The pattern of recent days persisted with a weakness across Georgia in an otherwise broad upper ridge that continued across most of the southern states. Weak, unstable northwest flow aloft was also noted across Georgia, while a warm, moist, unstable air mass continued at the surface.
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The pattern of recent days persisted with a weakness across Georgia in an otherwise broad upper ridge that continued across most of the southern states. Weak, unstable northwest flow aloft was also noted across Georgia, while a warm, moist, unstable air mass continued at the surface. A weak backdoor cold front lingered across the southern portion of the mid-Atlantic region. Although thunderstorms were less numerous than on the 20th, isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in the same area as the day before, namely across east central Georgia producing damaging downburst winds and nickel to quarter-sized hail.
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 21, 2:46 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 346 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 .SYNOPSIS... LITTLE HAS CHANGED IN THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN LAST 24 HRS. BROAD...SUBTROPICAL UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE MOST OF THE U.S. SOUTH OF 35 DEG LATITUDE. UPPER RIDGE IS PROJECTED BY ALL MODELS TO GRADUALLY EXPAND E-ENE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. LINGERING...PESKY SFC BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS CENTRAL GA ROUGHLY FROM AGS-CSG...JUST AS IT WAS YESTERDAY. BOUNDARY DELINEATES DEEPER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FROM SLIGHTLY DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR TO THE NORTH. ONLY SUBTLE CHANGES THROUGH MIDWEEK TO THE TYPICAL DIURNAL CONVECTIVE PATTERN. BY FRI...ECMWF/GFS INDICATE A WEAK BOUNDARY...SUPPORTED BY A STRONG TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE NE U.S...WILL SAG SOUTH INTO N GA AND THEN STALL ACROSS THIS SAME AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...LIKELY ENHANCING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. 19 && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... VIRTUAL CARBON COPY OF YESTERDAY'S WEATHER PATTERN. 594DM UPPER HIGH ACROSS TX/OK...RIDGING EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. UPPER HIGH PROJECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO 596DM...WITH THE CENTER SHIFTING TOWARD MIDDLE TN/N AL/N GA BY MID WEEK. THIS SHOULD BLOCK ANY MCS ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN U.S. FROM REACHING THE SE U.S. THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. MEANWHILE...SFC BOUNDARY...REMNANTS FROM SAT CONVECTION...LINGERS ACROSS CENTRAL GA. BOUNDARY IS VERY DIFFUSE AND MAINLY A WEAK WIND SHIFT BOUNDARY. NONETHELESS...IT REMAINS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ISOLD-SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING COULD DRIVE CONVECTION IN ANY AREA DURING AFTERNOON HEATING. CU FIELD IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EVIDENT TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL-NORTH GA THAN IT WAS SUN...ALBEIT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY LESS AT THIS TIME. A WEAK INVERTED TROUGH OR EASTERLY WAVE IS EVIDENT ALONG THE EASTERN GULF COAST. ECMWF...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE GFS...PUSH THIS FEATURE AND THE DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE WESTWARD THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...INTO AL/MS TUE...AND THEN INTO LA/ETX BY WED. THIS FACT...ALONG WITH THE EXPANDING UPPER RIDGE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO THE NORMAL DIURNAL ACTIVITY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. TRYING TO FIND ANY SUBTLE DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD BETTER DELINEATE WHICH AREAS WOULD SEE THE BEST CONVECTIVE CHC IS DIFFICULT AND MODEL DEPENDENT. WILL SIDE WITH THE GFS AND SHOW SLIGHTLY BETTER CHC N GA TUE. WED SHOULD BRING A MINIMUM IN CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. WARMEST MID-LEVEL TEMPS OF +20 TO +22C TEMPS WILL REMAIN ALONG AXIS OF WEST-EAST UPPER RIDGE TN VALLEY. GIVEN DEEPER MOISTURE CENTRAL/S GA...THIS SHOULD EQUATE TO MID 90S ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THUS CONTINUING 5-7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. MIN TEMPS WILL ALSO CHANGE LITTLE WITH THE MUGGY AIR MASS REMAINING IN PLACE. