A strong upper low was in place across the Great Lakes, allowing continued intermittent upper level disturbances to rotate around and affect the Southeast. A complicated surface pattern in place with multiple boundaries left over from previous days' convection as well as a weak nearly stationary front, combined with ample moisture and high levels of instability provided plenty of focus for…
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A strong upper low was in place across the Great Lakes, allowing continued intermittent upper level disturbances to rotate around and affect the Southeast. A complicated surface pattern in place with multiple boundaries left over from previous days' convection as well as a weak nearly stationary front, combined with ample moisture and high levels of instability provided plenty of focus for thunderstorm development. Numerous storms did indeed develop, and many of these became severe with mainly damaging winds reported.
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 28, 12:40 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 140 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1019 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013/ UPDATE... HAVE MADE SEVERAL MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS...MAINLY TO REDUCE THEM THIS MORNING. SKIES CURRENTLY MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE AREA SO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SKY GRIDS AS WELL. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVING THROUGH MISSISSIPPI IS PROGGED TO GENERALLY REMAIN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST...MOVING THROUGH ALABAMA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SHOULD SEE SOME OF THE NORTH END OF THE COMPLEX GET INTO NW GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON BUT BEST CHANCES WILL BE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR NOW...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO GRIDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. TEMP TRENDS FOR TODAY LOOK GOOD FOR THE MOST PART...BUT WILL BE CONSTANTLY REEVALUATING THROUGH THE DAY. TDP PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 725 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 355 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE THAT KEPT WX ACTIVE OVER THE ATLANTA METRO LAST EVENING CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH JUST RESIDUAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS. THESE TOO SHOULD WEAKEN WITH TIME ALLOWING FOR A RELATIVELY BENIGN START TO FRIDAY. OVERALL...CONDITIONS BEHIND THE SHORTWAVE TO NOT APPEAR TO BE AS UNSTABLE AS YESTERDAY WITH THE ATL EVENING SOUNDING COMING IN AT OVER 4000 J/KG. FOR TODAY...SREF INDICATES LOW PROBABILITIES OF CAPES EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG AND REALLY SHOULD RESIDE MORE IN THE 2000 TO 2500 RANGE. WITH THESE VALUES...FELL IT WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL ORGANIZED FORCING TO REALLY GET THINGS GOING AND THIS WILL BE LACKING FOR ALL OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AND THEREFORE A LATER START WILL BE INDICATED IN THE GRIDS. THE AFOREMENTIONED FORCING WILL EVENTUALLY ARRIVE BY MID AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS AND DESPITE THE LOWERED INSTABILITY VALUES...SHOULD YIELD LIKELY POPS ONCE AGAIN. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL SLIDE SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING AND HAVE CHOSEN TO GO ABOVE GUIDANCE WITH LIKELY POPS THROUGH THE ATLANTA METRO AS WELL. FEEL IT WILL BE THE STRENGTH OF STORMS MORE THAN THE COVERAGE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE LESS BUOYANT ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SEVERE GIVEN ORGANIZED LINE SEGMENT POTENTIAL WITH CONTINUED MARGINAL SHEAR VALUES. LINE WILL SHIFT INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT WITH CONTINUED DISPARITY AMONG SHORT TERM GUIDANCE AS TO HOW MUCH OF LINE OF STORMS WILL SURVIVE. LEANED TOWARD THE NAMDNG5 FOR THIS CYCLE AS IT SHOWS A DECAYING LINE OF STORMS THROUGH 12Z SAT BUT MAINTAINS HIGH END CHANCE POPS FOR SOUTHERN TIER. SATURDAY WILL BE A TOUGH CALL AS BEST MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTH BUT DEBRIS CLOUDS TO START THE DAY SHOULD INHIBIT INITIAL CONVECTION. STILL SUSPECT OF THE LOW POPS MODELS PAINT FOR THE NORTH AS WELL GIVEN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES LIKELY TO MOVE THROUGH. