A weak front had stalled across south Georgia. An upper-level trough was exiting to the east of the area as a broad upper ridge began to build northward from the Gulf.
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A weak front had stalled across south Georgia. An upper-level trough was exiting to the east of the area as a broad upper ridge began to build northward from the Gulf. Isolated thunderstorms developed during the heat of the afternoon across central Georgia near the front. One storm in Dodge county briefly became severe producing 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 May 22, 5:25 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 625 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... ILL-DEFINED BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM JUST INLAND OF THE CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST TO NEAR VIDALIA AND THOMASTON THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REMAIN THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA GIVEN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. TEMPERATURES AND INSTABILITY HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED OVER EAST CENTRAL GA COURTESY OF PERSISTENT LOW CLOUDS. EROSION ON THE PERIPHERY OF THIS STRATUS DECK IS EVIDENT IN RECENT VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOPS AND WILL ALLOW TEMPS THERE TO CLIMB A FEW DEGREES MORE FROM THEIR CURRENT READINGS IN THE 70S BEFORE SUNSET. DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW OVER EAST CENTRAL GA...THOUGH THE REST OF THE AREA SHOULD BE DRIER AND WITH MORE SUNSHINE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. THE STRONG RIDGE TO OUR WEST AND H8 TEMPS AROUND 19C WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 IN MOST AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SURGE OF MOIST ATLANTIC AIR ON MONDAY WILL BRING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE LOCAL AREA...ESPECIALLY EAST. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... UPPER LEVEL BLOCKING PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE WITH DEEP AMPLITUDE RIDGE STRETCHING FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH SATURDAY. WEAK SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURES AND MODERATE DIURNAL INSTABILITY THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY AND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. RRH && .AVIATION... ASIDE FROM ISOLATED TSRA MEANDERING AROUND THE AREA THIS EVENING...NO REAL AVIATION CONCERNS FOR THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND WESTERLY...ALTHO WORKING THEIR WAY TO THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. MAY SEE SOME 3-5SM BR BY SUNRISE AT METRO ATL SITES DUE TO LIGHT WINDS AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE...WITH IFR VSBYS AT MCN/AHN BY SUNRISE. SKIES WILL GO TO SKC AFTER SUNSET. GUIDANCE HINTING AT SOME SUNRISE STRATUS AT SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TAF SITES...SO WILL LIKELY THROW IN SOME TEMPO SCT003 OR THE LIKE AT THOSE SITES. LPR && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 64 91 63 85 62 / 20 10 10 30 30 ATLANTA 67 90 68 85 65 / 10 5 5 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 56 84 58 80 60 / 10 5 10 20 30 CARTERSVILLE 59 92 59 88 63 / 10 5 5 20 30 COLUMBUS 70 94 68 90 67 / 20 5 10 10 20 GAINESVILLE 63 89 65 83 63 / 10 5 10 30 30 MACON 66 92 64 88 64 / 20 10 10 20 20 ROME 60 92 60 90 64 / 5 5 5 10 20 PEACHTREE CITY 61 91 60 88 62 / 20 5 5 20 20 VIDALIA 68 90 68 86 66 / 20 20 10 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 610 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-231500- 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- 610 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS EVENING. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WAS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 MAINLY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .DISCUSSION... SUBSIDENCE ALOFT AND WEAK CAPPING WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM FORMATION FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...DESPITE CAPES OF 2000 TO 2500 ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE VERY LOCALIZED AND BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST GEORGIA ON MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 831 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 GAZ108>110-230100- 831 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN IN WILCOX...TELFAIR AND DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RHINE...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS WILCOX...TELFAIR AND DODGE COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ABBEVILLE...FIVE POINTS...RHINE...MILAN...BROWNING...TEMPERANCE...CHINA HILL AND JACKSONVILLE. 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 00:47 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail in the Rhine area. Radar data strongly suggested that hail of similar size fell southward to the Telfair county line east of Browning. One tree was also down along Georgia Highway 117 between Rhine and the Telfair county line.
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