1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 6, 4:40 AM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 540 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 UPPER TROUGH OVER EASTERN STATES DEEPENS THIS PERIOD AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES TO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TODAY AND GETS PUSHED A LITTLE S THURSDAY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE OVER AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD AND EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE NE COUNTIES...THIS ENOUGH REASON TO KEEP THE 60% POPS GOING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND 40-50% THROUGH THURSDAY. OVERALL...ONLY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FORECAST. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 84 70 85 70 / 60 50 40 30 KAHN 87 70 87 69 / 50 50 40 40 KGVL 85 69 84 69 / 50 50 50 50 KRMG 86 69 87 69 / 60 50 40 30 KCSG 87 73 89 72 / 60 50 50 30 KMCN 89 71 89 70 / 60 50 50 40 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. .AVIATION DISCUSSION...LITTLE CHANGE IN AIR MASS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS. HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME SCATTERED TO BROKEN LAYERS BELOW 1 THSD THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY 3 TO 5 MILES IN FOG THIS MORNING...ONLY LOCALLY BELOW 3. EXPECT SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS 3 TO 4 THSD BY 10 AM WITH UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE ROTATING THROUGH UPPER TROUGH WILL AID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. BDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 608 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061606- 608 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN STATES. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE TROUGH ACROSS GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FROM NOON THROUGH 800 PM. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE. DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S. CAPES SHOULD RANGE FROM 1500 TO 2000 AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM MINUS 2 TO MINUS 4. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
GAZ002>007-011>013-019-020-030-031-041-061800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 103 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN IN HARALSON...PAULDING...POLK...BARTOW...PICKENS...FLOYD...CHATTOOGA... GORDON...GILMER...FANNIN...WALKER...WHITFIELD...CATOOSA AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT... AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF RINGGOLD...TO ROME...TO BUCHANAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS DALTON...CALHOUN...CARTERSVILLE...AND DALLAS THROUGH BY 130 PM...AND INTO BLUE RIDGE...ELLIJAY...AND TALKING ROCK BY 200 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE. ALSO...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS ALONG WITH INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
GAZ052-066-061815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 117 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN TROUP AND HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18 MILES WEST OF FRANKLIN...TO JUST WEST OF WEST POINT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
147 PM EDT WED AUG 06 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM DANIELSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/04/03 MADISON A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY MADISON
COUNTY 911.
1030 PM COMMERCE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/04/03 JACKSON A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY JACKSON
COUNTY 911.
1030 PM HOMER GA WIND DAMAGE
08/04/03 BANKS A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY BANKS COUNTY
911.The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:09 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The United States Post Office in Calhoun reported that several roads in the city were flooded with around one foot of water on them. Mail couriers in the area were having difficulty navagating the flooded roadways.
The Cherokee county Emergency Management Director reported that several trees had been blown down.
The Griffin Police Department reported penny-sized hail.
The Pulaski county Emergency Management Director reported that a 14-year old male fell into a rain-swollen drainage ditch. He was subsequently swept away and carried nearly two blocks away from where he fell in. He was killed instantly. Approximately 2.5 inches of rain had fallen in the area in just a 45 to 60 minute period of time. High water was also reported on several roads in the area.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain, Pulaski | 2003-08-06 | 14 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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: 5332884, 5374499, 5374498, 5374500.