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN PLACE EVEN NORTH OF 120 WHICH IS HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE BUT IN LINE WITH NAM12 REDEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATION ON LATEST RUN. DEESE LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED. LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINS DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES IN THE SHORT TERM...AND TAKES A HOLD OF THE REGION IN THE EXTENDED. THIS TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKE STATES AND PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS TROUGH WILL KEEP NORTH AND CENTRAL GA IN MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW THROUGH DAY 7. THIS WILL KEEP DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST EVERY DAY. THERE IS ALSO A WEAK BOUNDARY LAYING ACROSS NORTH GA WHICH WILL ACT AS A CATALYST FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WITH VERY LITTLE UPPER LEVEL MOVEMENT...THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD VERY SLOWLY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING IT CONTINUING TO AFFECT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DAY 7. 01 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR TO START THE PERIOD WITH GENERALLY W WINDS. EXPECT INCREASE IN TSRA COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING. CANNOT RULE OUT BRIEF MVFR TO POSSIBLY IFR CIGS SATURDAY MORNING...BUT FOR NOW HAVE ONLY BROUGHT IN SCT005. MVFR FOG POSSIBLE ALL BUT ATL IN THE MORNING. INTRODUCED PROB30 TSRA AT 16Z FOR MCN/CSG AND 18Z FOR ATL. WINDS GENERALLY W TO WSW THROUGH THE PERIOD...LIGHT OVERNIGHT. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH ON OCCURRENCE OF CONVECTION...MEDIUM ON IMPACTS TO ATL BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. HIGH ON WINDS. LOW ON POTENTIAL IFR OR MVFR CIGS SATURDAY MORNING. TDP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 94 70 89 68 / 60 70 40 40 ATLANTA 91 72 86 68 / 60 60 40 30 BLAIRSVILLE 85 65 82 63 / 60 50 30 20 CARTERSVILLE 89 68 86 65 / 60 50 30 20 COLUMBUS 94 75 88 70 / 60 70 60 40 GAINESVILLE 91 71 85 67 / 60 60 40 20 MACON 92 72 87 70 / 60 70 60 50 ROME 89 69 87 64 / 60 40 20 20 PEACHTREE CITY 93 71 86 66 / 60 70 50 30 VIDALIA 92 73 89 74 / 40 50 70 60 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHATTAHOOCHEE...COWETA...HARRIS...HEARD... MARION...MERIWETHER...MUSCOGEE...PIKE...SCHLEY...STEWART... SUMTER...TALBOT...TAYLOR...TROUP...UPSON...WEBSTER. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1252 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291700- 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- 1252 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH AN ARRIVING SHORTWAVE AND DECAYING MCS PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT AND ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS INITIALLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...ALL OF THE AREA STILL HAS A CHANCE OF A SEVERE STORM. .WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A SERIES OF OTHER DISTURBANCES WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ALTHOUGH SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 218 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 GAZ052-053-066-067-281845- 218 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN TROUP...MERIWETHER...COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CORINTH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. TREES CAN COME DOWN EASILY WITH ALREADY WET SOIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. THOSE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS TROUP... MERIWETHER...COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE HOGANSVILLE...CORINTH... GRANTVILLE...SAINT MARKS...LONE OAK...MORELAND...LUTHERSVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...WOOSTER...ALVATON...GAY AND HARALSON. && LAT...LON 3326 8451 3302 8458 3318 8497 3330 8494 TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 288DEG 18KT 3322 8487
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
224 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1148 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N CULLODEN 32.89N 84.09W
06/27/2013 MONROE GA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE PEACAN TREES DOWN ALONG
LUNDY DAIRY ROAD BETWEEN HWY 74 AND HWY 83.
