S. from the mid-south region.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 upper trough continued to work slowly toward the southeast U.S. from the mid-south region. High pressure aloft was weakening across the southeast U.S. A slow moving frontal boundary had finally moved south to near the Tennessee-Georgia border. Abundant moisture remained across the region. Instability overcame the weak dynamics present across the region to allow for scattered to numerous afternoon showers and thunderstorms. An isolated downburst from a small thunderstorm in Dooly county resulted in considerable wind damage to an recreational vehicle park.
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 May 16, 10:20 AM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1120 AM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO TWEAK NEAR TERM GRIDS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS. TEMPS COOLER AND DEWPOINTS HIGHER THAN FCST IN PARTICULAR. POP/QPF/WX GRIDS LOOK PRETTY GOOD. LEADING 500MB TROUGH OVER AR/LA WELL RESOLVED ON BOTH 12Z RAOB SUBJECTIVE AND 06Z/12Z MODEL ANALYSES...PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE WELL DEFINED IN UA DATA. STILL APPEARS TO BE AN ACTIVE DAY FOR CONVECTION. 12Z FFC SOUNDING MODIFIED FOR 82/68 SHOWS 2300 J/KG CAPE WITH WEAK /BUT NOT ZERO/ LOW AND MID LEVEL SHEAR. AS CLOUDS AND CONVECTION INCREASE...COULD SEE CAPE AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES DROP OFF SOME...DECREASING THREAT. STILL HAIL TO 1 INCH AND SOME WET MICROBURSTS WITH ISOLD GUSTS TO 60 MPH LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS WITH HEIGHT AND WEAK SPEED SHEAR ALSO INDICATE POSSIBILITY FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AT ANY ONE LOCATION. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS. MORNING SOUNDINGS DID SHOW PW VALUES NOT TOO HIGH...AROUND 1.50 AT FFC AND BMX. 3HR GFFG ALSO HIGH ENOUGH TO HANDLE 3 TO 4 INCHES EXCEPT OVER FORSYTH ...DAWSON AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES WHICH GOT HIT WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES LAST NIGHT...WOULD ONLY TAKE AROUND 2.0 INCHES IN 3HRS THERE. EXPECT MAINLY MULTICELL SCATTERED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DROPPING BUT NOT DISSIPATING AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAIN 500MB TROUGH TO DROP DOWN INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. EARLY MONDAY BUT DRY SLOT SHOULD BEGIN TO PUSH ANY PRECIP OUT FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. SNELSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 540 AM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SERIES OF SHORT WAVES TRANSLATING ACROSS OUR AREA TODAY INTO MONDAY...AS A STATIONARY BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS THE TN VALLEY TODAY AND A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA ON MONDAY. WITH A WARM MOIST AIRMASS ANCHORED OVER THE STATE...LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE WITH MODEL CAPE VALUES IN THE 1 TO 2 THSD RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAINING WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME FLOODING (FLASH FLOODING) CONCERNS. GFS CONTINUE TO THE FASTEST WITH PUSHING FRONT THROUGH OUR AREA MONDAY. NAM AND ECMWF A TAD SLOWER SEEMS TO HOLD ON TO THE FRONT UNTIL SOMETIME MONDAY NIGHT. WILL FOLLOW PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND...WITH BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP MAINLY OVER EAST GEORGIA MONDAY NIGHT...ENDING ALL PRECIP BY TUESDAY. TEMPS WILL BE A HARD CALL WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND PRECIP OVER THE AREA NEXT 2 DAYS. MAV/MET MOS NUMBERS VERY SIMILAR AND PLAN TO STAY CLOSE. LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXTENDED PROGS SIMILAR WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST OF THE STATE BY WEDNESDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES. HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO DOMINATE NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO LATE WEEK...BEFORE THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO SPREAD DEEPER MOISTURE BACK INTO THE STATE LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS LOOK TO BE RULE FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. 49 AVIATION... INCREASINGLY POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TAF VALID PERIOD. UPPER RIDGE TO THE EAST CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN AS A BROAD...WEAKLY DIFFLUENT UPPER TROUGH EXPANDS INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE...ESPECIALLY BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE...PWS NEAR 2.0 INCHES. A SHORT WAVE WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD TSRA AT ALL TAF SITES BEFORE 04Z. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR TSRA APPEARS TO BE IN THE 18Z-04Z TIME PERIOD...BUT MODELS SUGGEST THAT SHRA AND EMBEDDED -TSRA MAY CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND INTO MON MORNING. CIGS GENERALLY VFR THIS MORNING...BUT EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO MVFR IN TSRA THIS AFTERNOON...AND IFR AT TIMES AFT 04Z. MVFR VSBY IN BR/HZ AT THE USUAL SITES THIS MORNING...OTHERWISE VFR VSBY. AGAIN...EXPECTED MVFR OR WORSE VSBY IN SHRA/TSRA AFT 18Z...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. FOR WINDS...ONCE AGAIN A CHAOTIC WIND FIELD IN PLACE THIS MORNING. RUC/NAM SHOW A BRIEF PERIOD OF E-SE WINDS THIS MORNING...ALBEIT LESS THAN 5KTS. AFT 13Z...EXPECT SW WINDS INCREASING TO 10-12KTS BY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUST POSSIBLE AT ATL. VRB AND GUSTY WINDS IN/NEAR TSRA. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SW-WSW THROUGH REMAINDER OF TAF VALID PERIOD. 19 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 84 65 82 62 83 / 60 70 60 30 10 ATLANTA 81 66 80 63 81 / 60 70 50 20 5 BLAIRSVILLE 75 62 75 58 74 / 60 70 60 30 10 CARTERSVILLE 81 63 80 57 81 / 60 70 50 20 10 COLUMBUS 84 67 82 64 85 / 70 60 50 10 5 GAINESVILLE 80 64 80 61 80 / 60 70 60 30 10 MACON 86 66 84 62 87 / 60 70 60 20 5 ROME 80 65 82 60 82 / 70 70 50 10 10 PEACHTREE CITY 81 63 81 60 82 / 60 60 50 10 5 VIDALIA 89 68 83 68 87 / 30 50 70 30 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1100 AM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-171000- 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- 1100 AM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .SYNOPSIS... A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AND PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR SLIGHTLY LARGER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE MAIN THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS TO MACON AND WASHINGTON. .DISCUSSION... MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY AND WEAK...DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. WITH RELATIVELY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND CAPE BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR SLIGHTLY LARGER. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION... ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
933 AM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM TSTM WND DMG SSW MOUNTAIN PARK 34.08N 84.41W
05/14/2010 FULTON GA BROADCAST MEDIA
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
&&
20SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 136 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010 GAZ001-002-011-161815- 136 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN CHATTOOGA...DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR COLE CITY TO 11 MILES WEST OF CLOUDLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS CHATTOOGA...DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COLE CITY... STEPHENSVILLE...RISING FAWN...NEW ENGLAND...TRENTON...MORGANVILLE... CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE PARK...MENLO...CLOUDLAND...WILDWOOD...CEDAR GROVE...BERRYTON...COOPER HEIGHTS AND CHATTANOOGA VALLEY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 322 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010 GAZ004-005-162000- 322 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD AND NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 318 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR COHUTTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ROCKY FACE...TUNNEL HILL...VARNELL...COHUTTA... BEAVERDALE...GREGORY...CISCO AND TENNGA.
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported a thunderstorm downburst that resulted in minor damage to two recreational vehicles, a portion of a roof being blown off a building, five uprooted large pecan trees, and one downed power line. Winds were estimated to be at least 75 mph.
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, May 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: 230010.