florida into south Georgia. A hot, humid, unstable air mass remained in place across most of the state south of the front. Scattered thunderstorms developed mainly across east and south Georgia during the afternoon. The thunderstorms produced intense cloud-to-ground lightning. Some of the storms became strong and produced penny-sized hail and downburst winds, below severe criteria, however.
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 27, 2:44 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 344 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... SCATTERED CONVECTION ALREADY STARTING TO ERUPT THIS AFTERNOON. WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INSTABILITY IS A BIT LOWER ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. WELL DEFINED BOUNDARY FROM YESTERDAY IS MUCH LESS IDENTIFIABLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF SMALLER BOUNDARIES LEFTOVER FROM YESTERDAYS ACTIVITY AND THE CURRENT COVERAGE TRENDS REFLECT THIS MORE RANDOM DISTRIBUTION. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE WELL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...AND ONLY BORDERLINE IN CENTRAL AND EAST GEORGIA WHERE THE CURRENT HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. FORECAST HEAT INDEX VALUES FOR WEDNESDAY POINT TO THE GREATEST RISK FOR ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE CURRENT ADVISORY AREA...SO I HAVE EXTENDED THE CURRENT ADVISORY THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW...BUT I HAVE NOT EXPANDED THE AREA NORTH OR WESTWARD FOR NOW. MODEL FORECAST TRENDS REMAIN FAIRLY CONSISTENT FOR THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD WITH THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINING THE DOMINANT FEATURE. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHIFT THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE GEORGIA REMAINS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE. ANOTHER WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED INTO THE STATE THURSDAY WHICH MAY USHER IN SOME DRIER AIR BY THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. IN THE MEANTIME THE HOT CONDITIONS AND SCATTERED...MAINLY DIURNAL...CONVECTION ROUTINE SHOULD CONTINUE. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AGAIN NO MAJOR DEPARTURES FROM THE PREVIOUS EXTENDED FORECAST TRENDS SEEN. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE UPPER RIDGE DOMINATING THE SOUTHERN U.S. WITH THE RIDGE AXIS WEST OF GEORGIA THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS ARE SHOWING A RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS OVER THE REGION AT THE START OF THE PERIOD... BUT THIS SEEMS DEPENDENT ON THE SURFACE TROUGH OR FRONT MAKING IT ALL THE WAY INTO SOUTH GEORGIA WHICH IS A BIT AMBITIOUS FOR A SYSTEM WITH MINIMAL UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS DEEP INTO THE SUMMER. IN GENERAL THE CURRENT EXTENDED FORECAST TRENDS OF CONTINUED HOT WITH SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION LOOKS PRETTY REASONABLE SO NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. && .AVIATION... SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES REMAIN FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE KEPT A TEMPO 20-24Z TSTM GROUP IN TAF SITES TODAY. HAVE KEPT CB IN CLOUD GROUP TIL 03Z... THEN EXPECT CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TO DIMINISH. OTHERWISE... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF ANY TSTM INFLUENCE. A LIGHT WNW WIND TILL PREVAIL ... GENERALLY AROUND 7-9KTS. LIGHT WNW WIND AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT. ATL...CONFIDENCE...HIGH ON CIGS...VIS AND WINDS. MODERATE ON TIMING OF TSTMS. /41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 74 96 75 96 73 / 40 30 30 30 20 ATLANTA 76 94 77 94 76 / 40 30 20 30 20 BLAIRSVILLE 70 90 70 90 69 / 50 30 30 30 20 CARTERSVILLE 73 94 73 94 72 / 40 30 30 30 20 COLUMBUS 76 96 77 97 77 / 40 30 20 30 20 GAINESVILLE 75 94 75 94 73 / 50 30 30 30 20 MACON 76 96 76 97 75 / 40 30 20 30 20 ROME 74 93 74 94 72 / 40 30 30 30 20 PEACHTREE CITY 73 94 74 95 73 / 40 30 20 30 20 VIDALIA 77 98 77 98 78 / 40 30 20 30 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BIBB...BLECKLEY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CLARKE...CRAWFORD... CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK... HARRIS...HOUSTON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES... LAURENS...MACON...MADISON...MARION...MONROE...MONTGOMERY... MORGAN...MUSCOGEE...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PEACH...PULASKI... PUTNAM...SCHLEY...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT...TALIAFERRO... TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...UPSON...WARREN... WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKES...WILKINSON. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 401 AM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-281015- 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- 401 AM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A FEW MAY BE SEVERE. ALSO...DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .OTHER HAZARDS... HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES...SEE THE LATEST HEAT ADVISORY STATEMENT. .DISCUSSION... CAPES WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 3000 THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -3 TO -6 EXPECTED. THIS COMBINED WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... INCREASED INSTABILITIES WILL RESULT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY DURING MAX HEATING. THE GREATER STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST GEORGIA WHERE A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL HELP PROVIDE A FOCUS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TODAY... THE SLOW MOVEMENT COULD ALSO RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING... FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 309 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010 GAZ097-098-109-111-112-271945- 309 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN WHEELER... MONTGOMERY...DODGE...TREUTLEN AND LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES EAST OF CEDAR GROVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WHEELER...MONTGOMERY...DODGE...TREUTLEN AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ORLAND...ROCKLEDGE...MINTER...LOWERY...CEDAR GROVE... BARNHILL...LOTHAIR...LANDSBURG...ALAMO...AILEY...JORDAN...GLENWOOD AND MOUNT VERNON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 348 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010 GAZ096>098-109>112-272015- 348 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN TELFAIR... WHEELER...MONTGOMERY...DODGE...TREUTLEN...BLECKLEY AND LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS TELFAIR...WHEELER...MONTGOMERY...DODGE...TREUTLEN...BLECKLEY AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE MILAN...JAY BIRD SPRINGS...ACHORD... GODWINSVILLE...PLAINFIELD...CHAUNCEY...EASTMAN...RENTZ...CADWELL... CEDAR GROVE...HELENA...LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...LANDSBURG... SPRING HILL AND GLENWOOD. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:04 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Wheeler County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down near the western border of the county, especially in the Spring Hill area.
The Telfair County 911 Center relayed a report of penny-sized hail in the area.
The Telfair County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down in McRae and near the county 911 center at 185 East Oak Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2010
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 252735, 252140, 252141.