A line of thunderstorms moved into northwest Georgia late in the evening producing isolated reports of damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
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A line of thunderstorms moved into northwest Georgia late in the evening producing isolated reports of damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
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 21, 8:50 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 950 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 .Update... Have updated pops to increase them across the north and down the Savannah River Valley area overnight in anticipation of the southeast moving thunderstorms complex. Storms on the southern end seem to show a weakening trend...but may hold together to affect portions of the area after midnight. 41 .Previous... .SHORT TERM /Tonight through Saturday Night/... Main concerns in the short term period are chances and timing of convection associated with MCS or remnant MCS in northwest flow and excessive heat. Hires guidance not clear at all on timing and evolution of MCS currently over MO/IL nor with sea breeze convection forecast to initiate and move into SW GA and possibly affect WC GA and even ATL metro this evening. Regardless of timing of MCSs, will be very substantial CAPE and weak-mdt mid level shear in NW flow, a very favorable environment in our experience. Could see similar number of warnings and wind events as we saw yesterday. Extreme heat also a concern, came close to issuing an advisory for parts of WC GA valid this afternoon/evening. Parameters more favorable Saturday over far SE counties so based on collaboration with neighboring offices, have issued advisory for 4 SE most counties for now. Dewpoints were fcst too low today so will need to monitor in case they are too low again tomorrow. SNELSON .LONG TERM /Sunday through Friday/... The extended portion of the forecast remains mainly on track, with only minor adjustments made based on the latest guidance. High temperatures through the period are anticipated to be about 1-4 degrees above average with mainly upper 80s in north Georgia and low to mid 90s in central Georgia, while low temperatures are anticipated to be 4-8 degrees above average with upper 60s in north Georgia and low 70s in central Georgia. Of particular interest is Sunday afternoon, when dewpoints in the low to mid 70s will likely contribute to heat indices in excess of 100 and approaching 105 across central Georgia. A weak upper level ridge in place to the west will have the forecast area near the edge of an active northwesterly flow region as the period begins on Sunday. Disturbances traversing the northwesterly flow aloft could allow for some mesoscale convective systems to move through north and central Georgia on the east side of the ridge on Sunday, which will need to be monitored. The ridge axis will begin to flatten and position itself over our area on Sunday night and into Monday. The influence of the ridge should reduce rain chances during this time, but will likely not be strong enough to suppress the diurnally driven convection entirely. On Monday, a flattening upper level trough will move northeastward across the eastern CONUS, dropping a surface front into the southeast. With the trough far away to the north near the Great Lakes region Monday night/Tuesday morning, the front itself will not be particularly strong or well-defined. Model guidance is nonetheless coming into better agreement that this front will allow for an increase in the convective coverage across north Georgia on Monday night into Tuesday as the front pushes southward through the area. Later next week, a more amplified pattern and less progressive pattern sets up as a broad upper ridge begins to build in over the west-central CONUS. Meanwhile, weak inverted troughing will remain in place over the southeast. With ample Gulf moisture over the area, typical summertime conditions are expected during the latter half of next week, with scattered diurnally driven convection each afternoon. King && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 214 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019/ UPDATE... Near term grids in decent shape. Dewpoints a bit higher than forecast over far SW counties but still should be below heat advisory thresholds today. Timing of rounds of storms late tonight and Sat PM still highly questionable with little to no consensus from hires guidance. SNELSON PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 739 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019/ SHORT TERM /Today through Saturday/... A much quieter start to the short term compared to the previous 12 hours. Shortwaves have pushed east and south of the area and on the back side we have seen some reductions to dewpoints with some mid 60s noted over portions of North GA. Such is not the case over SW sections where humid conditions and dewpoints in the low to mid 70s continue. With the combination of the humid surface conditions and colder mid levels this afternoon, instability will increase markedly with CAPE values in excess of 3500 J/KG. Despite this, deep layer moisture will be reduced from yesterdays values which will limit overall coverage of storms. Will only be going slight