S. The upper ridge extended eastward into Alabama.
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 strong subtropical ridge remained in place across the south central U.S. The upper ridge extended eastward into Alabama. Meanwhile...an equally persistent elongated upper trough remained along the east coast, extending southward into the southeast U.S. The air mass across Georgia remain hot and very moist and hence very unstable. Subtle short waves in the northerly flow aloft aided in the development of isolated to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms once again. A few of these became strong to severe producing damaging downburst winds. No hail was observed with the events 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 Jul 2, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... LATEST MODEL RUN MAINTAIN SOME TROFFING ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE BROAD UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE CALIFORNIA COAST INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT A BIT TO THE WEST. MEANWHILE...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY MEANDERING ACROSS OUR AREA WHICH SHOULD AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL SHOW BEST POPS FOR REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE PRECIP APPEARS TO BE FIRING UP ALONG OLD BOUNDARIES (PERHAPS FROM FRIDAY'S CONVECTION). POPS MORE UNIFORM SUNDAY/MONDAY WITH MODELS HINTING AT OLD BOUNDARY SHIFTING A BIT MORE TO THE NORTH AND SOME WEAK UPPER SUPPORT TRANSVERSING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION. IN SPITE OF CLOUDS AND SCATTERED PRECIP...WARM TEMPS CONTINUING. MET MOS APPEAR TO BE HANDLING OVERNIGHT LOWS A BIT BETTER THAN MAV AND WILL LEAN TOWARD THOSE VALUES. WILL STAY WITH A MAV/MET BLEND FOR HIGHS. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXTENDED PROGS MAINTAIN REMNANTS OF WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY MEANDERING ACROSS OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...AS THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO RETROGRADE TO THE WEST AND THE UPPER TROF DEEPENS A BIT OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. THIS SHOULD ALL LEND HAND TO SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIP DURING THE PERIOD. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS...UNTIL WE CAN GET A BETTER HANDLE. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPS WITH READINGS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. 49 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL GA IS HARD TO FIND BUT SHOULD STILL FAVOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF CSG TO MCN WITH ONLY ISOLATED NORTH. HAVE SHOWN ONLY CB OR VCTS FOR NOW AND WILL WATCH TO SEE HOW CONVECTION DEVELOPS. SCT CUMULUS THIS AFTERNOON 4 TO 5THSD FT BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER 00Z. VISIBILITY LOCALLY 5SM IN HAZE 09Z TO 13Z. WINDS 5KT OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY E TO SE. WINDS NEAR CALM OVERNIGHT. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM ON WIND DIRECTION. MEDIUM TO HIGH ON TSTM LOCATIONS. HIGH ON VFR CONDITIONS. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 70 92 69 94 / 20 30 20 30 ATLANTA 73 92 73 92 / 20 30 30 40 BLAIRSVILLE 64 88 67 87 / 20 30 30 40 CARTERSVILLE 66 93 68 93 / 10 30 30 40 COLUMBUS 73 93 72 93 / 30 30 20 30 GAINESVILLE 71 91 71 92 / 20 30 30 40 MACON 71 95 68 94 / 30 30 20 20 ROME 67 94 70 93 / 10 30 20 40 PEACHTREE CITY 68 92 69 92 / 30 30 20 30 VIDALIA 71 93 71 93 / 20 20 10 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 450 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-031200- 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- 450 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A WEAK SURFACE FRONT STALLED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO JACKSON TO ATHENS LINE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MEANDERING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON...ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BRIEFLY EXCEED SEVERE LEVELS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ONE OR TWO OF WHICH COULD BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 308 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011 GAZ061-073-074-084-021945- 308 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WASHINGTON... WILKINSON...BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LINTON AND DEEPSTEP...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON...WILKINSON...BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WARTHEN...DEEPSTEP...LINTON...HEBRON...DEVEREUX...BEULAH AND UNDERWOOD. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3288 8316 3325 8324 3325 8282 3301 8276 TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 083DEG 13KT 3315 8292
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
409 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
GAZ074-022045-
409 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SANDERSVILLE...WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT
INDICATED.
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY
FROM DOORS...WINDOWS...AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. LAND-LINE
TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3284 8252 3281 8288 3313 8290 3324 8276
3322 8273 3321 8274 3318 8274 3314 8268
3289 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 271DEG 8KT 3298 8274
19PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
437 PM EDT SAT JUL 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG SANDERSVILLE 32.98N 82.81W
07/02/2011 WASHINGTON GA 911 CALL CENTER
1 TREE DOWN
&&
SLAMBACKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
GAZ061-022130-
459 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND DIME-SIZED HAIL IN HANCOCK
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HANCOCK-WARREN COUNTY LINE
FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CULVERTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY
FROM DOORS...WINDOWS...AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. LAND-LINE
TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES AND
IMPACT A FEW POWER LINES. LOOSE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE
BLOWN ABOUT.
&&
LAT...LON 3320 8285 3312 8292 3305 8310 3311 8312
3315 8309 3319 8328 3325 8326 3331 8315
3336 8316 3347 8301 3345 8299 3345 8287
3343 8282 3339 8283 3336 8280 3327 8278
3324 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 047DEG 11KT 3349 8294 3323 8283
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
614 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
GAZ057-058-022245-
614 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JENKINSBURG...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE JACKSON...JENKINSBURG...MCKIBBEN AND
LOCUST GROVE. MOTORISTS ALONG I-75 NEAR THE LOCUST GROVE AND JACKSON
EXITS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR THIS STORM. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3341 8402 3329 8394 3322 8409 3327 8411
3329 8409 3330 8411 3330 8414 3334 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 057DEG 6KT 3332 8403SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
616 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
GAZ057-058-022245-
616 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONITINUED TO
INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR JENKINSBURG...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE JENKINSBURG...JACKSON...MCKIBBEN AND
LOCUST GROVE. MOTORISTS ON I-75 NEAR THE LOCUST GROVE AND JACKSON
EXITS SHOULD BE PREAPRED FOR THIS STORM. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3341 8402 3329 8394 3322 8409 3326 8411
3329 8409 3330 8411 3330 8414 3334 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 057DEG 6KT 3332 8404The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that a roof was blown off a barn and a chimney was blown off a house on Maple Drive in Jenkinsburg in extreme west central Butts county.
The Lamar County 911 Center reported that several trees were down across the far northeast and north central part of the county from Chappel Mill to just south of Orchard Hill along the Spalding/Lamar county line. Some roads were briefly blocked by downed trees, including one lane of Interstate-75 in the far northeast corner of the county. Scattered power outages were noted throughout the county, including within the Barnesville area. At least one power line was down in the northeast part of the county.
The Pike County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the north and northeast part of the county, between Williamson and Zebulon. One tree was down on a home, another was down across a power line and adjacent road, and a third was down another road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2011
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: 331968, 331959, 331975.