A mesoscale convective system pushed through Tennessee early on the 5th, moving into northwest Georgia during the day. While the system itself weakened, it helped to trigger scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms, several of which became severe with mainly wind damage noted across mainly north Georgia.
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A mesoscale convective system pushed through Tennessee early on the 5th, moving into northwest Georgia during the day. While the system itself weakened, it helped to trigger scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms, several of which became severe with mainly wind damage noted across mainly north Georgia. One weak tornado also occurred in Gilmer County.
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 5, 12:51 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 151 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1150 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014/ ..POTENTIAL FOR COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO IMPACT WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING THEN TRACK FURTHER SOUTHEAST... .UPDATE... MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL LATE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE THE HRRR SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE MORNING PRECIP LEFTOVERS...THERE LOOKS TO BE LESS CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE CLOUD COVERAGE HAS NOT EXTENDED AND A MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS. THE MAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE WITH THE EVOLUTION OF AN INTENSE MCC CURRENTLY ACROSS MISSOURI/ARKANSAS AND PROGGED TO REACH NW GA BY ABOUT 23Z THIS EVENING /GIVEN THE TIMING TOOL/. THE ENVIRONMENT OUT AHEAD OF THE IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM FAVORS A MORE SOUTHWARD TURN WHICH MAY PEG WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS THIS EVENING. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS TO BE LIKELY TO HIGH END CHANCE RAMPING UP IN WESTERN PORTIONS FOR THIS EVENING THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AFOREMENTIONED CLOUD COVER HAS SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED TEMPS IN NORTHWEST GA SO BUMPED DAYTIME MAX VALUES DOWN CONSIDERABLY. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... BAKER && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 738 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 408 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014/ .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... DIFFICULT SHORT TERM FORECAST WITH MODERATE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES SET TO IMPACT THE CWA. CURRENTLY WATCHING MCS TRACK THROUGH TENNESSEE THIS MORNING...AND ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE CONVECTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN TN REMAIN ROBUST...BOWING SEGMENT APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING. AS THIS COMPLEX PUSHES INTO THE STATE...EXPECT IT TO SPREAD A FEW STRONG STORMS INTO NORTH AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE MAIN PERIOD OF CONCERN WILL BE 4-8AM...WITH THE ACTIVITY DIMINISHING TO MAINLY SHOWERS THEREAFTER. SHORT TERM HI-RES MODELS HAVE NOT PICKED UP ON THE CURRENT ACTIVITY WELL...WITH LOCAL WRF...NMM...AND ARW RIDDLED WITH TIMING AND POSITION ISSUES. OVERALL THE HRRR HAS SEEMED TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE SITUATION...SO HAVE PARALLELED ITS SOLUTION THROUGH MID MORNING. EXPECT AN OVERALL DIMINISHING THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE MORNING...BUT HAVE KEPT AT LEAST LOW END CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA. AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACTIVITY WILL BE DICTATED BY HOW THE MORNING WEATHER EVOLVES. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...RESULTING IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. CLOUD COVER FROM THIS MORNINGS ACTIVITY COULD ACT TO LIMIT DESTABILIZATION... AND COULD SEE BETTER COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF STORMS ACROSS MIDDLE GEORGIA. WITH MODELED MLCAPE OF 2000+ J/KG AND MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR...MAIN CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THIS ACTIVITY. DAYTIME HEATING WILL AID IN CONVECTIVE INITIATION...AND BEST CHANCES SHOULD BE BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES INTO THE STATE. AT THIS TIME SPC HAS KEPT THE SLIGHT RISK AREA JUST TO OUR WEST OVER NORTH/CENTRAL AL...BUT THE FIVE PERCENT AREA FOR HAIL AND WIND ENCOMPASS THE MAJORITY...IF NOT ALL...OF THE CWA. AREAS NORTH OF A HAMILTON TO LOUISVILLE LINE ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. ACTIVE PERIOD PERSISTS THROUGH LATE WEEK WITH CONTINUED SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY IMPACTING THE STATE AGAIN FRIDAY...AND HAVE CONTINUED WITH GOOD CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA. LARGE HAIL LOOKS TO BE THE BIGGEST THREAT GIVEN DECENT INSTABILITY AND INFLUENCE OF COLD AIR ALOFT. 31 && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS. FOR SATURDAY... MODELS SHOW AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PUSHING ACROSS THE OHIO AND TN VALLEYS WHILE A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS COUPLED WITH 1500-2500 J/KG OF CAPE SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE SUPPORTING SCATTERED STORMS ON SATURDAY. