1 flash flood, 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 Sep 16, 3:30 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 430 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 .SHORT TERM...IVAN. HAVE FINE TUNED THE WIND ADVISORY AND FLOOD WATCHES TO BASICALLY LOWER THREAT TO THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL KEEP CURRENT WATCHES AND ADVISORIES ELSEWHERE AND UPGRADE THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES TO A HIGH WIND WARNING. ALTHOUGH THE BASIC WIND FORECAST FOR UP THERE JUST APPROACHES THE CRITERIA FOR A WIND WARNING...ROCKY SOILS...HEAVY RAIN AND WEAK GEORGIA TREE ROOTS WILL LEAD TO MANY TREES DOWN ACROSS THAT AREA. PLUS THE HIGHER RIDGES WILL BE STICKING UP INTO WINDS CLOSER TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED. HEAVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT. IVAN SHOULD MOVE INTO EASTERN TENNESSE BY MORNING TAKING THE BEST WINDS AND RAIN WITH HIM. WILL TAPER OFF WINDS AND RAIN FRIDAY. WILL HAVE A BREAK FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND WITH DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. .LONG TERM...LONG RANGE FORECAST A BIT MURKY AT THIS TIME WITH THE MODELS FAR FROM STABLE ON THEIR RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY MUCH LESS THEIR LACK OF CONSENSUS AMONGST THEMSELVES. AT THIS TIME WILL MAKE FEW BIG CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. && .....OPTIONAL SECTIONS..... .HYDROLOGY...MINOR FLOODING ALREADY STARTING...WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER NIGHT. EXPECT MINOR TO MODERATE SMALL STEM FLOODING TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. MAY HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAIN STEM FLOODING BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND AS ALL OF THIS RAIN DRAINS INTO THE LARGER RIVERS. . && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 70 79 65 82 / 99 50 10 10 ATHENS 70 79 64 83 / 99 50 10 10 GAINESVILLE 70 78 64 81 / 99 80 30 10 ROME 70 78 64 81 / 99 80 10 10 COLUMBUS 72 81 66 84 / 99 50 10 10 MACON 72 81 66 84 / 99 50 10 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR FAR NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 200 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-162300- 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- 200 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IVAN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS ALABAMA THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN INTO EAST TENNESSEE ON FRIDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO EATONTON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH WIND GUST TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE AND FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY TROPICAL RAINS. .DISCUSSION... THE OUTER BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND IVAN AND ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO STRONG WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH IVAN...TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP IN THE AREAS OF STRONGER CONVECTION. THERE IS ALSO THE THREAT OF FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY TROPICAL RAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION IS ON THE WAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS AND FLOODING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA...MAINLY FRIDAY MORNING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1126 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 AM TORNADO 5 S RICHLAND 32.01N 84.68W
09/16/2004 STEWART GA POST OFFICE
POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF RICHLAND.
1106 AM TORNADO 5 S RICHLAND 32.01N 84.68W
09/16/2004 STEWART GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO POSSIBLE TORNADOES TOUCHDOWN 5 MILES SOUTH AND 5 WEST
OF RICHLAND. DAMAGE AT THIS TIME IS UNKNOWN.
&&
GLBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
242 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0227 PM TORNADO ROCKMART 34.01N 85.05W
09/16/2004 POLK GA PUBLIC
ROTATING CLOUD NEAR WEST ELM STREET WITH LARGE OAK TREES
DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS EXPLODING
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BGThe Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Thomaston Times reported that flooding resulted in the closure of four roads in the county, including Georgia Highway 36 and West County 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, September 2004
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