1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 26, 8:35 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 935 AM EDT MON JUL 26 2004 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO REDUCE POPS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. WILL CARRY GOOD CHANCE POPS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST...CHANCE ELSEWHERE. FEW OTHER COSMETIC CHANGES. && .PREVIOUS FORECAST... CURRENT CONVECTION FROM WEST CENTRAL GA TO NORTHEAST GA WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TO GO LIKELY OVER WESTERN GA THIS MORNING. ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST GA ALREADY DIMINISHING AND WILL GO WITH CHANCE THERE THIS MORNING. ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE CONVERGES OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. GFS HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MORE IN LINE WITH THE ETA AND BOTH SOLUTIONS ACCEPTED. COLD FRONT WILL NOT ENTER GA UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS IN THE FORECAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DRY AIR PUSHES INTO NORTH GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA WEDNESDAY...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY LEAVE OUT MENTION OF THUNDER AND WILL ADD A 20 POP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CSG-MCN. NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW CONTINUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING WITH DRIER AIR ACROSS THE CWA. THURSDAYS LOWS SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAYS LOWS AND HAVE ADJUSTED MINS ON THURSDAY TO COINCIDE WITH MINS ON WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES PLANNED. && .AVIATION... EXPECT A MIXTURE OF GENERALLY VFR TO MVFR VISIBILITIES THROUGH 14Z AS SOME PATCHY AREAS OF FOG ARE ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW ISOLATED AREAS OF IFR CEILINGS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT SAW RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING. AFTER 14Z EXPECT GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING BACK UP AROUND 16Z. PRECIP EXPECTED TO BE NUMEROUS TODAY WITH MOST OF THE AREA RECEIVING SOME CONVECTION. WINDS MAINLY OUT OF THE S TO SE AT 5 TO 10 KT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 85 71 85 72 / 70 60 70 30 ATHENS 86 71 85 70 / 60 60 70 30 GAINESVILLE 84 70 83 68 / 70 60 60 30 ROME 85 70 86 67 / 80 60 60 20 COLUMBUS 90 74 88 73 / 60 60 70 30 MACON 91 73 88 72 / 60 50 70 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1220 PM EDT MON JUL 26 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-262200- 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- 1220 PM EDT MON JUL 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A MOIST AIR MASS REMAINS ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A FRONT STRETCHING FROM LOUISIANA THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE INTO WEST VIRGINIA. AFTERNOON HEATING ALONG WITH THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS WILL PROVIDE THE INSTABILITY FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. .PRIMARY HAZARD... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE TO ATLANTA TO GAINESVILLE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM AND FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AS DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE. THIS WILL LEAD TO GREATER INSTABILITY. DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. CAPE WILL BE INCREASING TO AROUND 2500 WITH LIFTED INDICES EXPECTED AROUND -4 TO -5. IN ADDITION...DRY AIR WITHIN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS WIND PROFILES FAVOR DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS THAT MOVE OR TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WITH MARGINAL POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO WEATHER INFORMATION INTO THE EVENING. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EVERYDAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA. 39
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 127 PM EDT MON JUL 26 2004 GAZ090-261800- 127 PM EDT MON JUL 26 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN IN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM EDT... AT 126 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER THE NEXT HOUR. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. THE THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 200 PM EDT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Columbus TV Station Channel 9 reported that a number of trees were either split or uprooted by strong thunderstorm winds in an area 10-20 city blocks wide. Most of the damage was in the Country Club area at Cherokee Avenue.
The Daily Citizen newspaper of Dalton reported that lightning struck the radio tower of the county's 911 center causing extensive damage to radio and electronic equipment at the facility. Two antennas were damaged, two dispatch consoles, security cameras, computer equipment, and a backup generator. Two vehicles adjacent to the building were damaged by debris from antennas which fell during the lightning strike.
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: 5415462, 5415463.