&&
JLFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 249 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 GAZ042-052>054-067-281945- 249 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN MERIWETHER...CARROLL...COWETA...FAYETTE AND HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRALHATCHEE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS MERIWETHER...CARROLL...COWETA...FAYETTE AND HEARD COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROOSTERVILLE...CENTRALHATCHEE...TYUS...ROOPVILLE...LOWELL...PLANT WANSLEY...POWERS CROSSROADS...HANDY...PLANT YATES...ARNCO-SARGENT... LUTHERSVILLE...THOMAS CROSSROADS...MADRAS...SHARPSBURG AND MORELAND. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3343 8460 3317 8469 3335 8524 3352 8518 TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 286DEG 16KT 3341 8510
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
GAZ033-044>046-053>055-057-282000-
300 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN ROCKDALE...COWETA...DEKALB...FAYETTE...HENRY...CLAYTON AND FULTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM VIRGINIA HIGHLAND TO SANDY CREEK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
ROCKDALE...COWETA...DEKALB...FAYETTE...HENRY...CLAYTON AND FULTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE BUCKHEAD...TYRONE...LA VISTA...BROOKHAVEN...VIRGINIA
HIGHLAND...WEST END...SWEET AUBURN...ATLANTIC STATION...LAKEWOOD
PARK...CHASTAIN MEMORIAL PARK...PIEDMONT PARK...GRANT PARK-ZOO
ATLANTA...TURNER FIELD...MIDTOWN AND LITTLE FIVE POINTS. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3351 8470 3367 8444 3391 8441 3374 8401
3351 8405 3336 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 297DEG 17KT 3378 8433 3363 8434
3352 8452The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:15 UTC.
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Coweta County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down along Luther Bailey Road.
The Troup County 911 Center reported three trees down in LaGrange.
The Harris County 911 Center reported multiple trees down in the west part of the county.
The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that four trees were blown down east-northeast of Columbus.
The Upson County 911 Center reported that a tree and a power line were blown down in Thomaston. Lots of large limbs were down as well.
The Butts County Emergency Manager reported at least 14 trees down on roadways north of Jackson. Power lines were down as well.
The Marion County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees and power lines down across the northwest portion of the county. Some were blocking roads.
The Cobb County 911 Center reported four trees down in Smyrna. One of these was down on a house.
The Crawford County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down on Highway 22/80 west of Roberta.
The Jasper County Emergency Manager reported 10 trees down just west of Monticello.
The public reported several trees down on Fran Drive. One fell through a mobile home. Additional trees and a power line were blown down on Jones Road.
The public reported trees down at Houston Road and Jones Road. Trees were also uprooted in Bonaire.
The Jasper County Emergency Manager reported that lightning struck a house near Rock Eagle Road. Smoke was observed but the fire was quickly put out.
The Clayton County 911 Center reported at least 10 trees down county wide. One tree fell on a car, injuring a woman inside. Another tree fell on a house.
Smyrna Police reported that a tree and power lines were down across Spring Road. Another tree was down across the road near Paces Ferry.
A trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail to the north-northeast of Cochran.
The Jones County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the Gray area.
The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported that around a dozen trees were blown down across roads. Several power lines were downed as well.
The Crisp County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines down from near Georgia Veterans State Park to Cordele.
The Crisp County Emergency Manager reported dime sized hail in Cordele.
The Milledgeville Fire Department reported numerous trees down near the Hardwick area. Power outages were reported as well.
Amateur radio operators relayed a report from the Deputy Emergency Manager of several trees down on the on/off ramps at exit 58 on Interstate 16.
Amateur radio operators and the broadcast media relayed reports of trees down on Bethel Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue as well as at Main and 5th Streets. An amateur radio operator estimated the gust at 60 MPH.
The Hall County Emergency Manager reported several trees down in Gainesville. A tree and power lines were down on a car, trapping the occupant, and another tree was downed on a pickup truck, also trapping the occupant. No injuries were reported. Trees and power lines were down along Blueberry Hills Drive, Athens Street, Stallworth Street, MLK Jr. Boulevard, and East Ridge Road.
The Johnson County Fire Department dispatch reported that several trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
The Madison County 911 Center reported that around a dozen trees were down across the county. Several of these trees brought down power lines as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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