3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 Nov 18, 3:45 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 .OVERVIEW... SQUALL LINE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GA. LINE PRECEDING FRONT. MAIN DAMAGE TO DATE HAS BEEN FROM LEWPS. VERY BRIEF DOWNPOURS WITH STORMS, BUT MOVING RAPIDLY SO ONLY EXPECT LOCALIZED FLOODING IF ANY DEVELOPS. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS AT 2.5 INCH OR GREATER. COMPLEX SYSTEM. BUSY. .SHORT TERM... COLD FRONT UNDER UNUSUALLY STRONG FOR THIS TIME OF SEASON FULL LONGITUDINAL UPPER TROF WILL BLOW OVER THE STATE TO OFF THE COAST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS. NEED FOR WIND ADVISORY WILL BE MONITORED, BUT NOT ISSUE AT THIS TIME. COLD POOL UNDER UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR TRWS OVER OK WILL MOVE ACROSS GA EARLY WEDNESDAY, THUS LEFT MENTION OF THUNDER IN FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. SYSTEM WILL WIND UP AS IT MOVES EAST. THIS WILL REGENERATE WINDS FROM NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY. EXPECT WILL SEE SOME GUSTS OVER 45KT ABOVE 2000FT. MODELS DIFFER IN TIMING. PREFER SLOWER ETA/NGM. TEMPERATURES DETERMINED BY CLOUDS AND PRECIP. WENT WITH COMPROMISE. .EXTENDED... AGAIN HERE MODELS DIFFER. LOW CONFIDENCE AFTER DAY 4. WILL BE DRY THRU SUNDAY..ANOTHER FRONT MONDAY AND SHOWERS. THEN DRY AGAIN. TIMING AND INTENSITY ARE UNCERTAIN. FOR CERTAIN SYSTEMS WILL BE PROGRESSIVE. LOOKS AS IF WILL COOL TO BELOW SEASONAL VALUES NEXT WEEK. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 58 62 44 65 / 99 50 00 00 KAHN 58 63 45 67 / 99 80 00 00 KGVL 56 61 43 65 / 99 70 00 00 KRMG 57 62 40 64 / 99 50 00 00 KCSG 62 65 45 69 / 99 50 00 00 KMCN 64 67 46 68 / 99 80 00 00 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-182215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PUSHING ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTH AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH ISOLATED FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. .DISCUSSION... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO TO MOVE INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE MARGINAL WITH CAPES AROUND 500 AND LIFTED INDICES OF AS LOW AS -1 TO -2...INCREASING LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL PROVIDE HIGH LOW LEVEL SHEAR. THIS WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH WINDS OF 55 MPH OR GREATER. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG WINDS BEHIND AN EXITING COLD FRONT WILL BLAST ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.
GAZ001>003-011-019-030-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 241 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...DADE...FLOYD...POLK...AND WALKER COUNTIES. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ...REACHING POSSIBLY 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA BY 330 PM. AREAS FROM NEAR TRENTON TO SUMMERVILLE...TO ROME SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR STRONG WINDS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. 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), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:56 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The Walker county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down in the area causing some minor power outages.
The Dade county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down on Porter Road west of Stephensville.
A storm spotter for the National Weather Service reported that a poorly, yet recently constructed building housing a graphic printing company, collapsed during a heavy rain event. The heavy rain caused the poorly anchored concrete support pillars to collapse. The building was a total loss.
The Oconee county Emergency Manager reported that a number of trees and several power lines had been blown down.
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, November 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: 5332137, 5332138, 5332140, 5332139.