2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 11, 2:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR EASTERN COUNTIES. FRONT LOOKS LIKE IT IS STILL IN EASTERN TENNESSEE. HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS FOR TONIGHT ALL ZONES. MODELS SHOW SOME DRYING OVERNIGHT INTO NORTHERN GA...BUT MOISTURE RETURNING QUICKLY ON SATURDAY. WITH UPPER EAST COAST TROUGH CONTINUING AND WAEK SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH...WILL NOT CHANGE TREND OF FORECAST. BASICALLY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE EXTENDED. TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT CHANGE MUCH FROM PERSISTENCE. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 69 89 69 85 / 30 30 20 50 KAHN 68 89 68 85 / 30 30 20 50 KGVL 66 87 67 83 / 30 30 20 50 KRMG 66 89 68 86 / 30 30 20 50 KCSG 72 91 72 88 / 30 40 20 50 KMCN 71 92 71 88 / 30 40 20 50 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. 41
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. .SYNOPSIS... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER THE OHIO AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS...WILL MOVE TO NORTH GEORGIA LATE TODAY AND DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWN BURST WINDS. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE BEST LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF GAINESVILLE TO CARTERSVILLE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DISCUSSION... A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA. CAPES OF 1000 TO 2000 CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 3 TO MINUS 6. WEAK UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL ALSO BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. BDL
GAZ106-111930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 306 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN CRISP COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORDELE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 330 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dodge county 911 center reported that several trees were down on the roads.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The public reported quarter-sized hail while the Chattahoochee county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
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, July 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: 5334025, 5334067, 5334026.