5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 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 21, 4:30 AM EST, 9 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 .SHORT TERM... DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING FORECAST. BASIC SCENARIO FOR FORECAST PERIOD IS ONE OF PERSISTENT UPPER TROF OVER EASTERN US WITH CLOSED LOW OVER HUDSON BAY. VORTS ROTATE AROUND IT AND EFFECT OUR WEATHER. HAD SOME TRAINING AND HEAVY LOCAL RAINFALL SOUTH TONIGHT. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS BACK UP NEAR 2 INCHES AND SLOW MOVING OR TRAINING STORMS...LOOK FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO BE A POSSIBLE PROBLEM TODAY. ETA SUPPORTED BY CANADIAN AND UKMET MODELS FASTER THAN GFS. THIS IMPLIES WOULD BE LESS CHANCE OF RAIN TODAY AS UPPER SUPPORT WOULD BE EAST OF CWA BY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER FEEL ETA TOO FAST. WILL SEE. SURFACE LOW OVER ALABAMA UNDER WEAK UPPER VORT WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST TO CAROLINAS AND WEAKEN BY TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE UPGLIDE AHEAD OF IT. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH DIURNAL HEATING TO PRODUCE CONVECTION TODAY...HIGHER POPS EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TODAY DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIP. HOWEVER...HI OF 95 AT MACON THIS AFTERNOON ILLUSTRATE THAT IF THERE IS ANY SUN...TEMPERATURES WILL SHOT UP AS THICKNESSES HAVE NOT REALLY CHANGED. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST LATER TODAY AS SURFACE LOW AND UPPER VORT PASS...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING AS NEXT UPPER VORT OR WAVE ROTATING UNDER UPPER TROF OVER HUDSON BAY BRINGS AN APPROACHING FRONT. PRECIP SPREADS SOUTH ACROSS STATE DURING DAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE PRECIP CENTRAL AND SOUTH DURING THE PERIOD...FOCUSED ON OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOUTH GEORGIA. REMEMBERING THIS IS JUNE...MODELS INSISTENCE ON FRONTS AGGRESSIVELY PUSHING THROUGH STATE SEEMS OVER DONE, BUT WILL GO WITH THAT SCENARIO FOR NOW. THUS PRECIP WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTH WEDNESDAY AS FRONT PASSES. .LONG TERM... NEXT VORT ROTATING AROUND LOW TO NORTH WILL EFFECT US AGAIN THURSDAY..BUT IN GENERAL WILL HOLD ONTO POSSIBLE POPS ALL PERIODS AS FRONTAL SYSTEM STALLS OUT OVER TENNESSEE VALLEY. TIMING AT THIS RANGE DIFFICULT AND UNCERTAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE GUIDED BY PERSISTENCE AND CLIMATOLOGY. && .AVIATION... A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA STILL LINGERING FROM LATE YESTERDAY BUT NOTHING SPECIAL. SOME PATCHY FOG IS DEVELOPING ALSO BUT NOT EXPECTING VSBYS TO GET BELOW 4SM THIS MORNING. WILL SEE ANY FOG BURN OFF BETWEEN 12-14Z THIS MORNING. BEING IN DIURNAL PATTERN WILL SEE SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY POP BACK UP AROUND 16-18Z TODAY. WILL INTRODUCE PRECIP INTO TAF AFTER 18Z AS SHOWERS WILL BECOME SCT ENOUGH BY THEN. WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST TODAY AROUND 5-10KT. 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 .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 87 70 87 69 / 90 40 60 50 ATHENS 89 68 88 68 / 99 60 60 50 GAINESVILLE 85 69 83 68 / 99 60 60 60 ROME 89 70 89 70 / 70 40 60 60 COLUMBUS 90 73 91 72 / 50 30 50 40 MACON 90 71 90 71 / 90 50 50 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211536- 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 MON JUN 21 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER FLORIDA WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD AND CONTINUE TO ROTATE TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF INTO GEORGIA. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DIURNAL HEATING WILL PRODUCE CONVECTION TODAY WITH BEST CHANCES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... A MOIST AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. EVEN WITH CAPES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1500 TO 2000 RANGE AND LIFTED INDICES AROUND MINUS 3...NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER WITH WARM AIR ALOFT AND AN UNFAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WIND PROFILE. SURFACE TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL ALSO BUILD SLOWLY NORTHWARD TODAY WHICH WILL HELP TO SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL INCREASE TO 1 AND A HALF TO 2 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH ARE GOOD INDICATORS OF HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 108 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ033-044-045-055-211800- 108 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN IN CLAYTON...DEKALB AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT... AT 107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PIEDMONT PARK TO RIVERDALE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 133 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ006>009-015-211815- 133 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN IN LUMPKIN...GILMER...UNION...TOWNS AND FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MARION TO HURST TO VOGEL STATE PARK TO YOUNG HARRIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 215 PM EDT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that several low water crossings on Georgia Highway 112 were flooded in the Hawkinsville area after receiving 2.30 inches of rain in less than an hour.
WMAZ Television of Macon reported that two trees were blown down on Marion-Ripley Road at Bullard Road in the community of Marion. One of the trees fell on and caused damage to a vehicle.
The Morgan County 911 center reported that a tree had blown down.
The Eatonton Messenger reported that very heavy rain in a 2 1/2 hour period resulted in significant flooding to homes and businesses in the area. At least four roads had to be closed because of flood waters. A non-empty storage shed was swept down a road by the flood waters and a refrigerator, left on the curb for pickup, was also swept down another street by flood waters. The heavy rain caused sewer pipes near City Hall to backup and resulted in over 8 inches of water getting into the basement of the facility, causing damage to materials stored in the area. Several yards in the area were also flooded. The Putnam County 911 center reported that the heavy rain had also caused minor flooding on a dirt road.
The Morgan County 911 center reported that one tree was blown down on U.S. Highway 441.
The Putnam County 911 center reported that a tree was blown down onto a power line.
The public reported that an empty chicken house was flattened by strong thunderstorm winds. At the time of the incident, no chickens were housed in the structure.
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: 5409569, 5409500, 5409495, 5409499, 5409496, 5409497, 5409498.