Ample moisture returning north from the Gulf of Mexico and multiple short waves moving across the region in the southwest upper flow produced scattered thunderstorms across north and central Georgia. Moderate instability across central Georgia resulted in isolated severe thunderstorms each afternoon.
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Ample moisture returning north from the Gulf of Mexico and multiple short waves moving across the region in the southwest upper flow produced scattered thunderstorms across north and central Georgia. Moderate instability across central Georgia resulted in isolated severe thunderstorms each afternoon.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 12:45 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 145 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019 ...18Z Aviation Forecast Discussion... .UPDATE... Far southeastern counties have been included in Severe Thunderstorm Watch 324. Already seeing enhanced cumulus development across that area and some initiation of deeper convection in that vicinity. Primary threat will be hail and damaging wind gusts. Instability increasing despite only moderate mid-level lapse rates. Enough mid- level shear for some organized multi-cell development and marginally severe hail/wind gusts. 20 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 1203 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019/ UPDATE... Just made a few tweaks for this afternoon, mainly to sky cover and the hourly Temp/DewPoint trends, but enough of a difference for a quick refresh of the forecast text products. 20 PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 735 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019/ PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 408 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019/ SHORT TERM /Today through Wednesday/... There is a high pressure ridge centered over the Mid-Atlantic state but it is expected to shift east today. This will allow moisture to increase today as warm moist southeasterly flow sets up across the region. With increased moisture, Increased diurnally driven instability, and Southeasterly flow, looks like we are in the beginning stages of a more normal summertime pattern. The best location for afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms today looks like southeastern portions of the state. Will see a much greater area of coverage wednesday and we get deeper into the pattern. Temps will also begin to moderate with more seasonal daytime highs expected through the end of the week. Today is expected to be the warmest day this week with highs mainly in the upper 80s to mid 90s. High temps Wednesday will be about 2-4 deg cooler with highs continuing to fall through the weekend. 01 LONG TERM /Wednesday Night through Monday/... The long term portion certainly looks like a wetter pattern than the last month has been but the details in how this will evolve remain very much unclear. Model differences are apparent from the get go as GFS is much more progressive than the ECMWF and has shortwaves moving through westerly flow aloft. ECMWF has more of a subtle ridge holding on and this keeps the highest deep layer moisture west of the area as well, at least initially. The GFS argues for likely pops for the entire area, but given the uncertainty thrown in by the ECMWF, will only go with the higher pops for the western tier of the forecast area. Friday is a bit conflicting as upper low to the west acts to increase heights locally but deep layer moisture is maximized in southerly surface flow. In addition, diffluence aloft may counteract the increase in heights late in the day on Friday allowing for better lift and pops. Will continue to carry likely pops for this time period. Saturday definitely looks like the potentially wettest day as upper low kicks east and drags some mid level energy over the area per the GFS. While instability is not all that high during this time period, precipitable water will be quite high with close to 2.20 inches for portions of Central GA. Will be going high end likely except small strip of categorical where energy will be the most plentiful across the far north. Still enough moisture and lift around Sun to warrant likely pops but this should begin to shift out of the area early next week. Still a few shortwaves could rotate around enhancing thunderstorm chances but definitely some drier air to move in by Tue afternoon to allow for reduced pops. Temps for the extended period to remain seasonal given the increased cloud cover and rain chances. Deese .AVIATION... 18Z Update... Earlier MVFR ceilings across portions of east and north Georgia are lifting into VFR range and scattering. This trend will continue with VFR conditions expected across the forecast area outside of scattered convection. MVFR or lower ceilings re-develop and spread west across much of the forecast area between 09Z and 12Z, then improve after 14Z with all areas expected to be VFR by 18Z tomorrow. We will see scattered showers and thunderstorms across the eastern portions of the area through 02Z, but should remain east of the TAF sites. A few marginally severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon over the far southeast. Scattered showers and thunderstorms develop over all of north and central Georgia Wednesday afternoon. East to southeast winds 5-10kt through 00Z, diminishing to 5kt or less after. South to southeast winds become southwest and increase to 5-10kt after 15Z. //ATL Confidence...18Z Update... Confidence medium to high on all elements. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 90 68 89 69 / 20 30 50 30 Atlanta 91 71 89 71 / 10 10 50 30 Blairsville 82 62 80 63 / 10 20 60 40 Cartersville 91 69 88 68 / 5 10 60 30 Columbus 97 72 93 72 / 5 10 40 20 Gainesville 86 69 86 69 / 10 20 60 30 Macon 96 70 92 71 / 20 20 40 30 Rome 91 68 89 68 / 5 10 50 30 Peachtree City 93 68 90 69 / 10 10 50 30 Vidalia 94 72 93 73 / 60 30 60 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 8 PM EDT this evening for the following zones: Emanuel...Montgomery...Toombs...Treutlen. && SHORT TERM...20 LONG TERM....41 AVIATION...20
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 456 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-050900- 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- 456 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across southeast portions of the forecast area this afternoon. A few of the storms could become strong with gusty winds and dangerous cloud to ground lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected Wednesday through Sunday with the most coverage over the weekend. Any thunderstorms will be capable of gusty winds, lightning and heavy rain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
157 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019
GAZ098-112-113-041830-
Toombs GA-Treutlen GA-Montgomery GA-
157 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TOOMBS...
SOUTHEASTERN TREUTLEN AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM
EDT...
At 156 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Tarrytown, or near
Soperton...moving southeast at 10 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
Lyons, Soperton, Vidalia, Ailey, Higgston, Alston, Tarrytown, Zaidee,
Kibbee and Normantown.
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 3229 8227 3208 8246 3226 8264 3227 8264
3228 8265 3229 8264 3230 8267 3230 8269
3243 8256 3236 8241 3234 8239 3234 8238
3232 8236 3229 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 308DEG 9KT 3232 8256
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHThe Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported a few tree tops broken along Thompson Pond Road near the Toombs County Line.
The Treutlen County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down along Highway 46 near Lake Wildwood.
The local broadcast media reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Overlook Drive and Riverdale Road.
The Emanuel County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 57 and Chandler Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2019
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: 839541, 839542, 839543, 839544.