A storm system brought a few strong thunderstorms to central Georgia during the overnight/early morning hours of the 17th.
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A storm system brought a few strong thunderstorms to central Georgia during the overnight/early morning hours of the 17th.
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 Apr 17, 12:59 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 159 AM EDT Fri Apr 17 2020 .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 742 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020/ ..00Z Aviation Discussion... PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 354 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020/ SHORT TERM /Tonight through Friday Night/... Benign ridge dominated period continues thru Friday, then main focus is on a relatively weak upper wave and attendant cold front Friday night into Saturday. Models a limited in instability for much of this feature so have shower mention Friday night with increasing chance pops. QPF also looks light staying mainly under a quarter inch across the majority of the CWA. For temps expect below normal overnight mins in the 40s for most areas given expected strong radiational cooling with mostly clear skies and lax in winds. Highs Friday should moderate warmer into the mid 70s for most locations. Baker LONG TERM /Saturday through Thursday/... While a cold front and some increased instability allows for mainly a slight chance of thunderstorms across central Georgia for Saturday afternoon, the bigger concern is on the severe potential with a decent upper shortwave and associated sfc low progged to track across the SE CONUS late Sunday into Monday. Thinking the main period for any strong to severe storms will be Sunday night and for now looks to focus across central GA. The shear/instability parameters are suggesting a convective mode of possible MCS/QLCS with main threats of damaging winds or brief tornadoes. SPC has included the majority of the CWA in a 15 percent outlook for Day 4 and west central GA in a notable 30 percent outlook, so will definitely be honing in on the potential threats with subsequent forecasts to fine tune details. QPF continues to trend higher than previous for this system along with high PWATs greater than 1.5 inches, so looking like a good 2-2.5 inches across the southern majority and locally upwards of 3 inches in parts of central GA. Another possibly more potent wave is progged to swing thru the area on Thursday though still some timing/intensity discrepancies so have plenty of time to watch this potential system. We are indeed in that active Spring period. Temps overall look to be close to climo norms with some slight differences over the period given aforementioned disturbances/fronts. Baker && .AVIATION... 06Z UPDATE... VFR conditions to continue for most of this TAF period, at least through this evening. Winds which have been tricky will continue to be so with light east winds increasing and becoming SW by 18Z. Lowering cigs expected by the overnight period with MVFR likely for the ATL are terminals. Some potential for IFR as well but not enough guidance consensus to include at this time. //ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE... High on all elements. Deese && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 75 56 77 49 / 0 30 30 20 Atlanta 74 59 73 52 / 0 30 30 30 Blairsville 69 51 66 44 / 0 40 40 20 Cartersville 75 54 71 48 / 0 40 30 30 Columbus 78 60 81 59 / 0 30 30 30 Gainesville 71 56 72 49 / 0 30 30 20 Macon 77 57 80 56 / 0 30 40 30 Rome 75 52 71 48 / 0 40 30 30 Peachtree City 76 55 76 52 / 0 30 30 30 Vidalia 78 62 82 61 / 5 20 40 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Thiem LONG TERM....Baker AVIATION...Deese
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1012 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-180215- 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- 1012 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... There is a chance of thunderstorms Saturday through Monday, with the highest chances on Sunday. Some of these storms could be strong to severe. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
957 PM EDT THU APR 16 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 AM TORNADO 3 N REYNOLDS PLANTATION 33.46N 83.22W
04/13/2020 GREENE GA NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS SPEEDS OF 105
MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY, WEST OF
LAKE OCONEE. THE TORNADO APPROACHED THE LAKE NEAR THE
CREEK CLUB REYNOLDS PLANTATION SUBDIVISION WHERE IT
INTENSIFIED TO ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY WHERE HUNDREDS OF
TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED WITH SEVERAL WELL BUILT
HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE FROM WIND, DEBRIS, AND
FALLEN TREES. THE STORM CROSSED A PORTION OF LAKE OCONEE
AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST PRODUCING EF0 DAMAGE BEFORE
DISSIPATING.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME...LOCATION...EVENT...REMARKS...SOURCE
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000449
THIEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1002 PM EDT THU APR 16 2020
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..REMARKS..
0157 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 W OWLTOWN 34.81N 83.99W
04/13/2020 UNION GA EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE REPORT OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, ONE REPORT OF POWER
LINES DOWN, AND ONE REPORT OF A TREE DOWN, ALL OFF OF MT
PLEASANT CHURCH RD W
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000554
KMMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1030 PM EDT THU APR 16 2020
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..REMARKS..
0144 AM TSTM WND DMG JONES CREEK 34.84N 84.10W
04/13/2020 UNION GA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF TIMBER BLOSSOM DR AND
EMERINE RD
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000555
KMMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1057 PM EDT THU APR 16 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0240 AM TORNADO 1 ENE COLLIER 33.05N 84.00W
04/13/2020 MONROE GA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ *** A TONADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF THE
LAMAR/MONROE COUNTY LINE ALONG POTTS CEMETERY RD. THE
STORM TRACKED NE WHERE IT INTENSIFIED TO EF3 STRENGTH
WITH ESTIMATED 140 MPH WINDS WHERE IT DESTROYED A LARGE
METAL BUILDING AND HOME WAS DETROYED WITH VEHICLES
TOSSED ABOUT NEAR COLLIER ROAD WHERE A PERSON WAS
TRAPPED AND INJURED UNDER DEBRIS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NE PRODUCING MOSTLY EF0-EF1 DAMAGE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000556
THIEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1115 PM EDT THU APR 16 2020
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..REMARKS..
0300 AM TORNADO 3 W WESLEYAN 32.88N 83.76W
04/13/2020 BIBB GA NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO WITH PEAK ESTMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 100
MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN MACON AS A LINE OF STRONG
STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE CITY. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURED
JUST EAST OF ZEBULON RD AND I-475 WHERE THE FRONT DOOR
AND WINDOWS OF A WALGREENS STORE WERE COMPLETELY BLOWN
IN AND A LARGE HOLE WAS BLOWN THROUGH THE ROOF AND A
DAMAGE ALSO OCCURED AT A NEARLY WALMART AND GAS STATION
CANOPY.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME...LOCATION...EVENT...REMARKS...SOURCE
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000383
THIEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1128 PM EDT THU APR 16 2020
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..REMARKS..
0255 AM TORNADO HOLLINGSWORTH 34.44N 83.51W
04/13/2020 BANKS GA NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME NORTHEAST HALL COUNTY
AT AROUND 250 AM EDT, THEN MOVED THROUGH PORTIONS OF FAR
SOUTHERN HABERSHAM, FAR NORTHERN BANKS, AND FAR SW
STEPHENS COUNTIES ADN TRACKED JUST SOUTH OF BALDWIN, GA.
THIS STORM PRODUCED EF1 DAMAGE WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED
WIND SPEEDS UP TO 100 MPH. DAMAGE ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH
WAS LARGELY LIMITED TO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES,
ALTHOUGH ONE MOBILE HOME RECEIVED MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF
DAMAGE ON HAMBY MOUNTAIN PARK DR IN BALDWIN (BANKS
COUNTY).
&&
CORRECTED EVENT...REMARKS...SOURCE
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000512
THIEMThe Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sumter County 911 call center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of RW Jones Road and Hooks Mill Road.
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