S. into the Ohio Valley.
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.
An extremely intense upper-level low and associated record deep surface cyclone continued to move slowly from the north central U.S. into the Ohio Valley. A slow moving, yet strong cold front extended from the surface cyclone southward into the Arklatex region. The intensity of the system helped induce deep southerly flow in advance across the southeast and eastern U.S. with unseasonably warm, moist air being transported well northward. Even though the parent system was well north of Georgia, strong dynamics, a strong low-level jet, and the warm, unstable air mass provided a near perfect environment for scattered to numerous thunderstorms. On this day, Georgia was located between the departing short wave that sparked numerous severe thunderstorms on the 25th and the parent system approaching from the west. Thus, convective activity was slightly less numerous and intense, with only minimal severe weather reports on this day.
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 Oct 26, 2:47 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 347 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... LATEST HAND ANALYSIS PLACES COLD FRONT IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...WITH SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF IT. BEST DYNAMICS...SHEAR...AND INSTABILITIES EXIST ACROSS NORTH GA...WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TORNADO WATCH 723 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 10 PM. THE COLD FRONT IS ASSOCIATED WITH MASSIVE DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO N GA LATE TONIGHT...AND SHOW LITTLE PROGRESSION INTO THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. FRONT WEAKENS SLIGHTLY INTO EARLY THURSDAY AS IT QUICKLY PUSHES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE BY EARLY FRIDAY. THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE LITTLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH THE WARM MOIST CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THURSDAY. LIKEWISE...INSTABILITIES AND SHEAR REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG STORMS...WITH SOME OF THOSE BECOMING SEVERE...AND SPC HAS INCLUDED MUCH OF NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GA IN A DAY 2 SLIGHT RISK. FOR NOW WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS LESS THAN 20 MPH...AND WIND GUSTS LESS THAN 35 MPH. WILL NEED TO MONITOR WIND GRIDS FOR POSSIBLE MET CRITERIA WITH THE NEW MODEL GUIDANCE...ESPECIALLY WITH THE APPROACHING FRONT. LATEST HPC QPF INDICATING THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE CWA...BUT AREAS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA COULD SEE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS...WITH QPF DIMINISHING SOUTHWARD TO JUST AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH OF ATLANTA. EVEN WITH THE RAINFALL RECEIVED OVER THE LAST 36 HOURS...FFG STILL SUGGESTS THAT MOST AREAS CAN HANDLE THE QPF AMOUNTS. FOR YESTERDAYS PREVIOUSLY WORKED OVER AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GA...WILL HAVE TO MONITOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR ANY POTENTIAL FLOODING. AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE THURSDAY...DRY HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY BUILDS IN ACROSS THE REGION...AND NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES. TENDED TOWARDS THE WARMER SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS...AS AMPLE CLOUD COVER AND RAIN ACTIVITY SHOULD KEEP THINGS FROM COOLING...AS SEEN WITH LOWS THIS MORNING. AS MODEL GUIDANCE SEEMS TO KEEP OVERNIGHT TEMPS TOO COOL...HAVE GONE WITH THE WARMER GUIDANCE ON HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE TEMPERATURES WILL COOL QUICKLY WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE 30S AND 40S FRIDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LONG TERM WITH NORTHWEST FLOW PREVAILING INTO THE WEEKEND AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE CONTROLLING THE REGION. SOUTHERLY FLOW RESUMES LATE SATURDAY BRINGING MOISTURE BACK INTO THE SOUTHEAST. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER TEXAS ON MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH ON TUESDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COULD PROVIDE TRIGGER FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY...BUT AS THIS IS STILL WAY OUT IN THE LONG TERM...HAVE CONTINUED WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. 31 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... SHRA DEVELOPING OVER AL AHEAD OF MAIN SYSTEM...TIMING INTO ATL IS AROUND 20Z...AND ISOLD TSRA. MODELS STALLING MAIN LINE OVER NW GA OVERNIGHT...LINE MOVES THROUGH ATL AREA 04-10Z...AHN 06-12Z...CSG AND MCN 10-18Z...BUT LINE WEAKENS AS IT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL GA. SW WIND CONTINUES ALL TAF SITES WITH GUSTS TO 15-25KTS POSSIBLE. GOOD SURFACE MOISTURE WILL KEEP MVFR/IFR CIGS ACROSS THE AREA WITH PATCHY BR BY MORNING. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN CIGS/VISIBILITIES. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN WINDS. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF CONVECTION. 12 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 68 80 61 75 42 / 50 50 50 10 5 ATLANTA 68 82 60 72 43 / 50 50 40 20 5 BLAIRSVILLE 62 75 53 68 35 / 100 80 30 10 5 CARTERSVILLE 68 82 55 73 37 / 70 70 30 10 5 COLUMBUS 71 85 67 77 45 / 30 40 40 20 5 GAINESVILLE 67 78 59 73 42 / 60 70 40 10 5 MACON 69 87 66 78 41 / 20 30 50 20 5 ROME 65 81 53 72 37 / 80 70 30 10 5 PEACHTREE CITY 67 83 60 74 35 / 40 50 40 20 5 VIDALIA 70 88 69 82 48 / 20 20 20 30 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...DADE...DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER... GORDON...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER... WHITE...WHITFIELD. && 31/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 612 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-271015- 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- 612 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT .SYNOPSIS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS....HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AREAS NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO AUGUSTA LINE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ROTATING OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY CONTINUES TO PUMP WARM GULF MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NE INTO THE GREAT LAKES STATES WITH ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT APPROACHING NW GA BY LATE AFTERNOON. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY...STRONG SHEAR...AND A MOIST ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE THIS FRONT WILL HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
212 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 AM TORNADO 1 SSW RISING FAWN 34.75N 85.54W
10/25/2010 F1 DADE GA NWS STORM SURVEY
A FAST MOVING TORNADO RATED EF-1 TOUCHED DOWN IN THE
SOUTH PART OF RISING FAWN AT 522 AM EDT. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED ABOUT 2.5 MILES LIFTING NEAR HOLDER LOOP ROAD
ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF RISING FAWN AT 525 AM EDT. MAXIMUM
WINDS WERE 100 MPH. THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 150 YDS.
100-200 TREES WERE DOWNED AND 30 HOMES RECEIVED MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE. 2 BARNS WERE DESTROYED AND A MOBILE HOME HAD
MOST OF ITS ROOF RIPPED OFF.
0531 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE MORGANVILLE 34.95N 85.44W
10/25/2010 DADE GA NWS STORM SURVEY
STRONG WINDS ESTIMATED WINDS AT 90 MPH DOWNED NUMEROUS
TREES IN NORTHERN DADE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR MASON AND
LAMBERT RD. SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. TWO
CARS WERE DESTROYED BY DOWNED TREES.
&&
SNELSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 502 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 GAZ016-262130- 502 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN WHITE COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLEVELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS WHITE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MOSSY CREEK...QUALATCHEE LAKE...CLEVELAND...LEAF...SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION AREA...ROBERTSTOWN...HELEN...UNICOI STATE PARK...ANNA RUBY FALLS AND SAUTEE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The White County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball-sized hail on the southeast side of Cleveland near Truett McConnell College.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office reported that one tree and one power line were down between White Sulfer Road and Georgia Highway 365, approximately two miles northeast of Gainesville.
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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 264765, 264809.