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW OF THESE STORMS BECOMING STRONG SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT PUSHES NORTH BY EARLY SUNDAY IN RESPONSE TO A SURFACE LOW PUSHING INTO THE MID-UPPER MS VALLEY... A LINGERING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ON SUNDAY... AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON MONDAY. A LACK OF FRONTAL FOCUS AND WEAK SHEAR VALUES SUGGEST STORMS ON SUNDAY SHOULD BE THE TYPICAL DIURNALLY DRIVEN... SUMMER TIME PULSE STORMS... AND REMAIN BELOW STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS. ALTHOUGH ECMWF AND GFS SHOW A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING INTO AT LEAST NORTH GA ON MONDAY... THESE MODELS BEGIN TO DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY... WITH GFS SHOWING A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE POSSIBLY ENHANCING STORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE ECMWF SHOWS THE FRONT MEANDERING MAINLY JUST NORTH OF THE STATE ON MONDAY...THEN LIFTING NORTH BY EARLY TUESDAY AS MONDAYS DISTURBANCE CUTS OFF OVER THE MID MS VALLEY AND SLOWLY LIFTS OFF TO THE NE ON WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY. WITH MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THESE LATER PERIODS... WILL SHOW CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AT MINIMUM... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE. OTHERWISE... A MOS BLEND OF TEMPS CONTINUE TO SHOW DAYTIME HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE MID-UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S... WHILE LOWS HOLD STEADY IN THE 60S AND 70S THROUGH THE LONG TERM. 39 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... INITIAL VFR CONDITIONS WITH POTENTIAL FOR MVFR WITH ANY SHOWER OR STORM DEVELOPMENT LATE IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEST CHANCE FOR TSRA IS GENERALLY 00-06Z TONIGHT AS POTENTIAL FOR STRONG COMPLEX OF STORMS TO PUSH ACROSS AREA FROM NORTHWEST. SOME STRONG WINDS COULD BE EXPERIENCED ALONG BACKSIDE OF SYSTEM AS WELL BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THE MOMENT. WINDS GENERALLY BETWEEN WEST AND NNW AT 10-14 KTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 22 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME GUSTS POSSIBLE UP UNTIL ABOUT 08Z TONIGHT WITH AFOREMENTIONED STORM SYSTEM AND STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT. STORM CHANCES ON INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY MAINLY AFTER 18Z. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... LOW ON EVENING TSRA AND ENHANCED WIND POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT. MEDIUM ON ALL ELSE. BAKER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 90 69 89 67 / 30 40 40 30 ATLANTA 86 71 88 69 / 30 50 40 30 BLAIRSVILLE 83 62 81 61 / 50 40 40 30 CARTERSVILLE 82 68 88 65 / 50 50 50 30 COLUMBUS 92 73 91 70 / 30 50 40 30 GAINESVILLE 86 69 86 67 / 40 50 40 30 MACON 92 69 91 70 / 50 50 40 30 ROME 84 68 89 66 / 60 60 50 30 PEACHTREE CITY 88 68 89 66 / 30 50 40 30 VIDALIA 92 73 90 72 / 50 40 40 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...31/BAKER LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...BAKER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 254 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061900- 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- 254 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING... ...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. DISCUSSION... THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A HAMILTON TO LOUISVILLE LINE...AND MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT PUSHES NORTH BY SUNDAY... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE ON TUESDAY AND HELP ENHANCE STORM DEVELOPMENT FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
301 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
GAZ072-073-084-051930-
301 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN JONES...
WILKINSON AND BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ONE CENTERED 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GRAY THE OTHER JUST EAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE. BOTH STORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS JONES...WILKINSON AND BALDWIN COUNTIES...
INCLUDING AREAS AROUND BROWNS CROSSING...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS...
GREENBERRY CROSSROADS...CLINTON...JAMES...HADDOCK...GRAY...
ALLENWOOD...MILLEDGEVILLE...HARDWICK...SCOTTSBORO...PANCRAS...
COOPERS...GORDON AND IVEY. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD MOVE
INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3294 8308 3278 8328 3285 8338 3289 8340
3289 8344 3298 8358 3316 8341 3307 8311
3305 8310 3306 8309 3306 8305 3303 8307
3299 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 309DEG 23KT 3296 8342The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A CoCoRaHS observer reported hail the size of nickels to ping pong balls south-southeast of Milledgeville.
The public reported that the roof of a church sustained minor damage from winds in Calhoun. Roof panels were torn off the building.
The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported that at least nine trees were blown down, mostly in the southern part of the county near Lindale.
The Dade County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were down in Trenton, with several power outages.
The Polk County 911 Center reported that six trees were blown down, one on a house, in Cedartown.
A National Weather Service survey team determined that a weak EF-0 tornado touched down just north of Round Top on Old Round Top Road, tracking eastward through the Rolling Meadows subdivision. The tornado nearly paralleled Old Round Top Road. Approximately 20 trees were either snapped or uprooted. A couple of trees were reported to have fallen on a house and some cars.|[06/05/14: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF0, Gilmer, 2014:008].
The Gordon County Emergency Manager reported that multiple trees were down. Some power lines down as well, along with vehicle and minor structural damage from falling trees. One woman sustained minor injuries when a tree fell on her car.
The Forsyth County Emergency Manager relayed a report of at least six trees and power lines down. At least three roads were closed from falling trees, and the Exit 16 ramp on Georgia Highway 400 was closed because of a power line down.
The Macon ASOS measured a wind gust to 51 knots.
The Bibb County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down.
The Laurens County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down.
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