A line of Strong Thunderstorms making its way out of Alabama continued to pose a damaging wind threat across Western GA from the TN border to the southern edge of the CWA. Consistent and widespread wind damage was reported, potentially due to the slow nature of the line.
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A line of Strong Thunderstorms making its way out of Alabama continued to pose a damaging wind threat across Western GA from the TN border to the southern edge of the CWA. Consistent and widespread wind damage was reported, potentially due to the slow nature of the line. Thunderstorms weakened as they moved east of the ATL metro.
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 Mar 4, 9:48 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 948 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 .UPDATE... Issued at 945 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 Current line of showers and thunderstorms is approaching the western border of Georgia and is expected to continue to push eastward into the overnight hours. Instability remains low at this time but still can't rule out gusts up to 60 mph. The High wind warning remains in effect with gusts from 45-60 mph already observed this evening. These should continue overnight with the warning expiring at 7 am. A wind advisory will remain in place through 7pm tomorrow night. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Wednesday) Issued at 326 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 - A Wind Advisory is now in effect through Wed evening for North and Central GA. - A High Wind Warning is in effect for the higher elevations of North GA Tonight. - A line of strong to locally severe thunderstorms is expected to sweep across the area tonight into Wednesday morning. Current satellite loop shows the main low pressure center spinning over OK/KS with its associated frontal boundary moving into the Mid to lower MS river valley. Models showing this low center lifting and deepening becoming centered near the IL/WI border by 12z Wed. Its trailing cold front will sweep through MS/AL this evening, pushing into NW GA just before midnight tonight. It will continue to push east overnight exiting the GA coast early Wed afternoon. E to SE winds have already begun to increase across the area ahead of this front and we will continue to see the gradient tighten across the area ahead of this system. Have issued a Wind Advisory for North and central GA Today through Wed evening with a high wind warning across the North GA mountains counties for Tonight. Some of the highest ridges in the N GA mountains may see wind gusts 50 to 60mph. Models continue to forecast a minimal amount of pre-frontal instability (mostly less than 300 J/kg SBCape). However, there will be quite a bit of dynamic energy associated with this system (particularly across the Western portion of the area). Additionally, a low-level jet will position over the area, providing winds of over 60 kts as low as 1500-2000 ft above the surface. As a result, heavy showers and thunderstorms may mix these winds down to the surface. An isolated tornado is not out of the question due to increasing helicity values before frontal passage. Forecast storm total rainfall amounts are forecast to range from 1.5-2.0" across the windward sides of NE mountains due to orographic effects. Elsewhere, rainfall amounts near and NW of I-85 will average .75-1.0", with amounts closer to .5-.75" SE of Macon. Shower and thunderstorm activity will mostly shift E of the area by midday Wed, but some wrap-around showers will dip across N GA to near the Atlanta metro area during the afternoon. Cooler temperatures will begin to filter into the area behind the cold front, with readings dropping before sunset across the NW half of the area. May even see some light snow showers across the NE GA mountains before the last of the backside moisture exits the area early Thu morning. 01 && .LONG TERM... (Thursday morning through next Monday) Issued at 326 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 As the long term period begins on Thursday morning, the axis of a longwave trough will have cleared Georgia to the east, with the associated surface low moving away into southeast Canada. Any lingering light precipitation on the back side of the system should come to an end by sunrise, with no additional accumulation expected. The upper flow pattern will remain amplified, with a broad ridge extending from south Texas towards the northern Rockies. Between these two features, much of our region will be situated underneath northwesterly upper flow. A tight surface pressure gradient will remain behind the retreating low pressure system and high pressure moving east across the Lower Mississippi River Valley. This will lead to continued breezy conditions as the morning begins, which will gradually taper off during the later parts of the day. Winds will be strongest across the higher elevations of far northeast Georgia during the day on Thursday, which could once again exceed Wind Advisory criteria. Skies will also begin to clear as the surface high continues to approach the forecast area. A return to cooler temperatures is expected within this regime, with low temperatures ranging from the upper 20s in far northeast Georgia to the upper 30s in south-central Georgia on Thursday morning. High temperatures on Thursday will be as much as 7-10 degrees below normal, in the 50s across the majority of the forecast area. Some locations in far north Georgia could struggle to get out of the 40s. The upper level ridge will dampen late Thursday night into Friday, with northwesterly upper level flow becoming more zonal. The airmass will begin to moderate under this zonal flow and as the surface high moves over the forecast