Very hot and humid conditions persist across North and Central Georgia.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Very hot and humid conditions persist across North and Central Georgia.
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 26, 2:10 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 310 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 .SHORT TERM /Tonight through Wednesday Night/... The over all pattern continues through the short term. We have been in this pattern for at least 2 maybe 3 weeks now and there appears to be no changes in the near future. The main east-west oriented upper ridge continues to control the weather pattern across the southern CONUS. A wave developing over the northern gulf is moving onshore the LA/MS/AL/FL coast bringing SHRA/TSRA to the SERN states. This precipitation is moving northward over over south GA and is beginning to push into the SW corner of our CWA. Right now not seeing much thunder for our area...just showers and they appear to be diminishing as they push northward. With the increased gulf moisture moving into the region coverage may be a bit more Wednesday than today. SBCAPE values are expected to get a bit stronger Wednesday with reading in the 1800-2700 J/kg range so may see a bit more potential for wet microbursts and lightning. Temps should continue slightly above normal with Heat Index values remaining below 105 so no advisory expected. 01 .LONG TERM /Thursday through Tuesday/... No major changes needed to the long term portion of the forecast. Ridging aloft begins to break down by Friday into Saturday. This should allow a weak trough to set up across the CWFA. The weak trough should remain in place through Sunday or early Monday...before riding begins to build back over the southeast for the middle part of next week. A weak lee trough may try to set up across eastern GA, but overall,high pressure should dominate the sensible weather at the surface. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected each day and should be diurnal in nature. No strong indicators for widespread severe weather are noted at this time. NListemaa && .AVIATION... 18Z Update... Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are moving up from the coast but they appear to be diminishing as they move north. Will see this convective activity continue through the evening hours then subside by 02z- 04z. have decided to pull the TEMPO group out of the TAFs as it appears the precipitation will most likely not make it to the TAF sites. Kept in a VCSH for a few hours through just to be on the safe side. Winds are mainly out of the W-SW and will stay there through the TAF period. Wind speeds will stay 10kt or less with some gust to 15kt in and around TSRA activity. Not expecting any issues with ceilings or VSBYs. Will see another round of SHRA/TSRA Wed afternoon between 19z- 00z. //ATL Confidence...18Z Update... Confidence high on all elements. 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 74 95 75 95 / 10 20 20 20 Atlanta 75 92 74 92 / 10 20 20 30 Blairsville 68 88 70 86 / 20 30 30 50 Cartersville 73 93 73 91 / 20 30 30 40 Columbus 74 94 74 95 / 20 20 20 20 Gainesville 75 92 74 91 / 20 30 30 30 Macon 74 96 74 98 / 10 20 10 20 Rome 73 92 73 91 / 20 30 30 40 Peachtree City 73 92 72 92 / 10 20 20 20 Vidalia 75 97 76 99 / 10 20 10 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....NListemaa AVIATION...01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1147 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-271200- 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- 1147 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The broadcast media reported that a 54 year old woman died from hyperthermia. The woman was found inside a car, with all of the windows rolled up, in the parking lot of the Midtown Medical Center in Columbus. Afternoon temperatures were in the mid to upper 90s in Columbus this day.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Muscogee | 2016-07-26 | 54 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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