4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 24, 4:35 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 535 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2004 .SHORT TERM... LATEST RADAR SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND WITHIN ZONE OF BEST 850 MB CONVERGENCE IN THERMAL TROUGH FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON. WITH MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AIDING IN HIGH CAPE ENVIRONMENT ALONG WITH DIURNAL HEATING...EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER THIS EVENING GIVING WAY TO ISOLATED COVERAGE OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. OVERNIGHT LOWS LAST NIGHT ENDED MUCH HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE AS WINDS STAYED UP. DO NOT EXPECT WINDS TO BE AS HIGH THOUGH ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP LOWS UP OVERNIGHT. WENT CLOSER TO WARMER ETA GUIDANCE BASED ON LAST NIGHTS TRENDS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL END UP AT OR ABOVE 75 DEGREES AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GA WHICH WOULD MEET PART OF THE CRITERIA FOR HEAT ADVISORY ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER...DO NOT EXPECT HEAT INDICES WILL MEET 105 DEGREE REQUIREMENT WITH EXPECTED CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHEAST GA TOWARDS SUNDAY MORNING AND INTO CENTRAL GA BY AFTERNOON. SOME UNCERTAINTY IN OVERALL PROGRESS SOUTHWARD. WITH INCREASE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER...BACK DOOR FRONT AND LEE SIDE THERMAL TROUGH WILL AGAIN BE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF ATLANTA. MAIN UPPER WAVE IN MEAN TROUGH CENTERED BACK ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO COLORADO WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND DEEPEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...PUSHING INTO MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD BEGIN TO INDUCE SURFACE LOW FEATURE ACROSS CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHIFTING THE 850 FLOW FROM SOUTHEASTERLY OFF THE ATLANTIC TO A MORE SOUTHERLY GULF MOISTURE FETCH ACROSS GA OVERNIGHT SUNDAY. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON... SURFACE LOW SWEEPS NORTH INTO EASTERN KY WITH ASSOCIATED FRONT ACROSS NORTH GA. PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY ALONGSIDE 700 MB OMEGA IN BOTH ETA AND GFS SUPPORTING CONFIDENT CHANCES FOR MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THUS HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO LIKELY RANGE. .LONG TERM... UPPER TROUGH BECOMES NEGATIVELY TILTED ACROSS GREAT LAKES REGION ON TUESDAY SWEEPING SURFACE FRONT TO THE EAST COAST AND LAGGING BACK ACROSS SOUTH GA. SOLUTION SEEMS REASONABLE AND HAVE ADJUSTED FORECAST ACCORDINGLY WITH HIGHER POPS ACROSS CENTRAL GA. DRIER AIR FILTERS IN FOR THURSDAY AS STRONG UPPER RIDGE TAKES HOLD OF THE EAST COAST. EASTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL BRING MORE SUMMER TIME WEATHER FOR SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR CLIMATOLOGY AND SLIGHT CHANCES OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THIS UPPER FLOW...WILL KEEP BETTER EYE ON ANY TROPICAL SYSTEMS THAT MAY DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .AVIATION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AROUND BUT WOULD EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY IN THE ATL AREA TO BE DISSIPATING BY 00Z. GENERALLY GOOD VSBY. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN WITH AN EASTERLY COMPONENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 75 88 72 86 / 10 40 30 60 ATHENS 72 89 72 85 / 20 50 40 60 GAINESVILLE 73 88 71 84 / 20 50 30 60 ROME 73 89 70 87 / 10 40 30 60 COLUMBUS 76 90 75 89 / 10 40 40 60 MACON 74 90 74 89 / 10 50 40 60 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 558 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-241556- 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- 558 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE MUCH OF THE AREAS WEATHER...BUT INCREASE IN THE TEMPERATURE...AND THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY...WHICH WILL TRIGGER SOME GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AS DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE. THIS WILL LEAD TO GREATER INSTABILITY. DEWPOINTS ARE FORECAST TO RISE INTO THE 60S. CAPE WILL BE INCREASING TO AROUND (2000). HOWEVER...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. && 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.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A cooperative observer with the National Weather Service reported that three large pine trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. Power outages were also noted in the area.
The Meriwether County 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down.
The Coweta County Fire and Rescue as well as the Coweta County 911 center reported that several trees were down, including some on power lines, between Grantville and Moreland. The most significant damage was in the Moreland area.
The Columbus Ledger - Enquirer reported that thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees as well as several large tree branches. One large tree fell on a home on Shannon Drive and another fell on power lines on Cherokee Avenue. At least 10,000 residents in the county were without power for part of the evening.
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: 5415324, 5415325, 5415323, 5415378.