2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Jun 18, 5:35 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 635 AM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 .SHORT TERM... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE WILL BE MONITORED..APPEAR TO DEVELOPING AND MOVING ALONG NORTH SIDE OF UPPER RIDGE. WV GOOD SOURCE FOR FOLLOWING THESE FEATURES. OVERALL LITTLE CHANGE WITH DETAILS DETERMINING WEATHER BUT MODELS UNCERTAIN AS TO TIMING...LOCATION AND STRENGTH. BEST PATH TO FOLLOW APPEARS TO BE COMPROMISE BETWEEN ETA AND GFS AS TO TIMING AND STRENGTH. SCENARIO: SURFACE TROF ALONG AGS-CSG LINE APPEARS UNDER UPPER 594 RIDGE OVER SOUTHEAST. CONVECTION/PRECIPITATION WILL FORM NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS LINE. EARLY MORNING ACTIVITY WILL MOVE AND DEVELOP SOUTH INTO NORTH GA AS UPPER VORT MOVES ACROSS AREA...THEN SINK SOUTH OR JUMP SOUTH TO CSG-MCN LINE AS UPPER SUPPORT IN FORM OF VORT UNDER UPPER JET MOVES SOUTH. APPEARS THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING OVER CENTRAL GA. THUS WENT HIGHER ON POPS CENTRAL OVER NORTH. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE HIGHER THAN THURSDAY DUE TO INCREASED 1000-850 THICKNESS. BUT AS PER LAST FEW DAYS...CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL DETERMINE ACTUAL VALUES. SATURDAY A WEAK UPPER WAVE IN WEST NORTHWEST FLOW MOPES INTO STATE AFTER 18Z. A WEATHER SURFACE FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH GA SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER THE UPPER SYSTEM. THIS PROVIDES LIFT FOR SOME LATE DAY CONVECTION. LOWERED HIS A LITTLE DUE TO EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION. .LONG TERM... NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. UPPER HIGH REMAINS IN CONTROL OF SOUTHERN STREAM FLOW. THIS GIVES A GENERAL WEST TO EAST FLOW OVER THE STATE INTO MID WEEK. WHILE THERE WILL BE DIURNAL POPS EVERY DAY...NEXT MAJOR CHANCE OF POPS WILL BE WITH FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES. && .UPDATE... DEVELOPING LINE OFSHOWERS IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA SHOULD INCREASE TO INCLUDE THUNDERSTORMS. UPDATED TO INCLUDE IN MORNING FORECAST. NOTE SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS DEVELOPED AND DEEPENED IN LAST FEW HOURS. THIS MAY REFLECT UPPER JETLET RUNNING UP TOP OF ELONGATED TOP OF HIGH ALOFT...PRODUGING SOME LIFT. NOTE THAT UPSTREAM JAN SOUNDING MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE THAN FFC. && .AVIATION... SUMMER LIKE PATTERN CONTINUES WITH DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER GEORGIA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SW THROUGH SAT. CEILINGS...EXPECTING MOSTLY SCT CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WHEN MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. CURRENTLY CLOUDS RANGE FROM 8KFT-9KFT ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TO 20KFT AND HIGHER OVER ATL-AHN AND NORTH. EXPECT ANY CEILINGS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 3KFT. VISIBILITY...MAY SEE A FEW AREAS OF PATCHY FOG THROUGH 13Z. EXPECTING NO MORE THAN 3SM-4SM ACROSS THE AREA...AHN IS CURRENTLY 6SM BUT OTHER TAF SITES CLOSER TO 10SM. ANY AIRPORTS THAT DO GET SOME FOG WILL IMPROVE QUICKLY TO P6SM BETWEEN 13Z-14Z. WEATHER...A FEW SHOWERS THIS EVENING WITH SOME PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS...WINDS CURRENTLY SOUTHWESTERLY AND LIGHT. BY THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE WEST AROUND 6-9KTS...HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 01Z. AVIATION USERS. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON THE AVIATION SECTION OF THIS PRODUCT. LET US KNOW IF YOU USE THE AVIATION SECTION...AND HOW YOU USE IT. PASS ALONG ANY SUGGESTED AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AND ANY OTHER WAYS WE MAY BETTER SERVE YOU. PLEASE FORWARD YOUR COMMENTS TO OUR WEB MASTER AT SR-FFC.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV. THANK YOU && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 89 72 89 70 / 30 20 30 20 ATHENS 90 71 90 70 / 20 20 20 30 GAINESVILLE 87 70 87 69 / 30 20 20 20 ROME 91 72 88 68 / 30 20 30 20 COLUMBUS 92 74 92 73 / 40 20 30 30 MACON 93 74 93 73 / 40 20 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 24/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 AM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-181538- 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 FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL AMPLIFY OVER GEORGIA TODAY AS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH SLIDES DOWN THE APPALACHIANS BY THIS AFTERNOON...SETTING UP A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. A SECONDARY HAZARD WILL BE LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. .DISCUSSION... THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AS A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS ACROSS GEORGIA. THE WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA NORTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE THIS MORNING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL CREATE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...CAPES WILL RISE TO 2000 OR BETTER IN MANY AREAS...WITH LIFTED INDICES OF -2 TO -3. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE SOUTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:46 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that several large tree limbs, one five inches in diameter were blown down.
The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that a lightning strike set on fire a large and very expensive home in the Whitewater Creek Subdivision off Redwine road. The Fire Department confined the damage to the large, very expensive home to the attic and one upstairs room.
An amateur radio operator reported that a nearby lightning strike rendered a 35 inch television set inoperable.
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, June 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: 5409494, 5409493, 5409492.