area. Lows will mainly be in the mid 30s on Friday morning, then high temperatures are forecast to be near normal and in the 60s on Friday afternoon. Dry, benign weather will continue through as high pressure slides towards the western Atlantic. An ongoing active weather pattern will bring a return to rain chances on Saturday and into early SUnday. Guidance remains inconsistent regarding the timing of return of rainfall with a trend towards a wetter period later Saturday night into early Sunday, with low-end likely PoPs being introduced in central Georgia during this time period. If this trend holds, the later part of the day on Sunday and Monday would favor drier weather. King && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 657 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 Expecting the line of showers and thunderstorms to push through from 05-08z tonight. During that time gusts could reach up to 40-45kt with the worst of the line. Following this line, winds turn westerly but gusts will stay up through tomorrow up to 30kt. Should see clouds briefly lift after the front pushes through early tomorrow morning before they drop to high MVFR again through the remainder of the day. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... High confidence on timing of line and gusty winds. Medium confidence on the high end MVFR tomorrow. Hernandez && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 36 69 54 65 / 0 10 100 40 Atlanta 45 71 55 62 / 0 0 100 10 Blairsville 30 60 48 57 / 0 10 100 40 Cartersville 38 70 51 61 / 0 0 100 20 Columbus 46 77 54 65 / 0 0 100 10 Gainesville 42 65 53 62 / 0 10 100 20 Macon 38 75 55 68 / 0 10 90 30 Rome 35 70 51 59 / 0 0 100 20 Peachtree City 34 71 53 62 / 0 0 100 10 Vidalia 46 76 59 75 / 0 10 50 90 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Warning until 7 AM EST Wednesday for GAZ001>009- 012>016. Wind Advisory from 7 AM to 7 PM EST Wednesday for GAZ001>009- 012>016. Wind Advisory until 7 PM EST Wednesday for GAZ011-019>025-027- 030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....King AVIATION...Hernandez
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 952 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-060300- 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- 952 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight... Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected ahead of a cold front tonight into Wednesday morning. Some thunderstorms may become strong to severe, capable of producing isolated damaging wind gusts and perhaps a tornado or two. A slight (level 2 out of 5) risk of severe weather is forecast for portions western Georgia along the state line. Due to the timing of potential storms, residents are advised to ensure the alert feature is working on their weather radios tonight. A High Wind Warning is in effect through 7am tomorrow morning for far north Georgia. Strong winds could blow down trees and power lines, leading to numerous power outages. A Wind Advisory is in effect elsewhere across north and central Georgia. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... Thunderstorms are expected in portions of east and central Georgia on Wednesday morning through Wednesday mid day with a few storms becoming strong to severe, capable of producing damaging wind gusts. A brief tornado also cannot be ruled out. A Wind Advisory will remain in effect across north and central Georgia through Wednesday evening. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. A chance for thunderstorms may return to central Georgia Saturday night into Sunday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to self-activate tonight if warnings are issued.
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
945 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025
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0930 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 SW Fausett Lake 34.51N 84.31W
03/04/2025 Dawson GA Emergency Mngr
Report of trees and power lines down 7 miles
ENE of Jasper.
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KMEPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
953 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025
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0947 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NW Aragon 34.05N 85.07W
03/04/2025 Polk GA Emergency Mngr
Report of a tree downed on Long Station Rd.
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KMEPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
955 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0931 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 E Naomi 34.70N 85.16W
03/04/2025 M45 MPH Walker GA Mesonet
Mesonet station NAOG1 Armuchee.
&&Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
956 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025
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0900 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NW Blue Ridge 34.89N 84.34W
03/04/2025 M45 MPH Fannin GA Mesonet
Mesonet station UGA50 Blue Ridge.
&&Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1125 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025
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1118 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 ESE Hinton 34.47N 84.53W
03/04/2025 Pickens GA Emergency Mngr
Report of trees and power lines down 6 miles
west of Jasper.
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KMEPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1128 PM EST Tue Mar 4 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1127 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 W Jasper 34.47N 84.47W
03/04/2025 Pickens GA Emergency Mngr
Report of trees down and blocking Darnell
Rd, 2 miles west of Jasper.
