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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A strong subtropical ridge remained anchored across the central and south central U.S., with Georgia once again on the eastern periphery of the upper ridge. This continued to provide Georgia and the southeast U.S. with unstable northwest flow aloft. A disturbance was rotating around the back side of a deep upper trough off the northeast U.S. coast, providing added impetus for convection. These synoptic features combined with the warm, moist, unstable air mass in place to provide for scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms across north Georgia. A few of the storms became marginally severe, producing nickel to 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 Jun 6, 2:53 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 353 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MEANDER FROM WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY IN THE WEEK...TO OVER THE AREA MID-WEEK...TO EAST AND WEST OF THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEK. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...BUT HAVE LITTLE INFLUENCE ON THE FORECAST AREA...AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT RIDGES FROM TX ACROSS AL/GA INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. OVERALL...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ONLY ISOLD THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. 19 && .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... A LARGE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. ONE CENTER OF THE RIDGE WILL DRIFT BACK TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY MID-WEEK...THEN DRIFT INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BY LATE WEEK. ANOTHER CENTER OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN BACK OVER SOUTH TX. MEANWHILE...A BROAD AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF...BUT REMAIN TRAPPED IN THAT REGION SOUTH OF THE EXTENDED RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM TX INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. FOR THE IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM...MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON WEAK SHORT WAVE RIDING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF UPPER RIDGE...WITH MAIN FOCUS...AS IT HAS BEEN PAST WEEK OR SO...ACROSS NC/SC...INFRINGING ON EASTERN GA. THE SHORT WAVE WILL THEN DRIFT WEST ALONG SOUTH SIDE OF UPPER RIDGE THROUGH S GA AND TOWARD AL TUE. AIR MASS ACROSS SE GA VERY UNSTABLE...WITH MODEL PROJECTED CAPES IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON. WOULD EXPECT SCT TSRA TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS OUTFLOW FROM COASTAL GA/FL ACTIVITY WORKS NE INTO THIS REGION. THE NE GA MOUNTAINS WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED OROGRAPHIC LIFT AND INDEED WE ARE ALREADY SEEING ISOLD SHRA POP IN THAT AREA. THUS...BEST FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION SHOULD BE ACROSS THE EASTERN 1/4 OF THE STATE...THEN TURNING WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTH GA TOWARD EVENING. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WAS WORKING ITS WAS SWWD INTO NC/WC GA...WHICH SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS. FOR TUE...THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTH...EFFECTIVELY SHUNTING ALL THREAT FOR THE CONVECTION WELL EAST AND SOUTH OF THE AREA. CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT ISOLD CONVECTION IN THE NE MOUNTAINS FROM DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT...BUT IT WOULD BE VERY ISOLD. BY WED...THE UPPER HIGH DRIFTS NE OF THE AREA. THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA COMES UNDER THE PERIPHERY OF THE BROAD UPPER LOW IN THE CENTRAL GULF. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR AT LEAST ISOLD DIURNAL CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWA...WITH BEST CHANCES SW PART OF THE CWA. FOR TEMPS...A MAV/MET BLEND SHOULD BE THE BEST ROUTE. THE DRIER AIR MASS ACROSS NC/WC GA SHOULD SUPPORT THE SLIGHTLY COOLER MAV MOS MIN TEMPS. MAX TEMPS WILL CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. 850MB TEMPS REMAIN AROUND +18C THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE HOTTEST +20C TEMPS REMAIN NORTH OF THE CWA...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC. MAX TEMPS WILL CONTINUE ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT A GOOD BIT LESS THAN THE EXTREME HEAT OF LATE LAST WEEK. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM...THE FFC CWA REMAINS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE BROAD UPPER LOW ACROSS THE GULF AND THE WESTERLIES ENCROACHING FROM THE NORTH. THE GFS SHOWS THE UPPER LOW SINKING FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE GULF AWAY FROM THE CWA...WHILE THE ECMWF FOCUSES MORE ON CONTINUING THE SEMI-TROPICAL UPPER LOW ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF/FL REGION. EVENTUALLY...BOTH MODELS INDICATE THAT A TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST OFF THE EAST COAST...ALLOWING A WEAK FRONT TO DRIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. GFS WOULD INDICATE BETTER CONVECTIVE CHANCES ACROSS N GA THAN WOULD THE ECMWF...BUT BOTH MODELS INDICATE THAT DIURNAL CONVECTION SHOULD BE MORE NUMEROUS THAN IN RECENT DAYS. MEX POPS OSCILLATE BETWEEN 20 AND 40 PERCENT THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS. FOR NOW...SLIGHT CHC TO LOW CHC POPS WILL BE THE MOST PRUDENT ROUTE UNTIL BETTER TIMING OF SUBTLE...MESOSCALE FEATURES CAN BE DETERMINED. SUN STILL APPEARS TO OFFER THE BEST CHC FOR CONVECTION AT THIS POINT. TEMPS WILL REMAIN AOA NORMAL VALUES THROUGH THE PERIOD AS 850MB TEMPS HOVER AROUND +18C THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. OVERALL...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO TEMPS OR WEATHER PATTERNS EXPECTED. 19 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTH GEORGIA...SO HAVE CONTINUED MENTION OF CB IN THE MCN AND AHN TAF...BUT DUE TO THE VERY ISOLATED NATURE...HAVE NOT INCLUDED IT ELSEWHERE. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN NE AT 6-9KTS...EXCEPT AREAS NEAR AHN...MCN...AND CSG...WHERE WEAK BOUNDARY WILL ALLOW FOR 10-12KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 20KTS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SE WINDS BY 12-14Z TUE...AT 8-10KTS. WITH ADDITIONAL MOISTURE IN THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...COULD SEE SOME SLIGHT VSBY RESTRICTIONS...BUT STILL EXPECT P6SM AT THIS TIME. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS. 31 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 94 67 95 67 / 20 20 5 5 ATLANTA 93 69 92 71 / 20 10 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 85 64 85 63 / 20 30 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 93 64 92 64 / 10 10 5 5 COLUMBUS 97 71 94 69 / 20 10 10 10 GAINESVILLE 91 69 91 68 / 20 20 10 10 MACON 96 67 91 66 / 20 20 5 5 ROME 95 65 93 63 / 10 10 10 10 PEACHTREE CITY 94 65 92 64 / 20 10 5 5 VIDALIA 96 71 92 71 / 30 30 10 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19/31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1128 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-071530- 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- 1128 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE ALOFT WHILE A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WAS SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS SURFACE FEATURE MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO BLAIRSVILLE FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM. .DISCUSSION... THE UPPER RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN THE DOMINATE WEATHER FACTOR THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLIDES INTO THE CAROLINAS. IN ADDITION...A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WAS STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE TWO FACTORS...IN ADDITION TO CAPE VALUES OF 2000-3000 J/KG...MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND ENERGY FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN GENERAL...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA...ALTHOUGH A FEW COULD BE STRONG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Union County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail northeast of Blairsville. WSR-88D radar data suggests that similar-sized hail likely continued as the storm moved southwest toward Gaddistown and the Fannin county border.
The public observed quarter-sized hail between Jasper and Talmadge.
The Gilmer County Emergency Management Director observed two to three minutes of quarter-sized hail about halfway between Cartecay and the Dawson County line.
The public observed penny to nickel-sized hail in extreme northwest Cherokee county near the Pickens county line, north of Salacoa Valley. Two trees were also down in the area as well.
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, June 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: 321411, 321442, 321441, 321445.