7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Aug 4, 4:30 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 254 PM PUBLIC FORECAST DISCUSSION... .OVERVIEW...UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY WITH RIDGE IN THE ROCKIES AND TROUGH IN JUST WEST OF EAST COAST. THIS SPELLS CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS INTO THE WEEKEND WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. WHAT NEW...THIS IS THE SAME PATTERN AFFECTING THE AREA LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THE ONE THING STICKING OUT ON THE HEMISPHERIC PATTERN IS BOCLKING 594+ RIDGE IN WESTERN EUROPE. SUMMER TELECONNECTIONS SUPPORT EASTERN ATLANTIC TROUGH...WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE...EASTERN U.S. TROUGH...AND WESTERN U.S. RIDGE. NO SIGNS OF THIS BREAKING IN NEXT 10+ DAYS. .SHORT TERM...BEST 1000-850 MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HAS BEEN IN MIDDLE GA TODAY...WHERE ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS. CLOUD COVER OVER N GA...HAS KEPT INSTABILITY LIMITED TO THIS POINT. SHORTWAVE IS PUSHING ACROSS CWA NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE HAS INCREASED LAST FEW HOURS...SO EXPECT MORE ISOLATED CONVECTION NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS CWA. MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL REMAIN IN MIDDLE TO EAST CENTRAL GA AHEAD OF SHORTWAVE THRU 7 PM. ANOTHER VORT LOBE/SPOKE CURRENTLY IN SOUTHERN IL WILL SWING SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SCT ACTIVITY MAINLY IN NW GA LATER TONIGHT AFTER 03-05Z. THEREFORE...WILL LEAVE HIGHER POPS IN NW. AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHARPENS AND SHORTWAVES ROTATE THRU TROUGH...RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN GREATEST THRU WED. THE MAIN PROBLEM HAS BEEN TIMING AND DETAILS OF MESOSCALE PROCESSES. ETA HAS COME MORE IN LINE WITH NGM AND GFS AND UKMET OVER EVOLUTION OF THE DETAILS NEXT 2 TO 3 DAYS. EXPECT A COMPLEX OF STORMS TO FORM TONIGHT TO OUR WEST AND PUSH SOUTHEAST ALONG SFC DEWPOINT/THETA-E GRADIENT. THIS COULD AFFECT FAR WESTERN GA LATER TONIGHT. EXPECT ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS TO RIDE SOUTHEAST IN GA LATE TUE INTO EARLY WED. ONLY DIFFERENCE IN MODELS IS LOCATION. GFS MOVES THIS ACROSS ENTIRE CWA WHILE ETA SUGGESTS SOUTHERN CWA. NGM IS IN BETWEEN. WITH UNCERTAINTY...PREFER ENTIRE CWA SOLUTION OF GFS FOR NOW. LI VALUES WILL DROP TO -2C TO -4C BY TUE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WHILE PE AND PW VALUES RISE TO NEAR 2 INCHES ALONG WITH PRIME LOCATION OF LEFT SIDE OF LOW-LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE. IN ADDITION...PE VALUES SHOULD BE MAXIMIZED BY LOW LEVEL JET...NOSE OF EULERIAN MOISTURE TRANSPORT...AND CONVECTION STORM INDEX VALUES OF 1.0 OR GREATER. THUS...EXPECT MAIN THREAT OF WILL LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LATER TUE INTO EARLY WED. AS FOR MAX TEMPS...GUIDANCE REMAINS TOO WARM...AND THICKNESS TECHNIQUES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TEMPS SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE...CLOSEST TO GFS MOS FOR MAXES. WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT MIN TEMPS IN FORECAST. .EXTENDED...UKMET/GFS/ECWMF IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT TROUGHING WILL REMAIN WITH US INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT WILL GRADUAL FILL AND WEAKEN. THIS MEANS RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE AFTER WED INTO ISOLATED CATEGORY. HOWEVER...WITH MEAN RH VALUES OF 60 TO 70 PERCENT...EXPECT LOTS OF CLOUDS AND SOME SUN...WITH TEMPS BELOW GFS MOS GUIDANCE. WILL TRIM UP TO 5 DEGREES FROM MOS FOR MAXES...CLOSE TO CURRENT FORECAST. MINS LOOK ON TRACK. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 70 83 70 82 / 20 40 60 50 KAHN 69 85 70 84 / 20 30 50 50 KGVL 68 84 69 82 / 20 30 50 50 KRMG 68 86 69 84 / 40 50 70 40 KCSG 72 89 72 87 / 20 40 40 50 KMCN 71 90 72 87 / 30 30 40 50 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. .AVIATION DISCUSSION... SCATTERED CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS AREA. THIS SHOULD DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINS BELOW 800MB. TONIGHT SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT IN TERMS OF CEILINGS AND FOG...ALL STATIONS SHOULD DROP TO IFR/MVFR BETWEEN 5-13Z. YET ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM WEST WILL BRING TSRA TO ATL-CSG VICINITY AROUND 18Z AND TO AHN-MCN AREA BY 20Z. NOEL/MOLLER/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1025 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-042024- 1025 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... IN GENERAL A BERMUDA HIGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. A PERSISTENT DEW POINT FRONT WILL PERSIST ALONG A COLUMBUS TO AUGUSTA LINE. ALOFT A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. THESE FACTORS PLUS AFTERNOON HEATING WILL COMBINE TO INCREASE INSTABILITY OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING...IN ADDITION THERE MAY BE ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH WET MICROBURST. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO GAINESVILLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NOON TO 6 PM. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TODAY...ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AS DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THE FACTORS MENTIONED IN THE SYNOPSIS. THIS WILL LEAD TO GREATER INSTABILITY. DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 70S. CAPES WILL BE INCREASING TO AROUND 2500. LIFTED INDICES WILL LOWER TO NEAR MINUS 4. THESE FACTORS COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OF OVER TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED INSTANCES OF GUSTY WINDS OF 55 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH WET MICROBURST. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS IS A RESULT OF BETTER MOISTURE...THE PATH OF THE UPPER SHORT WAVE AND THE SURFACE TROUGH. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST. THIS HAS RESULTED OVER THE LAST WEEK OF INSTANCES OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS CAUSED SOME BRIEF FLOODING. THESE OCCURANCES HAVE RESULTED FROM EITHER NEARLY STATIONARY STORMS OR STORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA. PERSONS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THIS HAZARD. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
GAZ080-091>093-041715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1223 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN IN SCHLEY...TAYLOR...MACON AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT... THE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH THE STORMS MAY EXCEED AN INCH IN A HALF HOUR THAT MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. AT 1217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BUENA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 115 PM EDT. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ093-095-104>106-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 121 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IN CRISP...SUMTER...MACON...HOUSTON AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT... THE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY EXCEED TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. AT 118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BYROMVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 200 PM EDT. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ095-096-105-107-108-041845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 156 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN TO NEAR 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR IN WILCOX...PULASKI...BLECKLEY...HOUSTON AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER UNADILLA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 245 PM EDT. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ110>113-042045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 402 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING IN TELFAIR...WHEELER...TOOMBS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM AILEY TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DIMINISHING OVER THE AREA BY 445 PM EDT. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ003-004-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 558 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN WHITFIELD AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COHUTTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 630 PM EDT. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:10 UTC.
7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Walker county 911 center reported that trees had been blown down in several areas across the county.
The Walker county 911 center and the public reported penny-sized hail.
The public reported penny to nickel-sized hail.
The public reported that a convenience store at the intersection of Georgia Highways 136 and 151 suffered considerable damage as flood waters rose several inches deep inside the building. The flooding was the result of a small, yet very slow moving thunderstorm with torrential rainfall of up to three inches per hour.
Numerous reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to golf balls, were received from the public. Golf ball-sized hail was reported in Cassville, quarter-sized hail in White, and penny to half-dollar-sized hail in Cartersville.
The Banks county 911 center reported that a number of trees had been blown down between Homer and Hollingsworth along U.S. Highway 441. Three roads were blocked and closed because of the downed trees. A number of power lines had also been brought down by the fallen trees.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
Several reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, were received from the public.
The public reported that a tree was blown down at a private residence, causing damage to an adjacent fence.
The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The Madison county 911 center reported that a few trees had been blown down.
The Jackson county 911 center reported that one tree was blown down in Commerce and a utility pole was down on an 18-wheel truck on Interstate-85 just north of Commerce. A few other trees were also down in the same general area.
The Banks county 911 center reported that excessive rainfall from repetitive thunderstorm activity had resulted in several creeks overflowing their banks and flowing across roads. Some of the roads had been rendered impassable because of the flowing water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, August 2003
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: 5332794, 5332795, 5332796, 5332872, 5332873, 5332878, 5332876, 5332875, 5332874, 5332877, 5332879, 5332882, 5332880, 5332881.