, while also taking on an increasingly negative tilt. A strong cold front accompanied the upper trough.
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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 full-latitude trough was deepening across the eastern U.S., while also taking on an increasingly negative tilt. A strong cold front accompanied the upper trough. Considerable shear and dynamics were noted with the system. While several tornado warnings were issued and a number of at least moderate circulations were evident on Doppler radar with some of the storms during this event, large hail was clearly the dominant severe weather type with this event.
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 Mar 28, 4:30 AM EST, 8 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO WESTERN SECTS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN EAST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA BY MIDNIGHT. SHOULD SEE INITIAL BAND OF SHOWERS/TSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AFFECT MAINLY NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING...THEN PERHAPS GETTING INTO A BREAK EARLY AFTERNOON AS A DRY SLOT WORKS INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER...EXPECT REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS/TSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE STATE. SPC STILL OUTLOOKING MUCH OF THE AREA FOR SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY WITH MODEL LIFTED INDICES PROGD IN THE ZERO TO MINUS 3 RANGE AND CAPES 500 OR BETTER...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND EAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREATS...HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EAST SIDE OF THE STATE. LOOK FOR PRECIP TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST DURING THE EVENING AS THE FRONT PUSHES ACROSS EAST GEORGIA INTO THE CAROLINAS...BUT SUSPECT WILL SEE LINGERING SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MAINLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA IN WRAP-AROUND. THE SYSTEM PULLS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE STATE TO END ALL MENTION OF PRECIP BY TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE AND A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS BUILDS INTO THE STATE BEHIND IT. MODEL NUMBERS CLOSE ON TEMPS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD AND PLAN TO USE A MAV/MET BLEND AS A GENERAL RULE. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS THE DOMINATE FEATURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMING TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE THE RULE. EXTENDED PROGS STILL INDICATING TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RUNNING SOME 10 DEGREES ABOVE BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. && .AVIATION... NAM HAS DONE A GOOD JOB DEPICTING THE LINE OF SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSTMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SHRA WILL PUSH INTO CSG-ATL AREA TAF SITES BY 11Z...WITH CIGS IN LOW MVFR BUT BELIEVE THEY WILL NOT DROP INTO IFR. NAM SHOWING A DRY SLOT WORKING ACROSS THE TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON WITH A BREAK IN STORMS BEFORE TSTM POSSIBLE MAINLY 20-24Z. SHRA SHOULD TAPER OFF BETWEEN 02-04Z. MVFR CIGS THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...WITH SOME VFR POSSIBLE...SATURATED GROUNDS WILL KEEP MVFR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS. SURFACE FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 20Z-21Z...AND WIND WILL SHIFT FROM SE WITH SUSTAINED 10-12KTS GUSTS TO 22 KTS TO SW 14G20KT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT WEST BEHIND THE FRONT AFTER 03Z...WITH CONTINUED 12G18KTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 65 47 64 41 70 / 80 40 20 10 5 ATLANTA 64 45 53 40 66 / 70 20 10 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 56 45 46 36 61 / 100 30 20 10 5 CARTERSVILLE 64 45 53 38 66 / 80 20 20 5 5 COLUMBUS 71 47 62 41 70 / 50 20 5 5 5 GAINESVILLE 61 46 53 40 67 / 80 30 20 10 5 MACON 70 46 65 40 72 / 60 40 5 5 5 ROME 65 47 53 40 67 / 80 20 20 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 66 42 55 38 68 / 60 20 5 5 5 VIDALIA 73 54 68 45 70 / 60 60 10 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 49
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 139 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291030- 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- 139 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PUSHING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE....MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DISCUSSION... AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WARM...MOIST SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL INCREASE INSTABILITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH LIFTED INDICES IN THE 0 TO -3 RANGE AND CAPES GREATER THAN 500. AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA... A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... MAINLY BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM WHEN THE INSTABILITIES WILL BE MORE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG STORM DEVELOPMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1026 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 GAZ011-019-281515- 1026 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIND GUST TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM EDT... AT 1025 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF COOSA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS PARTS OF FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE COOSA...CHATTOOGAVILLE...HOLLAND...TIDINGS AND ARMUCHEE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1029 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 GAZ011-019-281515- 1029 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIND GUST TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM EDT... AT 1025 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF COOSA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS PARTS OF FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE COOSA...CHATTOOGAVILLE...HOLLAND...TIDINGS AND ARMUCHEE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1232 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 GAZ001-002-281700- 1232 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN SOUTHERN DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT... AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 153 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 GAZ002-011-281815- 153 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLOUDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN CHATTOOGA AND SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE MENLO...CLOUDLAND... SUMMERVILLE...TRION...CENTER POST...SUBLIGNA...LAFAYETTE... LINWOOD...VILLANOW...SUTTLES MILL AND NAOMI. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 216 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 GAZ004-281845- 216 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN WHITFIELD COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKY FACE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT ROCKY FACE...THE NORTH SIDE OF DALTON...AND DANVILLE. WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND. 19
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:23 UTC.
