Subtropical Storm Beryl continued to spin off the Southeast Coast, with a landfall expected near the Georgia/Florida border late in the day. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms developed across the state during the day as winds increased due to the strengthening pressure gradient.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Subtropical Storm Beryl continued to spin off the Southeast Coast, with a landfall expected near the Georgia/Florida border late in the day. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms developed across the state during the day as winds increased due to the strengthening pressure gradient. Because of the recent dry spell, fuel moistures were very low, but with increasing moisture as a result of Beryl, relative humidities remained just over critical thresholds for dangerous fire weather conditions.
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 27, 12:55 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 155 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1026 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ UPDATE...LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DRY AIR ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF SUB TROPICAL STORM BERYL BUT ALSO SEEING SOME OF THESE AFFECTS DISSIPATE WITHIN THE LAST FEW HOURS AS WELL. 850MB-700MB RH FIELD SEEMS TO BE LINING UP THE BEST WITH THE CURRENT LIGHT ECHO RETURNS OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST AND WILL FOLLOW THIS CLOSELY FOR THE SHORT TERM. THE AXIS OF ENHANCED MOISTURE LARGELY REMAINS OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA TODAY AND THEREFORE MAY TREND POPS DOWNWARD SLIGHTLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST ZONES. THERE IS AN AXIS OF INSTABILITY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION WITH 1500-2000 J/KG BUT FEEL LACK OF MOISTURE ULTIMATELY ONLY WARRANTS 30 TO 40 POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. REMINDER OF THE FORECAST WILL RELY HEAVILY ON THE LATEST NHC GUIDANCE AND ULTIMATE TRACK OF BERYL. WILL BE MAKING FURTHER DECISIONS ON WINDS AND POPS ONCE THIS NEW INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 731 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/... /ISSUED AT 430 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ THE MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES BERYL IS ABOUT 160 MILES EAST OF BRUNSWICK AND MOVING MAINLY TO THE WEST AROUND 7 MPH. THE LATEST NHC FORECAST HAS BERYL MAKING LANDFALL NEAR THE GA/FL STATE LINE SOMETIME LATE THIS EVENING... BUT TIMING TOOL SUGGESTS IT COULD BE SLIGHTLY EARLIER... POSSIBLY SOMETIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. BUOY DATA ALONG THE GA COAST SHOW SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 20-25KTS. CONVECTION AROUND BERYL IS NOT IMPRESSIVE...WITH THE LARGER RAINBANDS ON THE WEST AND SOUTH QUADS OF THE STORM SO FAR. SO MAIN CONCERN FOR NOW WILL BE WIND SPEEDS AND POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS AS BERYL APPROACHES LANDFALL LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS TO HOLD UNDER WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA... WITH THE GREATER WIND SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... BUT MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM SWAINSBORO TO CORDELE. AFTER BERYL MAKES LANDFALL...EXPECT WINDS TO SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKEN BY EARLY MONDAY...ENDING THE GUSTY WIND THREAT. ELSEWHERE TO INCLUDE THE ATLANTA AREA...EXPECT MAINLY EAST-NE WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20-25 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND POTENTIALLY OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL WILL BE MUCH NEEDED...BUT THE GREATER AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE SE AND EAST CENTRAL ZONES WHERE AROUND 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. BERYL IS EXPECTED TO CURVE BACK TO THE NE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS FAR SE GA...BEFORE MOVING BACK OVER THE ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY. NO TORNADO OR HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...GUIDANCE SUGGEST HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER AS THE UPPER RIDGE GIVES WAY TO BERYL...HOWEVER STILL EXPECT MOST PLACES TO HIT THE LOWER 90S. INCREASING CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES WILL HOLD HIGHS DOWN IN THE 80S BY MONDAY. MAV AND MET WERE VERY CLOSE WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS SO DID NOT STRAY FAR THERE. 