2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 23, 4:30 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2003 ...245 AM EDT PUBLIC DISCUSSION... WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY TO N GA THIS MORNING WILL EVENTUALLY TRY TO GET TO CENTRAL GA OVERNIGHT AND STALL THEN DISSIPATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. MODELS SEEM TOO AGGRESSIVE IN DRYING THINKS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH TROUGH ALOFT OVER AREA. WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT POPS. BELIEVE DRYING FOR MOST OF AREA WILL HAPPEN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT TREND WHICH IS CURRENTLY FORECAST. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 81 65 83 66 / 50 30 20 10 KAHN 80 64 85 65 / 50 40 20 10 KGVL 80 63 83 64 / 50 30 20 10 KRMG 82 63 85 64 / 40 20 10 10 KCSG 85 68 88 68 / 70 30 20 10 KMCN 83 67 87 66 / 70 40 40 30 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. ...AVIATION DISCUSSION... .CURRENT...COLD FRONT ALONG A RMG-AVL LINE. SEEN IN EDGE OF PRECIPITATION, CLOUD COVER, WIND AND DEWPOINTS FIELDS. OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE OVER GA. ALOFT THERE IS A BROAD TROF OVER THE E US. SCATTERED RW/ISOLATED TRW SOUTH OF THE FRONT. .FORECAST...SURFACE TROF ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE SOUTH AS UPPER PUSH BEING DELAYED. IN GENERAL MODELS HAVE BEEN TOO FAST WITH FRONT AND ASSOCIATED DRYING DUE UPPER LEVEL PUSH. CIGS AND VSBYS ALL OVER THE PLACE. IN GENERAL CONDITIONS VFR WITH PATCHY IFR. LOOK FOR CIGS TO DROP TO IFR AFTER SUNRISE, THEN RISE TO MVFR AROUND NOON. VSBYS VFR, BUT SHOULD GO MVFR AFTER SUNRISE...THEN VFR AFTER 18Z. SHOWERS AND VERY ISOLATED TRWS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 16Z...THEN DIMINISH. THERE WILL BE SOME AFTERNOON ACTIVITY CENTRAL ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BE SW 5KT AM, BUT INCREASE TO 10 KT AFTER 20Z.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-231545- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 552 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL SYSTEM IN TENNESSEE WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS GEORGIA INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...EXPECT INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AFTER 200 PM. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN 200PM AND 600PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY... ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AS DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE. THIS WILL LEAD TO GREATER INSTABILITY. DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 70S. CAPE WILL BE INCREASING TO AROUND 1000. LIFTED INDICES WILL BE IN THE 0 TO -2 RANGE. THIS WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH WINDS OF 55 MPH OR GREATER AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES. .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... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
GAZ032-033-043-044-231145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 705 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN DOUGLAS...COBB AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM EDT... AT 701 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF OVER AN INCH IN A HALF AN HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 745 AM 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 Atlanta radar (KFFC), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:13 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dougals county 911 center reported that two trees were down near Sweetwater Creek because of very heavy rain and wind gusts to around 35 mph.
The Americus Times-Recorder reported that one tree was blown down on Lee Street, blocking the road for a brief period until crews could remove it.
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: 5334140, 5334141.