chance for now for SW sections. Things will be changing very quickly overnight as deep layer moisture increases from the SW and complexes to the north send cold pools southward into our area. Much uncertainty on position and timing of these cold pools and as a result, hi res guidance is all over the place with their solutions. Thinking there has to be something to develop given NW flow and cold temps aloft as long as there is even a hint of forcing with the cold pool. Given the uncertainty though, went just mid range chance for now and did not bring it as far south as some of the hi res. Strong to locally severe storms will be possible if not likely with this activity with large hail and damaging winds the main concern. Saturday could be interesting as well as instability is through the roof with the cold mid levels continuing. We still need the forcing and flow suggests more of glancing blow for the local area. That said, we almost always see an outflow ejected southward that would also provide the needed lift. Have gone mid range pops for now but could be some areas to realize likely coverage should shortwave be further SW. Strong to severe activity with any storms that develop once again. Heat indices for Sat will approach critical thresholds over the far SE sections and will need to monitor closely for possible advisory. Deese LONG TERM /Saturday Night through Thursday/... Extended forecast period starts out with a fairly progressive pattern in place. Weak upper ridging to the west has the region on the edge of the active northwest flow region. Will need to be on the lookout for convective systems riding down the east side of the ridge Saturday night and into Sunday. Ridge axis transits the area Sunday through Monday, but doesn't look dominating enough to suppress convection completely. Flattening upper trough and short wave sweep through the eastern half of the country for the beginning of the work week. Associated surface front drops into the region, however, with the primary short wave well north of the state, front is not looking too well defined. Still, we should see some enhancement to the convective coverage for the first half of the week over a strictly diurnally driven scenario. Latter half of the work week sees the upper pattern becoming much less progressive as a more amplified pattern is progged to develop across the country. Large but relatively disorganized upper ridge builds over the central U.S. Weak inverted trough lingers over the southeastern states, and combined with ample moisture, continues at least scattered convection each day across the forecast area. 20 && AVIATION... 00Z Update... VFR conditions expected with some few/sct035-045 lingering overnight. Thunderstorm complex crossing into TN may hold together in some form to affect KATL and other north GA taf sites around 08z. Otherwise scattered cumulus Saturday afternoon with a few showers or thunderstorms possible. Winds should stay on the west side 4 to 6kts overnight and increasing to 8 to 10kts Saturday. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... Low to medium confidence on SHRA/TSRA timing. High confidence on all other elements. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 72 91 71 92 / 30 40 30 30 Atlanta 74 93 72 91 / 20 50 30 30 Blairsville 64 83 65 85 / 40 50 30 40 Cartersville 72 91 71 90 / 30 40 20 30 Columbus 76 96 74 94 / 20 30 30 30 Gainesville 71 88 70 89 / 30 40 20 30 Macon 74 96 72 95 / 10 40 40 30 Rome 72 91 71 91 / 30 40 20 30 Peachtree City 73 93 70 92 / 20 40 30 30 Vidalia 76 96 73 94 / 10 40 40 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory from 10 AM to 9 PM EDT Saturday for the following zones: Emanuel...Montgomery...Toombs...Treutlen. && SHORT TERM...41 LONG TERM....King AVIATION...41
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1054 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-230300- 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- 1054 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 5 AM SATURDAY MORNING... Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to be maintained moving into the overnight hours for northern Georgia. Continuous thunderstorm development will occur along a southeasterly moving outflow boundary which will continue to produce a risk for widespread damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected across the area Saturday through Thursday, primarily in the afternoon and evening hours. A few severe storms are possible on Saturday with damaging winds, frequent lightning, hail, and heavy rain. The possibility of a tornado cannot be ruled out. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Spotters are encouraged to submit reports of any severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:22 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports of trees down from Sand Mountain to Trenton. Location included Reeves Road and Laura Lane.
Report of a tree down on a house and truck on Plum Nelly Road, about 5 miles southeast of Trenton. No reported injuries.
A trained spotter reported numerous large branches and power lines blown down around the intersection of Lafayette Road and West Forrest Road. Power was out around the hospital in Ft. Oglethorpe.
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: 839717, 843270, 839720.