2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jul 15, 1:50 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 250 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2004 .SHORT TERM... SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...KEEPING DRIER MORE STABLE AIRMASS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .LONG TERM... SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFICULTIES WITH TIMING AND TRACK. NEVERTHELESS HAVE UPPED POPS TO CHANCE ON SATURDAY AS SURFACE FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY...BULK OF THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS REMAIN NORTH OF FORECAST AREA WITH A RETURN TO DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION THROUGH NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 68 88 69 86 / 10 10 20 50 ATHENS 67 89 68 88 / 10 10 20 50 GAINESVILLE 66 88 69 86 / 10 10 20 50 ROME 67 92 68 89 / 10 10 20 50 COLUMBUS 71 90 72 88 / 10 20 20 50 MACON 69 92 72 88 / 10 20 20 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 AM EDT THU JUL 15 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-151600- 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- 630 AM EDT THU JUL 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY. .DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM MOIST AIRMASS COMBINES WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERING ACROSS THE AREA. WITH CAPES EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE 2000 TO 3000 RANGE...LIFTED INDICES OF -3 TO -5 AND A FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO AUGUSTA LINE. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FROM 3 PM TO 10 PM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...EXCEPT ON FRIDAY AND TUESDAY. && 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 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Meriwether County Emergency Management Director reported that several large tree limbs and part of an entire tree were blown down.
The public reported nickel-sized hail.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reported that heavy rain had caused some minor street flooding, especially along U.S. Highway 221 north and south of Mount Vernon.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reported that four trees had been struck by lightning and knocked down.
The Toombs County 911 center reported that very heavy rain had caused some minor street flooding.
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, July 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: 5415319, 5415318, 5415321, 5415320, 5415322.