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KMEThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:26 UTC.
71 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell across the 4000 block of brow road and blocked both lanes.
A tree fell across the 600 block of slygo road.
Two trees down on roadways. One tree near the intersection of farming rock road and lee clarkson road. One tree down along red belt road.
Tree down in roadway near Cross St and Pinewood Cir.
Powerline down along colony circle road .
Tree down blocking both lanes near the intersection of hwy 48 and juliette gordon low hwy.
Tree down blocking both lanes near the intersection of shinbone rd and valley spring rd.
Tree down on powerlines near the intersection of mahan rd and waytt way.
Report of a tree down off of ramey st .
Multiple trees down in ringgold .
Multiple trees on the roadway near the intersection of hwy 100 and white farm rd.
Tree down blocking roadway near hays state prison.
Tree and powerlines down near the intersection of marsh ave and allgood st.
The roof was partially blown off of a building at sikes storey lumber yard, off of sikes storey rd.
Report of multiple trees down across a subdivision at bryant circle and pinecrest rd. one tree fell through a house.
Tree down along smithfield road near Lovvorn road.
Tree down near old morris rd and near mill creek rd.
Report of shingles blown off of many structures in buchanan.
One tree down near beulah dr and centennial pkwy.
Tree down near Huff Rd and Welcome Rd.
Tree do wn near ledford rd near watt maddron rd.
Report of a tree down on the 1200 block of antioch rd.
One tree down near abbington way and tibbs bridge.
Tree down on house along cedar heights road .
Tree down at intersection at Old Field Rd and Franklin Pkwy.
Report of a large tree down off of hwy 278 on the west side of rockmart.
Tree down along sewell road .
Tree down near the intersection of big oak tree road nw and plantation road nw.
Multiple trees down in the city of carrollton.
Report of a tree down at mooty bridge rd and lovic davis rd.
Report of power lines down on the 200 block of westside ct.
Strong wind gust at the cohutta raws station.
Tree down on a house along sandhill shady grove road near shadowwood lane.
Tree down on the road near the intersection of wilson road and mcgarity road.
Report of 4 trees down in the town of cisco .
Two trees down in the city of whitesburg .
Report of at least two power lines down near the intersection of hogansville rd and n/s davis rd.
Multiple trees down in villa rica .
Report of a tree down on the 1300 block of dennis smith rd.
Tree down on the road at ray cole road and georgian parkway.
Report of a tree down on the 200 block of hightower rd.
Tree blocking the roadway near the intersection of ray lee road and ridge road.
Tree down near wagers mill and highway 16 .
Tree blocking the road near the intersection of winn road and bobby austin road.
Report of at least two trees down on hogansville rd, between ralls rd and trimble station rd.
Report of a tree down on the 700 block of stewart rd.
Report of siding and awnings blown off of some structures in the town of cassville, as well as several trees down.
Report of power lines down at county line church rd and stovall rd.
Report of powerlines downed by thunderstorms winds near Dixon Rd and Franklin Rd.
Tree down on powerlines along blackhawk trail.
Tree down near the intersection of us-29 and Edgeworth Rd.
Powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds near Pitts Cir and Griffin St.
Tree down on the road at tidwell rd and hiram douglasville highway.
Tree down near highway 29 and sunny brook.
Tree down at amlajack and bledsoe .
Tree down along dingler road .
Tree down on the road near the intersection of chadds and picketts ridge.
Tree down near the intersection of mountain ridge se and redtop drive se.
Tree down near the intersection of wyngate parkway and bells ferry road.
Large tree down near the intersection of johnson rd.
Tree down near the intersection of sam nelson road and talcmine drive.
Report of a tree on a house on the 1800 block of ridge rd.
Report of trees and powerlines down along hwy 140 leading to a closure of the highway between canton and waleska for several hours.
Tree down near the intersection of upper burris road and fields mcghee drive.
A large tree fell on turtle landing .
Report of 5 trees down on the property of one house in cherry log. the gutters were torn off of the house.
Tree down near the intersection of arnold mill road and hendon road.
Tree down on roadway near Luther Glass Park near S Peachtree Pkwy.
Report of a tree down on a vehicle parked in a driveway on the 3500 block of union hill rd.
Tree down along flatbottom road .
A tree was downed into the roadway on ormewood ave se.
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