S. combined with a very moist and unstable atmosphere across north Georgia to produce scattered severe thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A deepening upper-level trough over the eastern U.S. combined with a very moist and unstable atmosphere across north Georgia to produce scattered severe thunderstorms.
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 6, 6:45 AM EST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 745 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017 .UPDATE... 12z Aviation update below. Baker && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 317 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017/ .SHORT TERM /Today through Friday/... Low progression open trough to the NW is progged to get some assistance from some longwave energy entering into the midwest today as it comes more into phase to shift the axis farther SE tonight into Friday. Forcing doesn't seem that impressive as the system is rather elongated with only a weak translated sfc front, though the environment will have a decent amount of conditional instability to work with (on the order of 2000-2500 J/kg today and possibly a bit higher Friday). Midlevel thermal profiles support development of isolated strong/severe storms given enhanced updrafts, which has been the trend here of recent days anyway. Will keep chance pops today across northern majority and likely in the far north closest to the forcing. Have pops with general chance transition as the feature spreads SE into central GA by Friday afternoon. Not confident on overall coverage and timing Friday to include any likely mention at the moment. Temps today for most locations in the upper 80s north to mid 90s SE coupled with uncomfortable dewpoints in the low 70s will result in afternoon heat indices of upper 90s to low 100s. A few spots in east central GA could flirt with the 105 mark, though should be overall outside heat advisory criteria. Slightly cooler temps expected Friday with frontal system and associated cloud coverage influence. Baker && .LONG TERM /Friday Night through Wednesday/... A slow moving cold front approaches n GA Friday night and is forecast to move to the N to central GA area on Saturday. Precip potential should diminish Friday night but develop again on Saturday...peaking in the afternoon for most areas. Highest pops look to favor central GA on Sunday and Monday with the front or surface trough stationary over the area. With the pattern changing little...fairly typical summer pops for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday with a moist airmass over the forecast area. Forecast temperatures are running within 1 to 3 degrees of normal. BDL && .AVIATION... 12Z Update... VFR conditions for most locations with spotty MVFR vsbys possible here near sunrise. Cu field expected in 4-5 kft today with greater coverage for the northern sites, along with increasing chance for convection as weak front/disturbance approaches from the NW. Already have had early showers/storms just north of the sites this morning. Have included a prob30/tempo group for -TSRA after about 20z today near KATL (slightly earlier north). Winds a bit greater magnitude today with strengthening gradient and should be WSW 8-10 kts for most areas. Could see isolated showers or a storm into the overnight but not confident enough to include other than a return of VCSH Friday morning. //ATL Confidence...12Z Update... Medium to low on precip timing/coverage. High on all else. Baker && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 91 72 89 71 / 20 30 40 20 Atlanta 90 73 87 72 / 30 30 40 20 Blairsville 83 67 82 66 / 60 60 40 20 Cartersville 89 71 87 71 / 40 40 40 20 Columbus 94 75 91 74 / 20 30 50 40 Gainesville 87 71 86 71 / 30 30 40 20 Macon 94 74 92 74 / 10 20 40 30 Rome 89 71 87 72 / 50 50 40 20 Peachtree City 91 72 88 71 / 20 30 50 20 Vidalia 95 76 94 76 / 20 20 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Baker LONG TERM....BDL AVIATION...Baker
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 430 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-071000- 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- 430 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms can be expected over north and portions of central Georgia this afternoon and evening. A few storms will be strong to severe from Atlanta to Athens and north. The main hazards will be strong to damaging wind gusts and frequent lightning. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day, most so during the afternoon and evening hours. A few storms could be strong to severe with gusty winds...frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall as the main hazards. Brief localized flooding of poor drainage areas will also be possible. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
959 AM EDT THU JUL 06 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM TSTM WND DMG DAHLONEGA 34.53N 83.98W
07/05/2017 LUMPKIN GA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL POWER LINES ARE DOWN IN THE AREA AROUND
NIMBLEWILL CHURCH RD AND HWY 52
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EVENT NUMBER FFC1701003
THIEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1002 AM EDT THU JUL 06 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW BUCKHORN TAVERN 34.51N 84.07W
07/05/2017 LUMPKIN GA EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN ALONG BUCK RUN EAST
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EVENT NUMBER FFC1701004
THIEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1007 AM EDT THU JUL 06 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW TESNATEE 34.57N 83.87W
07/05/2017 LUMPKIN GA EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** A MAN WAS INJURED WHEN A LARGE TREE
BRANCH FELL AT HIT HIM IN THE HEAD ALONG GRINDLE BRIDGE
RD
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EVENT NUMBER FFC1701005
THIEMThe Atlanta radar (KFFC), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:14 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported utility lines down along the 1500 block of Marble Quarry Road in Holly Springs.
The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported a house fire started by a lightning strike on Watermill Way.
The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down around the intersection of Keith Bridge Road and Parks Road.
A wind gust of 60 MPH was recorded by the ASOS at the Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville (KGVL).
The Gilmer County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down from southwest through east of Ellijay. Locations include Snow Mountain Lane, White Path Springs Road, Roy Road at Southern Road, and Big Creek Road at Holt Bridge Road.
The Madison County 911 center reported trees blown down from near Moons Grove Church Road at Johnnie Chandler Road, and Colbert Grove Church Road at Highway 29. These locations are just southwest of Danielsville.
The Bartow County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down in a 100 yard wide swath between Cambridge Way and Red Top Mountain Road.
The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and some power lines blown down from south of Waleska to Free Home. Locations include Sam Nelson Road between Nelson trail and Rampley Trail where one tree fell on a house, Reinhardt College Parkway where a tree fell on a house, Shoal Creek Road at Whispering Woods Drive, Upper Union Hill Road at Henson Way, and Wyatt Road at Smithwick Road. No injuries were reported.
The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down, including on onto a home, on Bells Ferry Road. No injuries were reported.
The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported a brush fire caused by a lightning strike near the intersection of Dahlonega Highway and Spot Road.
The Oglethorpe County 911 center reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Stephens Salem road and Hugh Culbreth Road east of Stephens to east of Lexington along Frank Matthews Road.
A report was received on social media of a tree blown down on Danburg Road near the intersection with Bradford Road.
The Haralson County 911 center reported several trees blown down across the northern part of the county from northwest through northeast of Buchanan. Locations include Monroe Mill Road, 5 Points Road and near the intersection of Floyd Road and Mountain View Road.
The Polk County 911 center reported trees blown down from Sam Hutchins Road southwest of Cedartown to Antioch Road at Hightower Falls Road southeast of Cedartown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 708669, 708667, 708670, 708679, 708671, 708672, 708674, 708673, 708680, 708668, 708675, 708676, 708677, 708678.