4 hail, 3 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 Apr 12, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 .SHORT TERM...ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA BECOMING MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. AREA OF FAVORABLE CONVERGENCE AND LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILE ACROSS THE FAR EAST SUPPORTS POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. TORNADO WATCH 70 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 8 PM. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA EXPECTING SCATTERED CONVECTION THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT..AS THE SURFACE LOW CENTER MOVES NORTH FROM THE GULF COAST TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY... OVERALL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD INCREASE. HOWEVER...WITH ONLY MARGINAL INSTABILITY...EXPECT SEVERE POTENTIAL TO HAVE ABATED BY THEN. UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY EVENING WITH PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING TO ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH FOR TUESDAY EVENING. .LONG TERM...THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD LOOKS DRY FOR NOW AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT DOMINATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... CEILINGS...VFR ABOVE BKN035 LOWERING BELOW BKN010 AFTER 06Z...IMPROVING AFTER 14Z. VCNTY AHN AND NE GA...WEDGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HOLD IFR CEILINGS THROUGH THE NIGHT. VISIBILITIES...NO RESTRICTIONS EXCEPT 3-5SM IN SHWRS/TSTMS...AFTER 06Z 3-5SM IN FOG. WIND...WEDGE HOLDING NE WINDS 10KT ATL-AHN...SW WINDS 5-10KT OVER REMAINDER OF AREA. WEATHER...SCATTERED SHWRS AND TSTMS. ISOLATED SEVERE TSTMS MAINLY THROUGH 06Z. MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW ROTATING EASTWARD INTO MIDDLE TN TONIGHT. SURFACE INSTABILITY INCREASING SOMEWHAT AHEAD OF MAIN LOW MAINLY OVER CENTRAL GA AND EASTWARD THROUGH 06Z. QUESTIONABLE IF WEDGE WILL BREAK TONIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 57 61 41 62 / 70 50 10 10 ATHENS 55 64 43 62 / 70 70 20 10 GAINESVILLE 54 60 41 61 / 70 70 20 10 ROME 53 58 40 62 / 70 50 10 10 COLUMBUS 60 66 40 65 / 70 50 10 10 MACON 60 70 44 65 / 70 70 10 10 && .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WW #70 TOR WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL GA UNTIL 8 PM. WW #71 SVR TSTM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL GA UNTIL 8 PM. && 20/41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1240 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-122144- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-CRAWFORD- CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DE KALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-FANNIN-FAYETTE- FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK- HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON- JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE- SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR- TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON- WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 1240 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL MOVE NORTH INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA TODAY WHILE A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI MOVES INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE THIS EVENING AND THEN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT BOUNDARY AND EAST OF THE LOW...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A THOMASTON TO COVINGTON TO ATHENS LINE. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4PM AND 9PM. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AS STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING COMBINES WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE TO PRODUCE A MORE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. ALONG WITH THE INCREASED INSTABILITY...THE NOSE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION...WHICH WILL LEAD TO ENHANCED LIFT IN THE AREA. THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN GA...AND THE WARM FRONT OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL ALSO INCREASE OVERALL LIFT IN THE REGION...WITH AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST DYNAMICS. MOISTURE TRANSPORT SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RAISE DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S IN MIDDLE GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL HELP LEAD TO FURTHER DESTABILIZATION. CAPES WILL INCREASE OVER EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. LIFTED INDICES WILL ALSO LOWER TO BETWEEN -2 AND -4 THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. .FOR SPOTTERS... DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF THE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 613 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 GAZ054-055-122245- 613 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL IN NORTHERN FAYETTE AND CLAYTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM MORROW TO JUST NORTH OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT RIVERDALE...FOREST PARK...JONESBORO...AND MORROW. HAIL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER MAY OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 653 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 GAZ089-090-122330- 653 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN CHATTAHOOCHEE AND SOUTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BENNING...IN EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY. HAIL TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 653 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 GAZ089-090-122330- 653 PM EDT MON APR 12 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN CHATTAHOOCHEE AND SOUTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BENNING...IN EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY. HAIL TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several reports of quarter-sized hail were received from the public from Columbus and across the northern and eastern areas of the city near U.S. Highway 80.
The public reported that several trees and power lines were blown down from the downtown area to the northeast part of the city near U.S. Highway 80. Several cars were blown off Interstate-185 northeast of Columbus. Wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated in this area.
The Fort Benning military police reported that several trees and power lines were blown down within the Fort Benning Military Reservation.
Amateur radio operators reported penny-sized hail in the Kedron Village and Stoneford Plantation area.
The public reported quarter-sized hail.
The public reported half-dollar-sized hail just north of Waverly Hall and amateur radio operators reported penny-sized hail near Pine Mountain.
The public reported that a large 100+ year old old oak tree was blown down by strong winds associated with thunderstorm activity. The tree knocked down a power pole and the associated power line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2004
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: 5389325, 5389326, 5389324, 5389329, 5389327, 5389328, 5389330.