A series of short waves traversing the region through the west to southwesterly upper-level flow, combined with a stalled frontal boundary across north and central Georgia, led to several days of unsettled weather with numerous reports of wind damage and isolated reports of large hail each day.
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A series of short waves traversing the region through the west to southwesterly upper-level flow, combined with a stalled frontal boundary across north and central Georgia, led to several days of unsettled weather with numerous reports of wind damage and isolated reports of large hail each day.
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 May 29, 11:08 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1208 PM EDT Mon May 29 2017 .UPDATE... Overall the forecast remains in good shape. Precipitation chances were increased to likely for much of the area as showers and thunderstorms will be on the increase during the afternoon and early evening hours. Thunderstorms are expected to gradually diminish after sunset. The chance for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will peak during the late afternoon and early evening period with damaging wind gusts expected to be the primary threat. RW && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 737 AM EDT Mon May 29 2017/ PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 416 AM EDT Mon May 29 2017/ SHORT TERM /Today through Tuesday/... Mostly high clouds across the area this morning but things are expected to change. A frontal boundary entering North GA with increased moisture and instability across the area will lead to more widespread thunderstorms activity this afternoon and evening. Expecting scattered convective to develop after 18z as CAPE values peak around 2000-3000 J/kg Range. Any thunderstorms that do develop should be heavy rain producers with PWs in the 1.6 to 1.8 in range through Tues morning. Some thunderstorms are expected to be strong to severe with favorable 0-6km shear around 30-35 knots contributing to the severe threat this afternoon/evening. The primary threats will be damaging wind gusts with some marginally severe hail and heavy rainfall. The main frontal system pushes into Central GA by Tue morning and appears to stall. There is still some decent instability and moisture across the area but it does not appear that things will weaken some so not expecting as much convective coverage Tues as today. 01 LONG TERM /Tuesday Night through Sunday/... The long term remains unsettled with basically a west or southwest flow aloft across the southern states...and low pressure continuing across the Great Lakes. A moist air mass is expected to persist and a series of short waves will cross the area through the period. Breaks in the precipitation will be hard to time. So the overall pattern remains similar with chance or slight chance pops each period. GFS/ECMWF hint at a surface front pushing into GA Wednesday night into Thursday with somewhat drier air but not confident enough on this to make any big pop changes. 41 AVIATION... 12Z Update... No major changes made from 06z TAF. Mainly VFR ceilings and VSBYs with some showers and thunderstorms moving into the TAF sites this afternoon and evening. Winds will stay out of the W to SW at 10kt or less with some higher gust with the expected convection. Will also see some MVFR Ceilings and VSBYs with the SHRA/TSRA. The precipitation should diminish by 04z-06z with some MVFR ceilings moving back in after 09z Tue. //ATL Confidence...12Z Update... Medium all elements except high for winds. 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 86 66 82 64 / 60 50 40 20 Atlanta 83 67 81 65 / 60 50 50 20 Blairsville 77 60 78 58 / 60 50 30 20 Cartersville 82 66 80 63 / 60 50 50 20 Columbus 86 70 84 67 / 60 50 40 20 Gainesville 81 65 80 64 / 60 50 40 20 Macon 88 69 86 66 / 60 50 40 20 Rome 81 66 81 62 / 60 40 50 20 Peachtree City 84 66 81 64 / 60 50 50 20 Vidalia 93 72 91 70 / 40 40 40 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...RW AVIATION...RW
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 434 AM EDT Mon May 29 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-300845- 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- 434 AM EDT Mon May 29 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... A few thunderstorms may become severe mainly this afternoon and evening. A frontal boundary will approach north Georgia today...giving increased chances for showers and thunderstorms. Afternoon heating will help to support a few strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts and large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... A moist and unstable air mass will remain over north and central Georgia through the period. There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day...a few storms possibly severe. .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
206 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
GAZ042-052-053-066-067-078-291830-
Harris GA-Coweta GA-Carroll GA-Troup GA-Heard GA-Meriwether GA-
206 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HARRIS...COWETA...
SOUTHERN CARROLL...TROUP...HEARD AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM
EDT...
