1 lightning, 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 Aug 28, 4:45 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 545 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 .SHORT TERM... SHORTWAVE PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL TENNESSEE INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA PROGGED TO WEAKEN AS IT DRIFTS NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. SEEING SHOWERS/TSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE INTO EXTREME NORTHERN GEORGIA IN WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF IMPULSE AND EXPECT BEST COVERAGE OVER NORTHERN HALF OF COUNTY WARNING AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. CURRENTLY PLANNING TO RANGE POPS FROM GOOD CHANCE EXTREME NORTH TO SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTHEAST. WILL END PRECIP BY MIDNIGHT MOST LOCATIONS...EXCEPT EXTREME NORTHWEST WHERE MODELS HOLD ON TO BETTER MOISTURE AND UPPER SUPPORT THROUGH THE NIGHT. LATEST NHC TRACK BRINGS TROPICAL STORM GASTON NEAR CHARLESTON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DRIFTS IT UP THE CAROLINA COAST THROUGH MONDAY. MEANWHILE COLD FRONT PROGGED TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE SUNDAY...THEN APPEARS TO GET PICKED UP BY GASTON AND PUSHES ACROSS REST OF COUNTY WARNING AREA SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. EXTENDED PROGS SEEM TO HINT AT SOME REMNANTS OF BOUNDARY MEANDERING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE FINALLY GETTING WASHED OUT THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS DOWN THE APPALACHIANS. .LONG TERM...A RETURN TO MORE DIURNAL PRECIP PATTERN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND BUT EXTENDED PROGS HINTING AT NEXT TROPICAL SYSTEM POSSIBLY BEGINNING TO AFFECT SOUTHERN HALF OF COUNTY WARNING AREA SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. && .AVIATION... COMPLICATED WEATHER PATTERN WITH SEVERAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTING THE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FIRST...T.S. GASTON MOVING TOWARD SC COAST. THEN WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE SC/NC COAST AND EVENTUALLY BACK OUT TO SEA. MAIN AFFECT ON FFC CWA IS TO INCREASE SUBSIDENCE NEXT 24 HOURS ACROSS THE CENTRAL/EASTERN SECTIONS...AND KEEPING A LIGHT EAST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM IS APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM...NOW ACROSS AR AND EAST TX. FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THROUGH MON...REACHING NW GA BY MID-DAY SUN AND ONLY MOVING INTO CENTRAL GA BY MON AFTERNOON. UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN IS CHAOTIC AND WEAK...TYPICAL FOR LATE SUMMER. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED FROM SW-NE JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. THIS WILL GRADUALLY BREAK DOWN AND RELOCATE TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH OHIO VALLEY. A LOW WILL CUT OFF THE BOTTOM END OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND LEAVE A CLOSED LOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF/S LA BY LATE SUN. DYNAMICS ARE WEAK AND AREA UNDER INCREASED SUBSIDENCE ON BACK SIDE OF GASTON. AM NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA SUN AS A RESULT. ACTIVITY THIS EVENING AGAIN CONCENTRATED IN THE NE MOUNTAINS AS EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES IN THAT AREA. EXPECT THE MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY TODAY TO REMAIN IN THE NE MOUNTAINS...DISSIPATING BY MIDNIGHT. CEILINGS...GENERALLY VFR. LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE STILL RELATIVELY DRY...WITH THE BEST MOISTURE REMAINING IN THE 850-700MB LAYER. STILL DO NOT SEE ANY BONAFIDE REASON TO EXPECT LOW IFR CIGS SUN MORN...SO WILL PROBABLY LEAVE OUT AND STAY WITH A MID-LEVEL VFR CIGS. SOME MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE IN SCT SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY SUN AFTERNOON...BUT NOT WIDESPREAD. VISIBILITY...HAZE IS DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE WITH RETURN TO WESTERLY SFC FLOW OVERNIGHT. BY THE SAME TOKEN...EXPECT EARLY MORNING BR/HZ TO BE LESS SUN THAN THAT OBSERVED TODAY. INCREASED CLOUD COVER SHOULD HELP DECREASE BR/HZ POTENTIAL AS WELL. WX...MAY NEED TO CARRY VCSH FOR AN HOUR OR SO THIS EVENING...BUT THIS APPEARS UNLIKELY. WILL HAVE TO EVALUATE AT TAF TIME. FOR SUN AFTERNOON...MAY NEED VCTS OR PROB30 GROUP AFT 18Z. WIND...PROBLEMATIC AS USUAL LATELY. LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA NOW...BUT EXPECT TRANSITION TO NNW-NW FLOW OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT FOR MOST OF THE AREA SUN...BUT SOME POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF PERIOD OF EASTERLY FLOW AGAIN SUN AFTERNOON...EAST OF THE FRONT. FOR MOST TAF SITES...VRB04KT WILL COVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT WILL BE MORE SPECIFIC...REFINE...AND PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR ATL OPERATIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 71 87 70 87 / 30 50 30 40 ATHENS 68 88 69 88 / 30 50 30 40 GAINESVILLE 70 86 68 86 / 40 50 30 40 ROME 71 89 69 88 / 50 50 40 30 COLUMBUS 73 92 72 89 / 30 40 30 40 MACON 70 91 71 90 / 20 40 30 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 24/19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 743 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-290400- 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- 743 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... TROPICAL STORM GASTON IS NEARING THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...BUT WILL TURN AND MOVE NORTH ALONG THE COAST AND AWAY FROM GEORGIA ONCE IT MOVES INLAND IN EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA LATE SUNDAY. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA AROUND MID-DAY SUNDAY...THEN PROGRESS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE SATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE WEST OF GEORGIA WEAKENS. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY...BRIEF...BUT HEAVY RAIN. THE MAIN AREA FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE...TO ATLANTA...TO MACON. ALL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY BY MIDNIGHT. .DISCUSSION... A MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING WITH CAPES OF 1000-1500 AND LIFTED INDICES OF -2 TO -3. THE AIR MASS WILL BECOME MORE STABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH CAPES DROPPING BELOW 1000. SUBSIDENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON IS HELPING TO INHIBIT CONVECTION IN EAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS COMBINED WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...MAINLY IN WEST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. LIMITED DYNAMICS AND A VERY WEAK WIND PROFILE ALOFT...COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SUBSIDENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON...SHOULD PREVENT THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BECOMING SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED...MAINLY AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO MACON...TO LOUISVILLE EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE PERIOD. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND MIDDLE GEORGIA FRIDAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA. RAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 411 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 GAZ008-009-016-282045- 411 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITE...UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND YOUNG HARRIS TO SAUTEE...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY SOUTH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMETN OF THESE STORMS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND RISING WATERS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 803 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 GAZ066>069-078-079-290045- 803 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN HARRIS...TALBOT... UPSON...PIKE...TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 801 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THOMASTON TO MOLENA...MANCHESTER AND WEST POINT...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND RISING WATER ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:22 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that lightning struck a tree and split it in half.
A storm spotter and the public both reported nickel to quarter-sized hail about two miles north of Interstate 20 in the Lithia Springs area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5420108, 5420107.