2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Sep 4, 2:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003 CURRENT SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS FRONT MOVING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT IS BRINING QUITE A BIT A SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA...BUT NOTHING SEVERE. DRIER AIR IS ALSO BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO EXTREME N GA JUST BEHIND THIS FRONT. LOOKS LIKE FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS N GA WILL SEE SOME SHOWER FREE WEATHER. BUT THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WILL. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY IT WILL EVENTUALLY JOIN FORCES WITH TROPICAL SYSTEM NOW MOVING INTO THE WEST COAST OF FL. ONCE THESE 2 SYSTEMS GET TOGETHER THEY WILL BEGIN MOVING N ALONG THE COAST AND BRING RAIN BACK INTO N AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL EVENTUALLY PULL ALL OF ITS MOISTURE N ALONG THE EAST COAST AND ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NOW OVER THE MIDWESTERN STATES TO FILL IN ACROSS NORTH GA MONDAY. AS FOR TEMPS DECIDED TO STAY NEAR GUIDANCE/PREVIOUS FORECAST. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KATL 68 84 67 81 / 20 10 30 50 KAHN 67 85 65 79 / 30 10 30 50 KGVL 66 83 64 79 / 20 10 20 20 KRMG 66 86 63 85 / 10 10 20 20 KCSG 72 87 69 84 / 30 30 50 60 KMCN 70 86 69 82 / 50 50 70 60 .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT THU SEP 04 2003 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-041600- 600 AM EDT THU SEP 04 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL WEAKEN TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AGAIN TODAY AS NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES AFFECT THE STATE. A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL WEAKEN AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM TENNESSEE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AS AFTERNOON HEATING COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 70S COME INTO PLAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS WITH CAPES LESS THAN 2000. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A television station in Macon received a report from the public that five to six trees had been blown down.
The Warren county Emergency Management Director reported that a shed was blown over at a gasoline service station.
The Norwood Post Office reported dime-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, September 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: 5337130, 5337128, 5337129.