20 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Several reports of quarter-sized hail were received from the public across the central part of the county from Rocky Face to Dawnville. An amateur radio operator reported a heavy accumulation of hail along U.S. Highway 76 on the north side of Dalton.
Amateur radio operators reported that several trees were down across the county, especially across the north part of Dalton.
The public observed golf ball-sized hail near Eton and quarter-sized hail west of Chatsworth. Radar data suggests that at least quarter-sized hail continued east to northeast of Eton to near Conasauga Lake on the eastern border of the county.
The Murray County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the Cisco area.
A storm spotter observed quarter-sized hail near Epworth. Radar data suggests that hail of similar size likely continued northeast to near the Tennessee border and the city of McCaysville.
The public observed penny-sized hail near Temple.
The Putnam County 911 Center reported golf ball-sized hail approximately six miles southeast of Eatonton. The public observed quarter-sized hail on the Putnam county sided of Reynolds Plantation on Lake Oconee.
The public observed hail ranging in size from dimes to near quarters.
The Henry County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of penny to nickel-sized hail in the extreme southwest part of the county just north of Hampton.
An amateur radio operator observed penny-sized hail in the far southwest corner of the county near the Upson county line, south of Molena.
The public observed quarter-sized hail in the Siloam area.
The public observed a considerable amount of penny to nickel-sized hail in the Barnesville area. The ground was covered in some locations.
The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that dime to nickel-sized hail covered the ground at many locations across the county from southwest of Thomaston to The Rock. The most significant reports of hail were received from the northeast part of the county between Thomaston and The Rock.
The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the far northern part of the county between Lyneville and Carters Grove.
The Wilkes County Emergency Management Director relayed reports of golf ball-sized hail from the Rayle area. Radar data suggests that quarter to golf ball-sized hail likely fell from just west-northwest of Tyrone along the Taliaferro county line, where golf ball-sized hail was also observed, to the northeast corner of the county, just north of Delhi.
The public observed penny-sized hail on Georgia Highway 140 near East Cherokee Street in the Canton area.
The Warren County 911 Center relayed a report of half dollar-sized hail from the far southern part of the county.
The Glascock County 911 Center relayed a report of half-dollar-sized hail from the far northern part of the county near the Warren county line.
A storm spotter observed golf ball-sized hail in the southeast part of the county, southeast of Warfield.
The public observed a funnel cloud in the Beall Springs area in far southwestern Warren county. A tornado warning was in effect at the time and there was clear indication of a strong circulation on the Doppler radar.
The Hancock County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail from the western part of the county, northwest of Sparta. The public observed golf ball-sized hail just north of Devereux, also in western Hancock county.
The public observed penny-sized hail in the Gray area. Radar data suggests that similar size hail likely fell from two separate storms, one that tracked across the far northern part of the county near Round Oak and another that tracked across the central part of the county later, just north of Gray.
Several reports of hail ranging in size from pennies to golf balls were received from the public and one trained storm spotter from the far north and northeast part of the county, near Lake Wildwood and Wesleyan.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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