39 LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... /ISSUED AT 430 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ GENERALLY WET INITIAL EXTENDED PERIOD EXPECTED WITH THE COMBINATION OF BERYL AND APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. LATEST NHC FORECAST TRACK INDICATES BERYL WILL WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION MONDAY NIGHT...AND MOVE FROM THE GEORGIA FLORIDA BORDER NORTHEASTWARD TO THE FAR NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL CANADA WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING...AND TO NORTHWEST GEORGIA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT THE REMNANTS OF BERYL OUT OF THE AREA...WHILE PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION. FOR NOW...HAVE CONTINUED WITH MENTIONING GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE SE CWA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...THEN QUICKLY DIMINISHING TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. INSTABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH BERYL ARE LIMITED BY TUESDAY...AND MODELS INDICATE THAT BEST THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL LIE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. LITTLE DOWN TIME BETWEEN FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SURFACE FEATURE DEVELOPS OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THIS LOW DEEPENS AS IT TRACKS THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AS IT CLOSES OFF AND PROGRESSES UP THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR RAIN ACROSS THE CWA...AND HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH CHANCE TO GOOD CHANCE POPS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND TAPERING POPS OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST EARLY SATURDAY AS ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY PUSHES THROUGH. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE BOUNDARY IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL TEMPERATURES IN STORE. 31 FIRE WEATHER... /ISSUED AT 430 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ FUELS HAVE DRIED TO 10 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH SOME AREAS OF 6-8 PERCENT. BERYL WILL USHER ATLANTIC MOISTURE INTO THE AREA...SO RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL OUTSIDE THE CRITICAL LEVELS. WINDS WILL NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AT 13-15KTS THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE ISOLATED 8 PERCENT OBSERVATIONS IN THIS AREA...AND THE FORECAST OF RAIN...WILL OPT NOT TO ISSUE A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT AT THIS TIME. 31/39 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY BUT LIMITED EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE TAF SITES...ESPECIALLY THE ATL AREA SITES. FOR MCN AND CSG...WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH GUSTS. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONCENTRATED OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES. WILL INCLUDE A PROB30 FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR MCN WITH RAIN HOLDING OFF ELSEWHERE. WILL SEE AN INFLUX OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AT ALL SITES TONIGHT ALLOWING MOVE AN MVFR DECK AFTER 10Z. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS...EXCEPT MEDIUM ON MVFR CIGS MONDAY MORNING. DEESE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 92 68 87 67 / 10 10 40 40 ATLANTA 92 68 86 68 / 10 10 40 30 BLAIRSVILLE 86 64 83 65 / 20 10 30 30 CARTERSVILLE 92 65 88 66 / 10 10 30 20 COLUMBUS 94 70 87 70 / 5 10 50 30 GAINESVILLE 91 68 85 67 / 10 10 40 30 MACON 93 69 87 69 / 10 20 50 40 ROME 93 67 90 67 / 10 10 30 20 PEACHTREE CITY 92 68 86 68 / 5 10 40 30 VIDALIA 91 72 85 70 / 30 60 60 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...DEESE LONG TERM....01 AVIATION...DEESE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 612 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-281015- 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 SUN MAY 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN THIS AREA TODAY. .SYNOPSIS... WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS SITUATED ACROSS THE AREA AS SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL MOVES TOWARDS THE GEORGIA-FLORIDA COAST TODAY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. WITHIN CONVECTION...PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... LATEST TRACK FROM NHC SHOWS SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL MOVING ONSHORE TODAY NEAR JACKSONVILLE. AS BERYL APPROACHES THE REGION...CONVECTION WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH MODELED INSTABILITIES ARE LIMITED...CAPE VALUES OF 400 TO 600 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES BELOW -2 WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS...TO MACON...TO WARRENTON. IN THIS SAME AREA...TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANDFALLING SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN WIND GUSTS TO 20-30 MPH. LOOSE OR UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS BERYL TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The National Forest Service reported that a wildfire of unknown cause labeled Dial Pullover burned 0.1 acres and resulted in $500 in damages.
The National Forest Service reported that a lightning-caused wildfire labeled Memorial burned 42 acres and resulted in $10,000 in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2012
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: 427775, 427776.