1 heavy rain, 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 26, 4:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 .SHORT TERM... SURFACE FRONT LOCATED BETWEEN ATLANTA AND MACON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THIS EVENING...AM EXPECTING IT TO STALL SOMEWHERE NEAR A COLUMBUS TO DUBLIN LINE OVERNIGHT BEFORE MOVING NORTH TOMORROW AS A WARM FRONT. THE UPPER LOW OVER TEXAS OPENS AND LIFTS NORTH...WITH SEVERAL IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES THIS EVENING. EXPECT MAINLY SHOWERS NORTH OF THE FRONT... WITH MORE COVERAGE OVER WESTERN GEORGIA. A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA...BUT WITH FRONT APPROACHING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA COULD SEE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO THIS EVENING OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. TOMORROW SHORTWAVE MOVES OVER FRONT AS IT MOVES BACK NORTH...INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO LIKELY...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM... SURFACE BOUNDARY PUSHES NORTH OF FORECAST AREA MONDAY EVENING. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A RETURN TO DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION... OVERALL PATTERN REMAINS UNCHANGED. WEAK FRONT LINGERS ACROSS NORTH GA...CONTINUING TO SERVE AS A WEAK FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT. WEAK UPPER LOW REMAINS ACROSS TX...WITH BROAD SW-WSW FLOW FROM TX TO THE MID-ATLANTIC. GULF REMAINS WIDE OPEN WITH BERMUDA HIGH ANCHORED IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. UPPER IMPULSES WILL BE THE KEY TO THE BEST PERIODS OF SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY...BUT AGAIN MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN. CEILINGS...THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST PROBLEMATIC AREA OF THE TAF. OVERALL MVFR CIGS ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME. AREA OF SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVEL ALONG THE FL/GA BORDER. AS NOTED ABOVE...ISOLD TO SCT SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTH. THIS WILL RESULT BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CIGS. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT PREVAILING MVFR CIGS...WITH PERIODS OF IFR POSSIBLE AFT 08Z. CONDITIONS SUN SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO TODAY...WITH A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA ATL/PDK/FTY/AHN DURING THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY...GENERALLY VFR...WITH PERIODS OF MVFR OVERNIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING IN FOG. A FEW AREAS OF MVFR THROUGH THE EVENING IN BRIEF SHRA. WX...AREAS OF MVFR IN BR OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUN MORNING...AS WELL AS IN BRIEF SHRA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS...WEAK BOUNDARY SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH THIS TAF SET. THUS...EXPECT W PREVAILING WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 00Z MON. SPEEDS 5 KTS OR LESS OVERNIGHT...INCREASING TO 10-15 KTS SUN AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 70 84 70 83 / 40 60 30 40 ATHENS 69 86 69 84 / 20 60 30 40 GAINESVILLE 68 85 68 82 / 20 60 30 40 ROME 67 83 69 83 / 20 60 30 40 COLUMBUS 72 88 72 87 / 40 60 30 40 MACON 72 89 70 87 / 40 40 30 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-261530- 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 SAT JUN 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC TODAY WHILE A WEAK COLD FRONT NEAR THE TENNESSEE GEORGIA BORDER DRIFTS SOUTH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DISCUSSION... A MOIST AIRMASS ALONG WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE 1000 TO 1500 RANGE WITH LIFTED INDICES 0 TO MINUS 2. HOWEVER...WITH WEAK WIND PROFILES AND SOME MID TO UPPER LEVEL WARMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SOUTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE WITH THE BEST TIME FOR DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 2PM AND 7PM. .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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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 555 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 GAZ019-262230- 555 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN FLOYD COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF ROME...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CRITERIA...WHICH IS THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 39
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The Floyd County 911 center reported minor street flooding on several roads because of stopped up storm drains and heavy rainfall in a short period of time.
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: 5410395.