At 206 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Denson, or near
Lafayette...moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...pea sized hail...frequent 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
Newnan, Lagrange, Hamilton, Franklin, Greenville, West Point,
Hogansville, Grantville, Pine Mountain, Woodbury, Luthersville,
Ephesus, Warm Springs, Centralhatchee, Moreland, Sharpsburg, Turin,
Haralson, Lone Oak and Gay.
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 3343 8528 3349 8467 3312 8452 3309 8453
3308 8451 3304 8454 3300 8453 3275 8486
3264 8510 3266 8509 3271 8512 3274 8511
3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517 3285 8515
3286 8519 3342 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 239DEG 49KT 3295 8533
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
232 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
GAZ052-053-066-067-291900-
Coweta GA-Troup GA-Heard GA-Meriwether GA-
232 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWETA...TROUP...
SOUTHERN HEARD AND NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM
EDT...
At 231 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Abbottsford, or 7
miles west of Lagrange...moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...pea sized hail...frequent 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
Lagrange, Franklin, West Point, Hogansville, Grantville, Lone Oak,
Corinth, Saint Marks, Mountville, Cannonville, Louise, State Line
Park, Powers Crossroads, Abbottsford, Piedmont Heights,
Harrisonville, Hillcrest, Wares Crossroads, Glenn and Smiths
Crossroad.
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 3336 8499 3332 8483 3311 8472 3287 8518
3289 8519 3319 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 239DEG 48KT 3303 8516
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
252 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
GAZ033-043>045-055-291915-
North Fulton GA-Douglas GA-Clayton GA-DeKalb GA-South Fulton GA-
252 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH FULTON...EASTERN DOUGLAS...
NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON...SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB AND SOUTH FULTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
At 252 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Fairburn, or 13 miles
northwest of Fayetteville...moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds 40 to 50 mph...up to penny sized hail 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
Atlanta, East Point, Union City, Forest Park, College Park, Fairburn,
Hapeville, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Midtown, Grant Park-Zoo
Atlanta, Druid Hills, Candler-Mcafee, Sweet Auburn, Piedmont Park,
Cascade Heights, Lakewood Park, Campbellton, Conley, Sandtown and
Little Five Points.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3374 8458 3382 8446 3379 8434 3366 8424
3355 8463 3366 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 246DEG 21KT 3360 8460
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPHSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
302 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
GAZ080-091>093-291930-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Taylor GA-Marion GA-
302 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MACON...NORTHWESTERN
SCHLEY...SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR AND EASTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...
At 301 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Putnam, or near
Ellaville...moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...nickel 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
Ideal, Putnam, Murrays Crossroads, Doyle, Rupert, Charing and Walls
Crossing.
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 3221 8442 3226 8449 3255 8435 3238 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 218DEG 26KT 3228 8441
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...50MPHSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
304 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
GAZ052-053-066>068-078-291930-
Harris GA-Coweta GA-Troup GA-Heard GA-Meriwether GA-Pike GA-
304 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HARRIS...SOUTHWESTERN
COWETA...TROUP...SOUTHEASTERN HEARD...MERIWETHER AND SOUTHWESTERN
PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
At 304 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Hogansville, or 10
miles northeast of Lagrange...moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds 40 to 50 mph...pea sized hail...frequent 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
Newnan, Lagrange, Hamilton, Greenville, Hogansville, Grantville, Pine
Mountain, Woodbury, Luthersville, Warm Springs, Moreland, Molena,
Lone Oak, Gay, East Newnan, Corinth, F.d. Roosevelt State Park,
Mountville, Louise and Odessadale.
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 3269 8503 3317 8513 3342 8476 3304 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 228DEG 42KT 3313 8490
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPHThe Atlanta radar (KFFC), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:05 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A report was received over social media of a tree blown down on Redwine Road near Princeton Way.
The Webster County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down on Churchill Road.
The Wilkes County 911 center reported trees blown down at Alexander Street and Baltimore Road and along Baker Street in Washington.
The Greene County 911 center reported trees blown down from Woodville to Union Point. Locations include Peachtree Avenue and Highway 77, Veazey Street, Hillard Street, and Athens Highway in Union Point.
The Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from south of Tignall to Washington. A tree fell on a car on Tignall Road striking a car, no injuries were reported. In Washington trees were blown down on Pope Street, Orchard Street, Alexander Avenue and Barnett Street.
The Laurens County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Hall Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2017
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: 704309, 704310, 704312, 704313, 704314, 704315.