4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 1:34 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL 230 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .SYNOPSIS... WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING THE WRN CWFA...CONVECTION AS OF 17Z WAS FAIRLY SUPPRESSED...LIKELY OWING TO WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT. HOWEVER...SOME STRONG CONVECTION WAS UNDERWAY IN OUR NE GA ZONES ALONG A NE-SW BOUNDARY THAT WAS FAIRLY WELL RESOLVED IN THE MSAS THETA-E OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS. && .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT - KEPT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES MILD AND ABOVE GUIDANCE BASED ON PERSISTENCE. THURSDAY - UPPER TROUGH TO DETERIORATE INTO A WEAKNESS AND THEN DISSIPATE AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS BACK W INTO THE SERN STATES. A REMNANT UPPER LOW FROM THIS TROUGH SHOULD AFFECT THE WRN GULF... KEEPING THE NERN GULF IN FAIRLY DEEP ONSHORE FLOW. THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC MEAN FLOW SHOULD BE SWLY. DID NOT CHANGE POPS. FRIDAY - LOWERED POPS OVER OUR NRN ZONES AS DEEPLY STACKED HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE CWFA. THIS INCLUDES THE 1000-700 MB LAYER...MEANING THAT WE COULD SEE A LIGHT AND VARIABLE MEAN FLOW FOR OUR SEA BREEZE REGIME CLASSIFICATION. THIS WOULD FAVOR HIGHEST POPS OVER OUR FL ZONES. PROGGED SURFACE WINDS ARE QUITE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. USED ETA12 WINDS IN GRIDS AS OPPOSED TO GFS WINDS...WHICH WERE USED FOR EARLIER PERIODS. && .MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 74 92 74 92 / 30 40 30 40 PFN 77 90 77 90 / 30 40 20 40 DHN 74 91 74 91 / 40 40 30 30 ABY 74 93 74 93 / 40 40 30 30 VLD 73 93 74 94 / 40 40 30 30 CTY 75 92 74 91 / 30 40 30 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && TJT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL 1105 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-081000- APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN OUT TO 20 NM-BAKER-BAY-BEN HILL-BERRIEN- BROOKS-CALHOUN-CLAY-COASTAL WALTON-COFFEE-COLQUITT-COOK-DALE-DECATUR- DIXIE-DOUGHERTY-EARLY-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-GENEVA-GRADY-GULF-HENRY- HOLMES-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-IRWIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE- LANIER-LEE-LEON-LIBERTY-LOWNDES-MADISON-MILLER-MITCHELL-QUITMAN- RANDOLPH-SEMINOLE- SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA OUT TO 20 NM-TAYLOR-TERRELL-THOMAS- TIFT-TURNER-WAKULLA-WASHINGTON-WORTH- 1105 AM EDT (1005 AM CDT) WED JUL 7 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE WARNING AREA. STORMS THAT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY STRONG WINDS. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED CASES OF WIND DAMAGE... BUT A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DAILY SEA BREEZES WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ACTIVATE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. TJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL 232 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 GAZ128-130-131-071900- BEN HILL-IRWIN-TURNER- 232 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER TURNER...BEN HILL AND IRWIN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. WATSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL ISSUED BY NWS JACKSONVILLE FL 333 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 GAZ127-128-072000- TURNER-WORTH- 333 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER TURNER AND NORTHEAST WORTH COUNTIES. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. WATSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Several downed trees reported by the Worth County Sheriff.
Downed trees on State Highway 256 reported by the Worth County Sheriff.
Two persons were injured by lightning. Several fires were ignited by lightning. Reported by the Turner County Sheriff.
Downed trees and power lines reported by the Turner County Sheriff.
Downed trees and power lines reported by the Brooks County EMA.
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: 5415339, 5415498, 5415337, 5415338, 5415499.