A broad area of low pressure aloft was moving slowly east through the mid-south. S.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A broad area of low pressure aloft was moving slowly east through the mid-south. Deep tropical moisture remained across the southeast U.S. A weak cold front was approaching from the northwest. Afternoon heating resulted in the development of scattered thunderstorms across much of north and central Georgia. Many of the storms produced frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. Some of the more significant issues this day were lightning related, with one lightning-related injury in Cobb county.
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 2, 8:25 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 925 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 .UPDATE... WILL LET DENSE FOG ADVISORY EXPIRE AS PLANNED. VSBYS ALREADY COMING UP PRETTY QUICKLY. KATL PREVAILING VSBY STILL LOW AT 9AM DUE TO STRATUS AT THE TOWER LEVEL. REST OF FCST LOOKS GOOD. SNELSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 524 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... CURRENT REGIONAL RADAR LOOP SHOWS SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS EASTERN GA AND THE CAROLINAS FROM TUESDAYS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. THERE IS A WEAK NEAR STATIONARY BOUNDARY STALLED ACROSS N GA WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE TO MUCH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE OVER ALL FLOW PATTERN IS VERY WEAK FROM THE SURFACE TO THE UPPER LEVELS SO NOT LOOKING FOR MUCH CHANGE IS THE OVER ALL PATTERN IN THE SHORT TERM. WITH THE MAIN BOUNDARY...A LOT OF SMALLER BOUNDARIES (MAINLY OUTFLOWS FROM CONVECTION TUE AFTERNOON)...AND CONTINUED MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA...GA WILL CONTINUE WITH DIURNAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. INSTABILITY INDICES PEAK EVERY DAY AROUND 18Z (CAPES EXPECTED IN THE 2000-3000 J/KG RANGE AND LIS AROUND -2 TO -5) DURING THE PRIME HEATING OF THE DAY. SHEAR VALUES CONTINUE TO BE VERY LOW SO NOT EXPECTING ANY TORNADIC ACTIVITY...JUST STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. INSTABILITIES TAPPER OFF QUICKLY EACH DAY AFTER 00Z SO SHOULD SEE THE STRONG STORMS ENDING AROUND 02Z-04Z. DID NOT INCLUDED SEVERE WORDING IN THE FORECAST AS IT LOOKS LIKE ANY STORMS THAT DO REACH SEVERE LIMITS WILL BE ISOLATED AT BEST. LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... BY FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY THERE IS A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WHICH SHARPENS UP A BIT JUST BEFORE SWEEPING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST. GA STAYS IN A DIURNAL PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND UNTIL THIS TROUGH SWEEPS THOUGH PUTTING GA IN DRIER NWLY FLOW PATTERN SUN-TUE. THERE IS STILL SOME MOISTURE AROUND THE REGION SO WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION IN THE FORECAST...BUT NO MORE THAN THAT FOR NOW DAYS 5-7. AVIATION... CALM WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES HAVE RESULTED IN PATCHY DENSE FOG DEVELOPING ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO EXPECT LIFR CIGS (BKN005) AT ATL BY AROUND 11Z THIS MORNING WITH 3-4SM VIS REDUCTION... BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF MUCH OF THE ATLANTA AREA GOES DENSE AND A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIAL AT ATL CLOSELY. OTHERWISE... EXPECT LIFR CIGS AT ATL TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO VFR BY 16-17Z. A WEAK SURFACE AND UPPER TROUGH OVER THE STATE COUPLED WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT THE GREATER TSTM CHANCE AT ATL BETWEEN 20-24Z. EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 25KTS WITH TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL ADD VRB15G25KT TO TEMPO TSTM GROUP. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH/DISSIPATE BY 02-04Z THIS EVENING. MODELS INDICATE ATL WILL SEE AT LEAST IFR CIGS BY 11-12Z THURSDAY MORNING. AS FOR WINDS...EXPECT A LIGHT SW WIND THIS MORNING TO MORE WESTERLY BY LATE MORNING-EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BACK MORE SW TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD HOLD IN THE 5-8KT RANGE. /39 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 88 68 89 68 90 / 50 20 40 40 50 ATLANTA 85 68 87 69 87 / 50 20 40 40 50 BLAIRSVILLE 83 64 82 64 87 / 50 20 50 40 50 CARTERSVILLE 88 65 88 65 89 / 50 20 50 40 50 COLUMBUS 87 71 89 70 88 / 50 20 50 40 50 GAINESVILLE 86 67 86 68 88 / 50 20 50 40 50 MACON 89 70 90 71 89 / 50 30 40 30 50 ROME 89 67 88 67 88 / 50 20 50 40 50 PEACHTREE CITY 85 66 87 66 88 / 40 20 40 30 50 VIDALIA 89 71 90 71 89 / 50 30 50 30 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BUTTS...CARROLL... CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB... COWETA...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE... FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL... HARALSON...HEARD...HENRY...JACKSON...JASPER...LUMPKIN... MADISON...MORGAN...MURRAY...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE... OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...PUTNAM...ROCKDALE... SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...TALIAFERRO...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER... WALTON...WHITE...WHITFIELD...WILKES. