3 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 Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:55 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 355 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .SHORT TERM... A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. ONE SHORT WAVE IS TRANSITING THROUGH GEORGIA AT THIS TIME...WITH A WEAK AREA OF SUBSIDENCE OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA. A MUCH STRONGER TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER EAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA WILL PULL NORTHEAST TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW. A COLD FRONT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THERE ARE DISCREPENCIES IN EXACLY HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT WILL GET...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SUGGESTS THE BEST MIDLEVEL DYNAMICS FOR THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AS IT REACHES GEORGIA. THE ETA AND NGM BOTH PICK UP ON THIS...AND STALL THE FRONT OVER OUR SOUTHERN CWA. THE GFS HAS A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE PATTERN WITH THE FRONT SLIDING INTO SOUTH GEORGIA...AND A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING WITH THE ASSOCIATED 7H AND 5H TROUGH IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. I AM LEANING TOWARD A BLEND OF THE NGM AND ETA...AS THE ETA APPEARS TO BE OVERFORECASTING THE COVERAGE OF PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...AMPLE MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM. REDUCED POPS TO CHANCE FROM LIKELY TOMORROW AND CONTINUED TREND INTO THURSDAY AS SOME SUBSIDENCE DEVELOPS OVER NORTH GEORGIA. KEPT TEMPS ABOUT THE SAME...AS NO MAJOR CHANGE TO THE AIRMASS EXPECTED. .LONG TERM... MUCH OF THE SAME IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. EXPECT A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTION ON FRIDAY AS WEAK SUBSIDENCE REMAINS OVER GEORGIA. HOWEVER...HEAT OF THE DAY...AND MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED CONVECTION. EXPECT ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TO KICK OUT ALONG BASE OF THE TROUGH THIS WEEKEND...WITH MODELS IN AGREEMENT ON SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING IN TENNESSEE VALLEY. CONTINUED CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GOING INTO MONDAY...ALL MODELS SHOW UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER HUDSON BAY PULLING NORTHEAST INTO NORTH ATLANTIC. EXPECT 5H RIDGE TO REASSERT ITSELF OVER REGION. WILL REVERT BACK TO MORE OF A SUMMER PATTERN WITH DIURNAL CONVECTION AND LITTLE DYNAMIC FORCING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 70 86 68 89 / 40 50 50 30 ATHENS 69 87 68 90 / 50 50 50 30 GAINESVILLE 68 85 66 88 / 50 50 50 30 ROME 70 87 66 91 / 40 50 40 30 COLUMBUS 73 88 71 90 / 50 50 50 40 MACON 72 89 70 89 / 50 50 50 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 920 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-221700- 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- 920 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 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 454 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 GAZ097-222130- 454 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN LAURENS COUNTY...ONE BETWEEN DEXTER AND DUDLEY...AND ANOTHER BETWEEN LOWERY AND MINTER. BOTH THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RAB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Treutlen County Fire Chief reported that a number of limbs had been blown down, some onto roads.
The Carroll County 911 center reported that a couple of trees were blown down southwest of Carrollton. The trees also brought down two power lines.
The Fayette County Emergency Manager reported that two separate lightning strikes caused damage. One lightning strike occurred at a vacuum store in the Fayette Pavillion Shopping Center in north Fayette county where a lightning strike caused an estimated $5000 in damages to electrical circuitry in the store. The other incident occurred in Fayetteville where lightning struck a power line and left 65 homes without power. Estimated damages to the power lines was $15,000.
The Carroll County 911 center reported that a number of trees had been blown down in several areas across the county. Some power lines were down and some roads were blocked as well.
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: 5409572, 5409571, 5409573, 5409570.