Strong daytime heating resulted in scattered thunderstorms across north and central Georgia, with isolated severe thunderstorms in central Georgia during the mid to late afternoon.
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Strong daytime heating resulted in scattered thunderstorms across north and central Georgia, with isolated severe thunderstorms in central Georgia during the mid to late afternoon.
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 17, 2:49 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 349 PM EDT Sat Jun 17 2017 .SHORT TERM /Tonight through Sunday Night/... Weak upper trough lingers over the northern Gulf area this afternoon. Water vapor curve showing a bit drier air lingering over parts of Ga...however afternoon heating has helped to produce widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. No real trigger for the convection...so development anywhere is possible. Have gradually diminished pops tonight...no pops after 06z but a few storms could linger late. Models showing an increase in moisture from the southwest late tonight and this may make for some early morning clouds. Otherwise Sunday looks like another day with diurnal convection. A frontal boundary drifts southward into TN overnight Sunday and have increased pops into likely for the far north Sunday night...with chance or slight chance elsewhere. Mav/Met temperatures look reasonable and have stayed close. 41 .LONG TERM /Monday through Saturday/... No changes made to the extended forecast with a generally weak, summertime pattern continuing. Medium range models still in pretty good agreement through the beginning of next week. A weak cold front approaches Sunday night and sags into the forecast area Monday. Broad upper- level trough dominates the eastern U.S., but more significant upper dynamics remain well north of the forecast area. Surface front is also not especially distinct providing only weak surface forcing. This is still enough to produce a good coverage of convection, mainly across the north late Sunday through Monday, shifting into central Georgia Tuesday. Weak dynamics, minimal shear and general lack of strong instability points to a minimal threat for severe thunderstorms at this time. After Tuesday the extended forecast period becomes a lot less clear. Medium range models show a wide spread in the evolution of the potential tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico. GFS has trended toward the more northern solution, but keeps the system relatively weak while the ECMWF continues to resolve a much weaker low heading west across the Bay of Campeche toward eastern Mexico. With this uncertainty, I have elected to keep the forecast for the latter half of the week somewhat conservative for now, basically continuing the pattern of scattered diurnal convection and near normal temperatures. 01 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... Pretty typical summertime pattern to continue for the area and associated terminals for the next 24 to 36 hours. Thunderstorms were developing and may affect the taf sites so have included tempo at all locations. Stratus possible late tonight but have only gone for SCT for now as not very confident with this. Winds varying around south...but have continued with a direction favoring the west side. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... Medium on wind and morning stratus. High on all other elements. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 69 88 71 87 / 30 20 30 50 Atlanta 70 87 72 86 / 30 40 30 50 Blairsville 65 80 66 80 / 40 40 50 60 Cartersville 69 87 71 86 / 30 30 40 60 Columbus 72 90 73 88 / 40 30 20 50 Gainesville 69 87 70 85 / 30 30 40 60 Macon 70 91 72 88 / 30 20 20 50 Rome 69 88 71 86 / 20 30 50 60 Peachtree City 69 88 70 86 / 30 30 30 50 Vidalia 73 92 74 89 / 30 20 20 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...41 LONG TERM....01 AVIATION...41
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 400 AM EDT Sat Jun 17 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-181000- 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- 400 AM EDT Sat Jun 17 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon, lingering into the evening. A few strong thunderstorms will be possible. The primary hazards will be frequent lightning, gusty winds, small hail and heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... There is a chance of thunderstorms each day. The best chances will be late Sunday through Tuesday as a weak cold front settles into the region and stalls. The primary hazards will be frequent lightning, strong, gusty winds and heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather or flooding through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
312 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 2017
GAZ096-107-171945-
Bleckley GA-Pulaski GA-
312 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
At 312 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Baileys Park, or near
Cochran...moving north at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Cochran, Hawkinsville, Paulk, Mobley Crossing, Hartford, Pulaski
State Prison, Porter, Baileys Park and Empire.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3227 8346 3240 8348 3243 8335 3238 8326
3234 8330 3232 8329 3228 8333 3229 8334
3228 8334 3226 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 196DEG 5KT 3232 8338
WIND...40MPHSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
336 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 2017
GAZ096-097-109-172015-
Laurens GA-Bleckley GA-Dodge GA-
336 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...
NORTHEASTERN BLECKLEY AND NORTHERN DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
At 336 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Dexter, or 13 miles
southwest of Dublin...moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Dublin, Chester, Dexter, Dudley, Cadwell, Rentz, Montrose, Harlow,
Yonkers, Goldsboro, Rebie and Rowland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3233 8301 3236 8324 3257 8325 3266 8306
3257 8290
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 194DEG 16KT 3243 8310
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHThe Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Laurens County 911 center reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Scooter Rue Road and Hillbridge Road to Southern Pines Road near Highway 19.
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