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO WEAKEN...BUT OVERALL REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH THE LONG TERM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. A SIGNIFICANT UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SFC LOW SWINGS THROUGH THE NE U.S. THU-FRI...WITH A TRAILING WEAK COLD FRONT EVIDENT BACK INTO THE OH/TN VALLEY. MODELS CONSISTENT ON WEAKENING UPPER HIGH ENOUGH TO ALLOW THIS BOUNDARY TO SAG INTO N GA FRI...THEN IS LEFT STALLED ACROSS THIS SAME AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE BROAD UPPER RIDGE BLOCKS ANY FURTHER SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION. WHILE INSTABILITY NOT AS EXTREME FOR FRI AS INDICATED YESTERDAY...INSTABILITY FOR FRI-SAT REMAINS IMPRESSIVE. WITH THE BOUNDARY AND WEAK NW UPPER FLOW SUPPORT IN PLACE...ENHANCED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FRI...CONTINUING SAT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUN-MON AS THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND THE SFC BOUNDARY WASHES OUT. BEYOND NEXT WEEKEND...NEAR ZERO CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST AS ECMWF NOW SHOWS MAJOR HURRICANE NEARING THE GULF COAST...YET GFS HAS NO SUCH SYSTEM AT ALL...PERHAPS A VERY WEAK TROPICAL WAVE IN SOUTH FL. IN ADDITION...GFS SHOWING A DEEP UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST COAST...PUSHING A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO GA EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS ANY SUCH SYSTEM MUCH FURTHER NORTH AND MUCH WEAKER. ENTIRELY TOO MUCH DISCREPANCY TO HINGE ON EITHER SOLUTION AT THIS POINT. WILL JUST CONTINUE WITH ONGOING FORECAST OF ISOLD-SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION. FURTHERMORE...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN AIR MASS WILL YIELD NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN MAX/MIN TEMPS...WITH CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. HIGHS MOSTLY 90 TO 95 AND LOWS 70 TO 75...NO CHANGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 72 95 69 95 71 / 20 20 20 20 20 ATLANTA 74 94 75 94 75 / 10 20 20 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 67 89 68 90 67 / 10 20 20 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 68 95 69 94 69 / 10 20 20 20 20 COLUMBUS 73 95 73 94 73 / 20 30 20 20 20 GAINESVILLE 73 95 73 93 73 / 10 20 20 20 20 MACON 71 95 71 95 70 / 20 30 20 20 20 ROME 68 95 70 95 71 / 10 20 20 20 20 PEACHTREE CITY 69 94 69 94 70 / 20 20 20 20 20 VIDALIA 73 94 75 96 74 / 20 30 20 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 125 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-220930- 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- 125 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA... GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM LAGRANGE...TO JACKSON...TO WARRENTON. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY SOUTH OF THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAPES WILL INCREASE TO 1500 TO 2000 THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -2 TO -6. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM...AND GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE...TO JACKSON...TO WARRENTON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE 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 1252 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 GAZ062-075-076-211715- 1252 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN JEFFERSON...GLASCOCK AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT... AT 1247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BASTONVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS JEFFERSON...GLASCOCK AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BASTONVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 114 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 GAZ062-076-211745- 114 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN JEFFERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT... AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS JEFFERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE REESE AND AREAS NORTHEAST OF BASTONVILLE. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 227 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 GAZ051-061-062-211900- 227 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN HANCOCK...WARREN AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORWOOD...MOVING WEST 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 HANCOCK...WARREN AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE NORWOOD... MAYFIELD...BARNETT...POWELTON AND SPRINGFIELD. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 347 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 GAZ050-060-061-212015- 347 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN HANCOCK...PUTNAM AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SHOULDERBONE...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS HANCOCK...PUTNAM AND GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SHOULDERBONE...LIBERTY... ROCKVILLE...OCONEE SPRINGS PARK...REYNOLDS PLANTATION...WARFIELD... HARMONY...PHOENIX AND EATONTON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The local newspaper of Eatonton reported that the public observed quarter-sized hail near and just west of Shoulderbone in extreme northwest Hancock county.
The local newspaper for the city of Eatonton reported that numerous trees were blown down in the vicinity of the Oconee Wildlife Management Agency. Trees were down on a home, a vehicle, and at least one power line. Most of the damage occurred in the vicinity of Village Court and Jamestown Drive.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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