Rich tropical moisture left behind in the wake of the remains of Tropical Storm Elsa combined with moderate daytime heating and a series of short waves moving over the region to produce isolated severe thunderstorms across north and central Georgia each afternoon and evening.
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Rich tropical moisture left behind in the wake of the remains of Tropical Storm Elsa combined with moderate daytime heating and a series of short waves moving over the region to produce isolated severe thunderstorms across north and central Georgia each afternoon and 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 8, 7:10 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated for Aviation National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 810 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021 .SHORT TERM /Tonight through Friday Night/... A moist airmass remains in place across much of the region in spite of Elsa clearing the region to the northeast. Dewpoints through the remainder of the day and on Friday are expected to be in the upper 60s to mid 70s across north and central Georgia, and precipitable water values will range from 1.5 to 2 inches. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms have developed across north and central Georgia and are expected to persist through the remainder of the daytime today. SBCAPE values of 2000-3000 J/kg are expected through the remainder of the afternoon. However, with minimal dynamic forcing and weak mid-level lapse rates, widespread severe weather is not expected through the remainder of the day today. An isolated storm may nonetheless become strong and capable of producing gusty winds, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rain. Precipitation chances are expected to diminish overnight, with only a slight chance lingering over the far northern tier. A weak upper level trough is expected to swing through north Georgia overnight and into Friday, setting up a northwesterly flow pattern aloft. The surface frontal boundary associated with this trough will stall near the TN/KY border before reaching north Georgia, keeping deep atmospheric moisture in place in our forecast area. Multiple disturbances will traverse the upper level flow, helping trigger convection as they move to the southeast. As a result, likely PoPs are forecast across the majority of north and central Georgia by Friday afternoon. While organized severe weather is once again not expected, a few storms Friday afternoon could become strong to severe in the afternoon and evening. Afternoon high temperatures are forecast to be near climatological normals each day, in the mid 80s to low 90s across the area. Because of the deep atmospheric moisture, morning lows will be roughly 3-5 degrees above normal, mainly in the upper 60s to low 70s. King .LONG TERM /Saturday through Thursday/... The story through the long term period will be scattered to numerous showers and storms each afternoon and evening as the forecast area remains entrenched in a warm, tropical air mass. PWATs through the period are progged to range from 1.5" to just over 2.0", which is approaching the daily maximum value per sounding climo. The upper-level pattern will transition from weak flow on Saturday to meridional flow on Sunday as an upper low/trough digs across the central U.S. while the Bermuda High edges over the Eastern Seaboard. This will be the setup through Monday, with these two features promoting broad ascent and continued moisture advection across the CWA. As a result, I am maintaining chance to likely PoPs through the weekend. The upper trough will lift to the northeast over the course of Monday through Wednesday as the western extent of the Bermuda High spreads further across the Eastern Seaboard. Moisture advection around the western periphery of the high will keep the CWA in a soupy air mass. Daytime heating will generate scattered to numerous showers and storms each day through the remainder of the period. A few storms each day could be strong with the primary threats being locally heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and gusty winds. Widespread severe weather is not anticipated at this time, as upper- level support/dynamics will be lacking. Martin && AVIATION... 00Z Update... Primarily VFR ceilings are ongoing across THE taf sites. Isolated showers and tstms will affect mainly the ATL area taf sites for the next two to three hours. Scattered MVFR clouds could develop in the early morning hours after 09z and persist until 15Z. Winds are expected to be light west or variable overnight and west 8 to 10 kts Friday. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... Medium confidence on ceiling trends. High confidence on all other elements. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 71 89 71 91 / 30 60 30 50 Atlanta 71 87 70 89 / 30 70 40 50 Blairsville 66 81 65 83 / 40 70 40 70 Cartersville 70 86 69 89 / 30 80 40 60 Columbus 72 89 71 91 / 30 60 40 40 Gainesville 71 86 70 88 / 30 60 30 50 Macon 71 90 70 93 / 30 60 50 50 Rome 72 87 70 90 / 30 70 40 60 Peachtree City 71 88 69 89 / 30 70 50 50 Vidalia 73 90 72 90 / 40 50 40 60 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...41 LONG TERM....Martin AVIATION...41
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1133 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-091545- 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- 1133 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia this afternoon and evening. A few storms may become strong, capable of producing gusty winds, locally heavy rainfall, and frequent lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia Friday through Wednesday. A few storms each day may become strong, capable of producing gusty winds, locally heavy rainfall, and frequent lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:41 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Walton County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto a house on New Horizon Drive. No injuries were reported.
The DeKalb County 911 center reported a few trees blown down from Gresham Park to Pine Lake.
The Rockdale County 911 center reported a few trees blown down from the south side of Conyers to just west of the Big Haynes Creek Park.
The Wilkinson County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Old Balls Ferry Road near Highway 112.
The Twiggs County 911 center reported a power line blown down in the District Path area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2021Every state in 2021This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2021
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: 963778, 963782, 963787, 963788, 963790.