A broad and strong subtropical upper ridge was in place the mid-south into Florida. The center of the ridge across Alabama and the Florida Panhandle provided Georgia with an unstable northwest flow aloft.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A broad and strong subtropical upper ridge was in place the mid-south into Florida. The center of the ridge across Alabama and the Florida Panhandle provided Georgia with an unstable northwest flow aloft. A weak backdoor front was evident across northeast Georgia with surface high pressure nosing southwest into Georgia. Isolated storms developed on the east and southeast side of Atlanta during the mid-afternoon and propagated southwest onto the south side of Atlanta during the late afternoon before dissipating. Nickel to quarter-sized hail, downburst winds, and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning were noted with these storms.
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 Jun 11, 1:41 PM EST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 241 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... PRETTY TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN FOR GEORGIA. H5 RIDGE/HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEN SLOWLY FLATTEN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. NO MAJOR FOCUSING MECHANISM EXCEPT FOR DAYTIME HEATING AND LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE WARMEST ON SATURDAY WITH ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE COOLING ON SUNDAY. NIGHT TIME LOWS WILL REMAIN WARM AS DEWPOINTS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. AS FOR TEMPS...BOTH MAV AND MET ERRORS HAVE BEEN INCREASING THROUGH TIME. IN FACT BY PERIOD 4 GUIDANCE HAS BEEN RUNNING 2 TO AS MUCH AS 7 DEGREES TOO WARM. BASED ON THICKNESS TRENDS WILL CUT BACK ON GUIDANCE MAX TEMPS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... H5 RIDGE REBUILDS THROUGH THE LONG TERM. THERE WILL REMAIN A RISK OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. NO CHANGES PLANNED TO THE LONG TERM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 71 93 72 97 71 / 20 30 20 30 20 ATLANTA 73 93 75 94 74 / 10 30 20 30 20 BLAIRSVILLE 67 86 67 88 68 / 30 40 30 30 20 CARTERSVILLE 69 91 70 93 68 / 20 30 20 30 20 COLUMBUS 75 96 76 96 75 / 10 20 10 20 20 GAINESVILLE 72 90 72 93 73 / 20 40 20 30 20 MACON 72 96 73 98 73 / 10 30 10 30 20 ROME 68 91 70 92 71 / 20 40 20 30 20 PEACHTREE CITY 69 94 70 94 69 / 10 30 10 30 20 VIDALIA 73 99 75 99 75 / 10 30 20 30 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 613 AM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-121015- 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- 613 AM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... UPPER-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS LOCATED ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND WILL DRIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. DUE TO THE LACK OF ANY NOTABLE FOCUSING FEATURE AT THE SURFACE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON HEATING OF A MOISTURE-LADEN LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES WILL APPROACH 2000 THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SLIGHT WARMING ALOFT AND A WEAK WIND PROFILE WILL LIMIT THE POSSIBILITY OF STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ONE OR TWO MAY APPROACH THOSE LIMITS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FEATURE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EVERY DAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 202 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 GAZ057-058-111830- 202 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BLACKSVILLE...MCDONOUGH...LUELLA...LOCUST GROVE...OLA...JENKINSBURG...FINCHERVILLE...JACKSON AND WORTHVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 230 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 GAZ057-058-111915- 230 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JENKINSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FINCHERVILLE...JENKINSBURG...OLA...LOCUST GROVE...WORTHVILLE...JACKSON...STARK...INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK AND FLOVILLA. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 322 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 GAZ045-046-112000- 322 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN ROCKDALE AND DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND ARABIA MOUNTAIN TO SNAPFINGER...MOVING EAST 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 ROCKDALE AND DEKALB COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SNAPFINGER...BELMONT... LITHONIA...PANOLA MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LAKEVIEW ESTATES... KLONDIKE...ARABIA MOUNTAIN...CONYERS AND MILSTEAD. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 324 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 GAZ057-112015- 324 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HIDDEN VALLEY PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS HENRY COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HIDDEN VALLEY PARK...STOCKBRIDGE...FLIPPEN AND KELLEYTOWN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:33 UTC.
3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public observed penny to nickle-sized hail in the far southern part of DeKalb county between Arabia Mountain and areas southwest of Snapfinger.
The public reported damage to two sides of a privacy fence and one tree down on Kingsbrook Road near Decatur. The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that one power line was down on Newcastle Road in Lithonia.
The DeKalb County 911 Center reported a lightning strike to a home on Radcliffe Boulevard. No specific details were provided regarding details.
An amateur radio operator observed quarter-sized hail in southern Clayton county between Fayetteville and Hampton, or just west of Lovejoy.
The public observed nickel to quarter-sized hail east of Fayetteville near the Clayton county line.
The Clayton County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home on Riviera Drive in Lovejoy in far southern Clayton county. No specific details regarding damages were provided.
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, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 239215, 239214, 239216, 239217, 239219, 239218.