6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 Dec 9, 5:30 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EST THU DEC 9 2004 .SHORT TERM... FORECAST CHALLENGES ABOUND THIS PERIOD AS HEAVY RAIN EVENT DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO PORTIONS OF EAST GEORGIA BY THIS AFTERNOON...MAX TEMPERATURES OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL DEPEND ON HOW LONG IN SITU WEDGE LASTS OVER THE AREA. CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA BACK INTO MISSISSIPPI. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...PARTICULARLY NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WARM FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER LOUISIANA MOVES ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA/NORTHWEST GEORGIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GFS INITIALIZED DEVELOPING LOW BEST...AND WILL LEAN TOWARD GFS SOLUTION FOR HEAVY RAIN...THUNDER CHANCES. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH NORTH OF A CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO CLEVELAND LINE AS ALL MODELS PAINT SWATH OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS AREA. NEXT CHALLENGE IS TIMING/EXTEND OF THUNDER ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. GFS INDICATING SQUALL LINE MOVING WEST GEORGIA...SOUTH OF ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA...BY LATE THIS MORNING. LOW LEVEL JET MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL POSE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS ALONG LINE OF STORMS FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PUMP COLD AIR INTO NORTH GEORGIA ON FRIDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM... COLD AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES SATURDAY AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE CAROLINAS. WILL INCREASE CLOUDS FOR SATURDAY AS GFS INDICATING STRATO CU DEVELOPMENT. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED FOR LONG TERM. && .AVIATION...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EASTWARD ACROSS GA TODAY. THIS SHOULD KEEP CEILINGS MOSTLY MVFR...WITH IFR IN RAIN AREAS. VISIBILITY BELOW 3SM IN RAIN AREAS...OTHERWISE UNRESTRICTED. WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY. STRONGER WINDS POSSIBLE IN VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AS 850 MB JET MOVES ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 65 51 56 38 / 99 40 20 00 ATHENS 63 52 60 40 / 99 40 20 00 GAINESVILLE 62 50 56 37 / 99 40 20 10 ROME 64 49 55 38 / 99 20 20 00 COLUMBUS 74 55 61 40 / 99 40 20 00 MACON 76 57 62 39 / 99 70 20 00 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH NORTH GA TODAY. && 12
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 559 AM EST THU DEC 9 2004 GAZ021-032-033-091145- 559 AM EST THU DEC 9 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN COBB...CHEROKEE AND NORTH FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM EST... AT 553 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER ROSWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WINDS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL TO LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN TO ONE INCH AS WELL. NOEL
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:32 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dawson County 911 Center reported that one tree was down on Liberty Church Road.
The Dade County Emergency Management Director reported that one tree was blown down onto New Home Road.
The Walker County Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were blown down.
The public reported that heavy rain had flooded the basement of a home just south of Snellville.
The public reported quarter-sized hail.
The Banks County Sherrif's Office reported nickel-sized hail on Interstate-85 south of Homer.
The public reported that a couple of trees were blown down at a private residence.
The Floyd County 911 Center reported that one tree was down.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
A trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail five miles west of Jasper and the public reported quarter-sized hail in Talking Rock.
The public reported that a tree fell on a car while traveling on a roadway.
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, December 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: 5432565, 5432566, 5432567, 5432571, 5432568, 5432569, 5432570, 5432635, 5432636, 5432572, 5432634.