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 Jun 11, 4:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 535 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2004 .SHORT TERM... THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVES OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL IMPULSES EVIDENT MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. SURFACE TROUGH MOVES SOUTH THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA...MAINLY IMPACT FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. EXPECT MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION THROUGH SUNDAY...EXCEPT ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA IN VICINITY OF SURFACE TROUGH. ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECT THE BULK OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO REMAIN IN SAME AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. .LONG TERM... MODELS INDICATING DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS FORECAST AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK. GFS DEVELOPS TROPICAL FEATURE OVER GULF BY MONDAY...HOWEVER PREVIOUS RUN DISCOUNTED FEATURE. IN ANY CASE WITH DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS FORECAST AREA WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS AHEAD OF FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH DRYING NOTED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION... NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. AS FOR STRATUS...APPEARS THE ATMOSPHERE HAS DRIED OUT ENOUGH AS THERE WAS NO STRATUS THIS MORNING. THEREFORE WILL NOT INCLUDE STRATUS TONIGHT...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT FOG REDUCING VSBYS TO 3 TO 5 MILES. AFTERNOON CU AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION...IE PERSISTENCE...BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PRECIP IN THE TAFS FOR TOMORROW AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 73 89 71 87 / 20 40 20 30 ATHENS 70 90 72 84 / 20 40 30 30 GAINESVILLE 70 89 70 82 / 20 40 30 30 ROME 69 90 71 86 / 20 40 20 30 COLUMBUS 73 92 74 89 / 20 40 20 30 MACON 72 93 73 90 / 20 40 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT FRI JUN 11 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111600- 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- 600 AM EDT FRI JUN 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE TROF EXTENDING FROM THE CAROLINAS INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL PERSIST TODAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST WILL CONTINUE. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DISCUSSION... ABUNDANT MOISTURE...SURFACE HEATING AND A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE CAROLINAS INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BE SUFFICIENT INGREDIENTS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 7 PM...AND MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO COLUMBUS. WITH LOW CAPES AND A WEAK WIND PROFILE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && 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.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Jones county Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a tree adjacent to a brick home. The lightning apparently arced over to the roof, blowing a hole in the roof and setting the home on fire. The home was nearly a total loss.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5410257.