A weak tropical low pressure system lifted slowly north across the region resulting in isolated severe thunderstorms each evening.
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A weak tropical low pressure system lifted slowly north across the region resulting in isolated severe thunderstorms each evening.
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 Jul 7, 8:29 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 929 PM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020 .UPDATE... Old frontal boundary remains situated across south central GA this evening. A wave of low pressure continues to move east along the boundary and and is currently across the low country of GA/SC. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms should continue to wind down overnight with the loss of heating, but a few showers could linger well into the overnight hours. No major changes needed, just made some tweaks to the hourly temp/dewpoint grids. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 730 PM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020/ PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 254 PM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020/ .Tuesday Afternoon Forecast Discussion... SHORT TERM /Tonight through Wednesday Night/... The tropical, mesoscale, low pressure system driving the current weather pattern continues to meander around east central Georgia with satellite imagery currently centering it around Greensboro, GA. With PWAT values between 1.8-2.3 inches, this system has brought an abnormally high amount of moisture to the region, with vertical atmospheric profiles showing a nearly moist adiabatic profile. A moist, profile in the low-to-mid levels of the atmosphere combined with low mid-level lapse rates will make severe thunderstorms difficult to develop this afternoon, but widespread light showers and training lines of heavy showers and storms should paint the forecast area this afternoon before fading into tonight. Tomorrow the surface low will move towards the Carolina coastlines with winds shifting fully out of the west, but the airmass over the forecast area will see little change with numerous showers and storms expected once again, though most likely with a bit less coverage than this afternoon. Highs in the mid-80s tomorrow and near 70 tonight and tomorrow night will be near-normal. Enjoy it while it lasts before the warm up through the rest of the week. Thiem LONG TERM /Thursday through Tuesday/... Thursday kicks off as the surface low finally makes it to the coast, pulling with it the heavy rain that we started off the week with. The flow on the backside of the low becomes NNE and our pops return to chance to account for afternoon convection. A few isolated storms could become severe as daytime heating creates plenty of instability. From Friday on, the pattern remains largely unchanged. A strong upper level high pressure system over the SW United States will continue to steer low pressure systems from out of the great lakes through the SE. This nearly continuous upper level trough will keep pops at chance through the rest of the forecast period. Temperatures will remain in the upper 80s in northern Georgia and lower 90s across south and central Georgia. Dewpoints will range from the mid to lower 70s for most of the CWA. This combination of heat and humidity will push heat indices over 100 for SE portions of the CWA Friday through Sunday. A weak cold front moving through on Monday and into Tuesday will help to moderate temperatures slightly, but overall the heat will continue. Vaughn AVIATION... 00Z Update... Widespread showers should be on the decrease after sunset. Widespread IFR cigs are possible again overnight, with some lifting to MVFR through the late morning. Winds should be on the east side overnight, but should go over to the NW side during the mid to late morning tomorrow. Shower timing/coverage on Wednesday should be very similar to today. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... Med confidence all elements. NListemaa && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 70 86 70 89 / 50 70 40 50 Atlanta 71 85 70 87 / 50 70 50 50 Blairsville 65 80 65 82 / 50 70 40 50 Cartersville 70 86 69 89 / 50 60 40 50 Columbus 73 86 72 90 / 50 70 40 50 Gainesville 69 84 69 86 / 50 70 50 50 Macon 72 86 71 89 / 60 70 40 50 Rome 70 87 70 89 / 50 60 40 50 Peachtree City 71 85 69 88 / 50 70 40 50 Vidalia 74 87 73 89 / 60 80 40 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...NListemaa LONG TERM....Vaughn AVIATION...NListemaa
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1146 AM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-081600- 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- 1146 AM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Numerous to occasional showers and thunderstorms are expected, most so this afternoon into tonight. The primary hazards will be locally heavy rainfall and occasional lightning. Gusty winds and frequent lightning will also be possible with any stronger storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected, most so during the afternoon and evening. Some storms could be strong with gusty winds, frequent lightning and heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:47 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported trees blown down on the northeast side of Ringgold from Marilyn Circle to Creeks Bend Drive, where a falling tree damaged the gutter on a home.
The public reported a few trees blown down on the east side of Buford from Rolling Creek Drive to Stoneleigh Run Drive where one tree fell onto a parked car causing some damage to the roof.
The public reported a tall pine tree blown down along Rosewood lane which damaged the windshield of a parked vehicle.
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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: 902990, 902996, 903001.