Broad high pressure aloft continued across the southeastern states and was beginning to strengthen from previous days. However, a very weak disturbance was evident across the north side of the high across north Georgia.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Broad high pressure aloft continued across the southeastern states and was beginning to strengthen from previous days. However, a very weak disturbance was evident across the north side of the high across north Georgia. This was sufficient given strong heating to produce isolated to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. A few of these became strong and produced pea-sized hail and non-severe wind gusts.
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 26, 2:29 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 329 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... A WEAK BOUNDARY REMAINS SITUATED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TODAY...AND IT...COMBINED WITH VORT MAX OVER NE AL...WILL ACT AS THE TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR ENHANCED DIURNAL CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. MORNING CLOUD COVER OVER NW GA HAS PREVENTED TEMPERATURES TO WARM AS QUICKLY AS EXPECTED...AND HAS HINDERED THE START OF THE AFTERNOON ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY...WITH SOME ACTIVITY ALREADY PRESENT ALONG THE GA/SC LINE AND NEAR COLUMBUS AND MACON. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITIES AND LITTLE SHEAR EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...EXPECT PULSE DIURNALLY DRIVEN SUMMERTIME CONVECTION EACH DAY...WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. MODELS CONSISTENT WITH THE POSITION OF THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH THE WEAK BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS GEORGIA INTO NEXT WEEK. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY QUICKLY MOVES AND DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES BY EARLY MONDAY. THIS WEEKS PREVAILING WEST WINDS BECOME SOUTHWEST BY LATE SUNDAY... PULLING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. WITH BETTER INSTABILITIES INTO NEXT WEEK...HAVE CONTINUED WITH CHANCE POPS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH HIGHS STILL IN THE 90S. SUNDAY WILL BE 17 DAYS OF AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES FOR THE ATLANTA AREA. THIS STRETCH...BEGINNING JUNE 11...RANKS IN THE TOP 25 MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES...WITH THE RECORD BEING 38 DAYS. GUIDANCE HIGH TEMPERATURES SEEM A LITTLE WARM FOR SUNDAY...SO HAVE GENERALLY GONE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER THAN IT SUGGESTS. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND INTO TUESDAY...DRAGGING WITH IT ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY KEEPS CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF THE GULF PROVIDING AMPLE MOISTURE FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. MODELS PUSH THE FRONT THROUGH GEORGIA AND INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA BY THURSDAY...BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE IN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. ECMWF KEEPS SOME MOISTURE ACROSS EXTREME SE GA INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTHWEST FLOW PREVAILING ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE...EXPECT DRIER CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND. CURRENT FORECAST TENDS TOWARDS THE ECMWF RESOLUTION...AND 12Z RUN ONLY UPHOLDS THIS DECISION. GFS GOES FOR A DIFFERENT SITUATION...SPLITTING AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF FROM TS ALEX IN THE GULF...THEN DEEPENING THAT LOW IN THE NORTHERN GULF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS THEN DRAGS THE LOW ACROSS N FL AND SE GA BEFORE PUSHING IT OUT INTO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT BY SATURDAY PM. IF THIS RESOLUTION UNFOLDS...POPS WOULD GREATLY INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND. FOR NOW...PREFER THE ECMWF STORY...AND NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE EXPECTED IN THE LONG TERM FORECAST. JUST GIVE THE GFS SOME TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 73 93 73 93 71 / 20 40 20 50 40 ATLANTA 74 92 74 90 73 / 20 40 20 40 40 BLAIRSVILLE 65 88 68 88 69 / 20 40 30 50 40 CARTERSVILLE 69 93 70 91 68 / 20 40 30 50 40 COLUMBUS 75 95 75 92 74 / 20 50 20 50 40 GAINESVILLE 73 92 73 91 72 / 20 40 30 50 40 MACON 73 94 75 92 73 / 30 50 20 50 40 ROME 69 93 72 92 70 / 20 40 30 50 40 PEACHTREE CITY 69 92 72 91 69 / 20 40 20 40 40 VIDALIA 77 95 75 92 75 / 30 40 30 50 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1101 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-271200- 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- 1101 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL DRIFT INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DISCUSSION... A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MEANDER ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...AND PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. CAPES WILL INCREASE TO 2500 TO 3000 THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES DECREASING TO -3 TO -6. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAIN STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM TODAY. THE CONVECTION SHOULD GRADUALLY DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXCEPT ON FRIDAY. .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 346 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 GAZ110-262015- 346 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN SOUTHWESTERN TELFAIR COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JACKSONVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF CHINA HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND TEMPERANCE...CHINA HILL...AND JACKSONVILLE. 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 404 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 GAZ097-262030- 404 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHWEST OF LOWERY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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 610 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 GAZ014-262300- 610 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY FROM JUNO TO DAWSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF DAWSON COUNTY FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR...INCLUDING JUNO...MCKEE...AND DAWSONVILLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR...BRIEF FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 616 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 GAZ015-262245- 616 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN IN LUMPKIN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAHLONEGA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM...WHICH MAY BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES AND AFFECT POWER LINES AS WELL AS OTHER LIGHT WEIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN 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. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 620 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 GAZ022-023-262245- 620 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN FAR EASTERN FORSYTH AND WESTERN HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHESTATEE TO OSCARVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 653 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 GAZ034-262345- 653 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN GWINNETT COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BUFORD...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...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. 19
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home on Biltmore Woods Drive just east of Buford. The resulting fire was contained to an exterior wall.
The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home on Sydney Crest Lane. The resulting fire caused moderate damage to an exterior wall and the attic. The entire home suffered extensive smoke damage. The fire appeared to start when the lightning struck the incoming electrical line to the home. The family of four was displaced as a result of the incident.
The Twiggs County 911 Center and Twiggs County Emergency Management Director reported that four trees were down across the north part of the county. Trees were down on Sgoda Road, Fountain Road, Long Street Road, and Georgia Highway 18.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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