1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 18, 2:20 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 320 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004 .SHORT TERM... THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WEAKENS AS IT SLIDES SOUTH OVER FLORIDA. THIS ALLOWS A WEAK IMPULSE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY. MODELS INDICATING ENOUGH INSTABILITY ACROSS FORECAST AREA FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM... UPPER RIDGE SLIDES ACROSS GULF COAST STATES FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. RIDGING FLATTENS OUT OVER THE WEEKEND...ALLOWING SURFACE FRONT TO SAG SOUTHWARD. MODELS KEEP FRONT NORTH OF AREA THROUGH DAY 7. WILL CONTINUE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LONG TERM PERIODS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 65 80 64 83 / 20 50 20 30 ATHENS 64 81 63 84 / 20 40 20 30 GAINESVILLE 64 79 62 83 / 30 50 20 30 ROME 63 80 63 86 / 30 50 20 30 COLUMBUS 68 83 66 86 / 20 40 20 30 MACON 66 84 66 86 / 20 40 20 30 && .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1109 AM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-182109- 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- 1109 AM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TODAY... .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY... BUILDING SLOWLY WESTWARD. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. AFTERNOON HEATING AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. .DISCUSSION... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...DECREASING TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. AS DAYTIME HEATING COMBINES WITH CONTINUING RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 1000 TO 1200. LIFTED INDICES WILL BE AROUND MINUS 2 TO MINUS 3. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EVERYDAY. && 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 213 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004 GAZ042-052-181845- 213 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL IN HEARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRALHATCHEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CORDED TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS THE AREA BY 245 PM EDT.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Meriwether County 911 center reported that a tree was down at the intersection of Cedar Rock and Temple Roads.
The Walker County Emergency Management Director reported that several roads in the area were flooded and impassable. Boss Road was washed out from rock slides and water flowing over the road.
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, May 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: 5395614, 5395615.