3 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 Jul 12, 2:45 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 NOT MUCH MODEL DATA TO WORK WITH...PERSISTENCE LOOKS LIKE A GOOD FORECAST. TROUGH IN THE EAST DOESNT LOOK LIKE ITS GOING ANYWHERE SOON. SEVERAL OLD BOUNDARIES LEFT FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS. WILL LEAVE LOW CHANCE IN FOR TONIGHT. WITH WEAK SHORT WAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE UPPER TROUGH...CHANCE POPS LOOK OKAY THROUGH THE EXTENDED. THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ACROSS TENNESSEE MAY AFFECT OUR CWA LATER AS BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTHWARD. TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED TO DIFFER MUCH FROM PREVIOUS DAYS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 69 86 68 87 / 30 40 30 30 KAHN 69 86 68 88 / 30 40 30 30 KGVL 67 85 67 85 / 30 40 30 30 KRMG 68 87 68 88 / 30 40 30 30 KCSG 72 89 72 90 / 30 40 30 40 KMCN 71 89 71 90 / 30 40 30 40 .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>113-121600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TODAY. A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO TO MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS WILL DRIFT TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS AND NORTH. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR SOUTH OF THIS AREA AS WELL. THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DISCUSSION... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TODAY. CAPES OF 2000 TO 3000 CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 4 TO MINUS 8. THE ATMOSPHERE AT HIGHER LEVELS HAS DRIED OUT SOME...AND THIS COMBINED WITH WEAK SHORT WAVE ENERGY FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...WILL AID THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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
GAZ011-019-122030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 353 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS IN FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INTENSE LIGHTNING IN FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LYERLY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 430 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.
GAZ080-081-093-094-122030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 403 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL IN TAYLOR...MACON...PEACH AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INTENSE LIGHTNING IN TAYLOR... MACON...PEACH AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN TAYLOR...MACON...PEACH AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER REYNOLDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 430 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), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
3 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Chattooga county 911 center reported that a tree was blown down.
The Taylor County News of Butler reported that lightning struck an empty house being used for storage and set it on fire. The house and its contents were a total loss.
A storm spotter reported penny to quarter-sized hail in Eton.
The Daily Tribune News of Cartersville reported that a number of trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. One tree fell through the roof and part of the Neel Law Firm Building and another tree fell down on the historic Roselawn property. Other trees had been blown down on roads in the area. Trees were also blown down at the court house and the nearby health buliding, as well as in the yards of several residences in the city. Some power lines were down also and several power outages were reported in the county.
The Daily Tribune News of Cartersville reported that lightning strikes knocked out an electric company switch and broke a couple of utility poles. Several power outages in the area resulted.
The Cherokee county Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck several buildings and homes just off Arnold Mill Road. Damage estimates were inconclusive. Pea-sized hail was reported 5-6 miles north of Woodstock.
The public 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: 5334068, 5334074, 5334069, 5334072, 5334073, 5334071, 5334070.