S. An associated cold front was moving into north Georgia.
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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.
An unusually strong upper trough continued to deepen from the Ohio Valley into the southeast U.S. An associated cold front was moving into north Georgia. Warm, moist, unstable air remained across Georgia. The front provided additional support for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. Upper support was best across the eastern half of the state. Hence, most of the severe thunderstorms occurred in this section of the state. Cloud-to-ground Lightning during evening thunderstorms in Henry county, just southeast of Atlanta, claimed the life of a 14-year old male and injured a 15-year old female.
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 29, 4:25 AM EST, 8 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 525 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT...GFS/NAM CONTINUE TO COME INTO ALIGNMENT WITH ECMWF AS FAR AS HANDLING OF T.S. ALEX. PATH CONTINUES TO TAKE ALEX SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE TX SOMETIME WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ECMWF FASTER AND A BIT FURTHER SOUTH OF GFS/NAM. MAIN IMPACT OVER OUR FORECAST AREA THIS PERIOD WILL BE SURFACE FRONT/PREFRONTAL BOUNDARIES WHICH WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TODAY AND TOMORROW AS THEY PUSH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN. U.S. WILL BE THE MAIN IMPETUS FOR SLOWLY PUSHING THE FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BEST CHANCE FOR POPS WILL BE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING IN VICINITY OF THE WEAK PRE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. BY THIS AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS PRECIPITABLE WATERS ARE 2 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SHOULD ONCE AGAIN SEE A BREAK DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING...WITH A REPEAT TOMORROW. INSTABILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO APPROACH SEVERE CRITERIA...AS CAPE VALUES WILL AGAIN BE IN THE 1500-2000 RANGE. BOTH GFS/ECMWF SHOWING ENOUGH TROPICAL MOISTURE LINGERING THROUGH THURSDAY FOR CONTINUED CHANCE POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE MIDWEST. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSE...WITH MET AND MAV/MET BLEND HARD TO BEAT THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS MAV A BIT FASTER BRINGING IN COOLER AIR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... EXTENDED MODELS ARE NOT AS DRY AS THEY HAVE BEEN THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS. 00Z GFS TAKES THE REMNANTS OF ALEX WESTWARD SIMILAR TO ECMWF WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH SOME DISCREPANCIES NOTED IN HOW FAR NORTH/EAST THE RIDGE EXTENDS. WITH SURFACE HIGH CENTERED JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...MODELS AGREE DRIER AIR SHOULD INFILTRATE MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SOME RETURN MOISTURE EVIDENT OVER PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. AM LESS CONFIDENT IN A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS...BUT BELIEVE THAT SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE POPS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT AS CONVECTION WILL BE DIURNAL IN NATURE. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SHOW TEMPERATURES 5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS. CONTINUE TO HAVE A HARD TIME BITING...GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR AND LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES INDICATING THAT TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE CLOSER TO CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS. && .AVIATION... A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH HAS SLIPPED INTO NORTH GA THIS MORNING. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ACROSS KY...AND PROGGD BY ALL MODELS TO SAG ACROSS TN AND INTO NORTH GA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE IT STALLS OVERNIGHT. ALSO NOTED IS A SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE ADVECTING INLAND FROM THE GULF...AND THIS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH. ALL SUGGESTS 60-70% CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. NAM AND RUC SEEM TO HOLD CONVECTION NORTH OF ATL UNTIL 18Z OR LATER. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE WITH THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH STAYING NORTH THIS MORNING...THEN POSSIBLY SAGGING INTO THE ATLANTA AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CURRENT TEMPO TSTM GROUP AT ATL BETWEEN 19Z-23Z STILL LOOKS GOOD. SINCE CONVECTION MAY ACTUALLY LINGER IN THE ATLANTA AREA THRU 02-03Z... MAY HAVE TO SHOW SOME LINGERING STORM THREAT BETWEEN 23Z-03Z. AFTER 03Z... SUSPECT THE STRONGER CONVECTION WILL PUSH EAST AND SAG SOUTH OF ATL... ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SHOWER ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST TIL 06Z. OTHERWISE... EXPECT VFR CIGS TO PREVAIL...EVEN WITH TSTMS. THE LOWEST CIGS SHOULD HOLD AROUND 035-050 FT. WIND GUST TO 25KTS WITH TSTMS STILL LOOK REASONABLE. A WEST WIND AROUND 4-7KTS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE SW AROUND 8-10KTS BY AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY SWING BACK MORE WESTERLY AGAIN BY 09Z WED...THEN POSSIBLY NW BY 14-15Z WED AS THE FRONT SLIPS PAST THE AIRPORT. /39 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 93 72 84 70 88 / 60 60 60 40 10 ATLANTA 91 73 86 71 86 / 60 60 60 40 10 BLAIRSVILLE 84 69 82 67 85 / 70 60 40 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 90 70 85 66 88 / 70 60 50 30 10 COLUMBUS 93 74 91 72 90 / 60 50 60 60 30 GAINESVILLE 89 72 83 70 84 / 70 60 50 40 10 MACON 94 73 91 69 89 / 60 50 60 60 30 ROME 90 72 86 67 89 / 70 60 40 30 10 PEACHTREE CITY 92 72 87 67 88 / 60 60 60 40 10 VIDALIA 94 76 94 73 88 / 50 40 60 60 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 458 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-301200- 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- 458 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 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 STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND STALL THERE OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE STATE FROM THE WEST. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS TENNESSEE AND SAG INTO NORTH GEORGIA LATER TODAY. THE FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE FRONT... A SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING DAYTIME HEATING. CAPE VALUES WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 2500 THIS AFTERNOON WHILE LIFTED INDEX VALUES DECREASE TO AROUND -4. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME STRONG...AND A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE. THE GREATER THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 11 PM TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE FRONT STALLS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND GULF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD INLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .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 129 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 GAZ104-291800- 129 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN SUMTER COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM EDT... AT 127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AMERICUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 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 SUMTER COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MADDOX...AMERICUS...SHILOH...HUNTINGTON...NEW ERA... PENNINGTON...LAMAR AND METHVINS. 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.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:44 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sumter County Emergency Management Director reported that four pecan trees were down in a pecan orchard. Several large tree branches were also down in the orchard as well on other trees. One nearby building had damaged shingles.
Fox 5 Television of Atlanta relayed a report from a viewer of quarter-sized hail near Cleveland. A separate report of penny-sized hail was received from the public in the Cleveland area as well.
The Clarke County 911 Center reported that at approximately six trees were down across the far eastern part of the county, mostly in the Winterville area and near the Oglethorpe county line. Trees were down on Danielsvlle Road, Freeman Drive, and near the intersection of North Church Road and Smokey Road. At least two power lines were also down.
The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that two trees were blown down from strong winds caused by thunderstorm outflow well north of the actual thunderstorms across the southern part of the county and counties immediately to the south. The trees also brought down a power line which ignited a small wildfire.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a 14-year old male was struck by lightning while standing outside his home in the Huntington Ridge subdivision in McDonough. The boy died overnight in the hospital following the incident. A 15-year old girl was simultaneously injured by the same lightning strike, but survived and was said to be in good condition the next day.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Henry | 2010-06-29 | 14 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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: 246296, 246299, 246308, 246316, 246325.