3 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 Mar 5, 9:05 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 905 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 THE CAP HAS NOT RELENTED. 00Z FFC SOUNDING SHOWS CAP STILL AT FULL STRENGTH WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY CONFINED TO EXTREME NW GEORGIA FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE NIGHT. ONLY AFTER CONSIDERABLE LIFT...WHICH MODELS ARE SHOWING IN MODEST AMOUNTS...AND EVAPORATIVE COOLING FROM ANVIL PRECIP FALLING THROUGH THE WARM/DRY CAPPING LAYER WILL THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZE SUFFICIENTLY TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TSTMS. IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE MOST OF THE NIGHT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN...LEAVING SHOWERS AS THE MOST PREVALENT FEATURE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH A RUMBLE OF THUNDER FINALLY POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE IN THE ATL METRO AREA. MESOETA APPEARS TO HANDLE THIS WELL. IN FACT...IT SHOWS CAP PREVENTING THE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF CONVECTION ANY FARTHER THAN I-20. GFS...HOWEVER...PUSHES FRONT AND PRECIP THROUGH THE ENTIRE STATE SATURDAY. DECIDING BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS IS THE CHALLENGE...BUT THE CAP HAS BEEN THE STORY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND I SEE NO REASON TO DISCOUNT ITS TENACITY AT THIS POINT. WILL THEREFORE LOWER POPS IN CENTRAL GA FOR TONIGHT AND WILL TAKE A HARD LOOK AT LOWERING POPS THERE FOR SATURDAY. WITH CONTINUED WARM ADVECTION OVERNIGHT...MIN TEMPS CURRENTLY FORECAST IN THE 60S LOOK GOOD. && .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 332 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-060230- 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- 332 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT...RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS OF TRANQUIL...WARM WEATHER...WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SHIFT SOUTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH TEXAS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ROME TO DALTON. THE BEST TIME FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BETWEEN 10 PM EST THIS EVENING AND 4 AM EST SATURDAY. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER TROUGH...CURRENTLY IN SOUTH TEXAS...WILL RACE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC EARLY SATURDAY. WARM...MOIST AREA IS ALREADY IN PLACE AT THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SHOULD INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A NARROW SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO ONLY HAVE A MINIMAL SOUTHWARD EXTENT FROM ROME AND DALTON. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER FLORIDA RETREATS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. BOUNDARY LAYER LIFTED INDICES DROP ONLY TO MINUS 2 OVERNIGHT WITH SURFACE BASED LIFTED INDICES ONLY DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO. CAPES ONLY RISE TO AROUND 200. IN ADDITION...THESE CONDITIONS ARE LIMITED TO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. THE MAIN CONCERN IS A VERY STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET WITH WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPN AT 1500 TO 3000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE THAT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OR GEORGIA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THAT MAY DEVELOP IN THIS AREA AT THIS TIME COULD POTENTIALLY BRING SOME OF THESE STRONG WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. ELSEWHERE...ACROSS GEORGIA OVERNIGHT...SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD ATLANTA...BUT THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BE ENTIRELY TOO STABLE TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS...HOWEVER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA. RAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1222 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 GAZ001-060600- 1222 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 AT 1119 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE ADVISED AREA BEFORE THE ACTIVITY ENDS BY 130 AM EST.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1222 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 GAZ001-060600- 1222 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 AT 1219 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE ADVISED AREA BEFORE THE ACTIVITY ENDS BY 130 AM EST.
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1236 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 GAZ001-002-060615- 1236 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 AT 1234 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE ADVISED AREA BEFORE THE ACTIVITY ENDS BY 145 AM EST.
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1240 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 GAZ001-002-060615- 1240 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS IN DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM EST... AT 1234 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE ADVISED AREA BEFORE THE ACTIVITY ENDS BY 145 AM EST.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:10 UTC.
3 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Catoosa county 911 center reported that heavy rain had forced the closure of one road in Ringgold. The water was too deep to drive through safely.
The Chattooga county 911 center reported that heavy rain had caused minor flooding on several roads in the Summerville area. However, no road closures were reported.
The Chattooga county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down.
The Murray county 911 center reported that heavy rain had caused minor flooding on several streets. No road closures were reported.
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, March 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: 5388232, 5388233, 5388235, 5388234.