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-030900- 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- 500 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE. .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE AND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER THE STATE TODAY. CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OFF THE GEORGIA AND EAST FLORIDA COASTS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE STATE. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. HOWEVER...MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. LOCALLY-HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ALONG FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DISCUSSION... DAYTIME HEATING AND AN INFLUX OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE MODERATE INSTABILITIES ACROSS THE STATE AGAIN TODAY...WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES OF 2000 TO 3000 AND LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 2 TO MINUS 5 EXPECTED. A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WILL HELP PROVIDE THE TRIGGER FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WEAK WIND SHEAR PROFILES CONTINUE TO FAVOR PULSE TYPE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH MOVEMENTS GENERALLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED AND PULSE NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...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 213 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 GAZ102-021900- 213 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR CHARLES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS STEWART COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE CHARLES...WESTVILLE...LUMPKIN AND BROOKLYN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 216 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 GAZ032-021900- 216 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN COBB COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR KENNESAW...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS COBB COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE KENNESAW... KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY...MARIETTA...WHITE WATER PARK AND SANDY PLAINS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 PM EDT WED JUN 02 2010
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1100 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SSW ARCADE 34.05N 83.57W
05/31/2010 JACKSON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
A CULVERT PIPE WAS WASHED OUT ON MCCREERY ROAD AND ALSO
ON HUNTER ROAD.
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KFRANTZThe Atlanta radar (KFFC), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.
8 lightning, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
WSB Television of Atlanta reported that lightning struck and injured a man hiking at the Kennesaw National Battlefield Park.
The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a town home on Summit Cove Drive causing extensive damage to the two-story unit.
The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck two trees behond a home on Old Peachtree Road. The trees fell against a 16 by 20 foot shed which then caught fire. The shed was destroyed from the fire.
The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a storage shed outside of a home on Charleston Oak Circle. The shed was destroyed from the resulting fire.
The Cobb County 911 Center reported that four trees were down in the western part of the county approximately six to eight miles southwest to west-southwest of Marietta. Two of the trees were down on power lines. One tree each was down on Bullard Road, Bell Street, Midway Road at Dallas Highway. Two trees were down on Villa Rica Road. Power lines were down on Bullard Road at Villa Rica Road and on Bell Street.
An amateur radio operator reported that lightning struck a Georgia Pacific plant. The lightning strike resulted in a hole in the roof of the building. Several power outages were observed in the area from lightning strikes.
The Coweta County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees and power lines were down approximately three miles southeast of Newnan on East Front Street and at the Oak Inn Hotel on U.S. Highway 29.
The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that six lightning strike incidents occurred during evening thunderstorms. No damage was reported with two of the lightning strikes. On Brogdon Road, north of Fayetteville, a storage shed was struck causing $2500 in damages. On Deer Cove, just north of Fayetteville, lightning struck a home and resulted in $5000 in damages. In downtown Fayetteville on Church Street, a church was struck resulting in $30,000 in damages to the structure. Finally, on Shamrock Drive, just south of Fayetteville, a home suffered $5000 in damages from a lightning strike.
The News Daily of Jonesboro reported that lightning struck a home on Fieldgreen Drive. The resulting fire to the attic caused extensive damage to the home.
The News Daily of Jonesboro reported that lightning struck a second home in Jonesboro, this time on Elliot Drive. The home suffered significant damage from the resulting fire.
The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail around Kite.
The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were down around Kite.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 238871, 246800, 246796, 246797, 238872, 238874, 239005, 239010, 246798, 246799, 239011, 239012.