3 hail, 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 Apr 12, 4:25 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 525 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 .SHORT TERM... LOOKING AT DEWPOINTS...SURFACE PRESSURES AND SURFACE WIND FIELD AT 18Z...FRONT LOOKS TO BE NEAR JUST WEST OF A HSV TO BHM LINE. FRONT WILL PUSH EASTWARD THIS EVENING INTO THE CWA WITH DRIER AIR CONTINUING TO FILTER INTO THE AREA. WEDNESDAY LOOKING MORE INTERESTING AS COLD POOL ALOFT / CLOSED LOW DROPS INTO NORTH GA AS A BACKDOOR SURFACE FRONT PUSHES IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 1 TO MINUS 2...500 MB TEMPERATURES COOLING TO -22 C AND 850 TO 500 MB LAPSE RATES APPROACHING 6.75 C/KM HINTING AT TYPICAL COOL POOL CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY DEVELOPMENT FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GIVEN SURFACE FOCUS AND UPPER LEVEL BUOYANCY...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WITH BEST CAPE BETWEEN 850 MB AND 500 MB AND -10 C AT AROUND 13 K FT...WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO GET THUNDER IF ANY CONVECTION DEVELOPS. IN ADDITION...ANY GOOD CORE DEVELOPMENT ABOVE 20 K FT WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR PEA SIZE HAIL. LIMITED MOISTURE WILL BE MAIN FACTOR FOR KEEPING INSTABILITY SUPPRESSED...CONVECTION SCATTERED IN COVERAGE...AND HAIL BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS FOR THE MOST PART. THUS DO NOT THINK THIS WILL BE MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THOUGH COULD POTENTIALLY SEE SEVERAL HAIL REPORTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY NORTH GA. THIS IN CONCERT WITH SPC AND ONLY GENERAL THUNDER IN CURRENT OUTLOOK. SEE SWODY2. THUS HAVE ADDED IN SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE IN THIS MORNING UPDATE AND WILL STAY WITH THIS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BY THURSDAY...AXIS OF UPPER LOW SHIFTS EAST WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO REGION. LARGE CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH ENCOMPASSES MOST OF THE NORTHEASTERN QUARTER OF THE UNITED STATES SPREADING INTO THE SOUTHEAST FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. WILL STAY WITH DRY FORECAST AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THROUGH THIS PERIOD. IN TERMS OF TEMPS...WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THURSDAY WHERE WENT SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE CONSIDERING LACK OF ADVECTION AND CLOUDS AS SURFACE HIGH SITS OVERHEAD AND RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD IN. .LONG TERM... DRY PATTERN CONTINUES INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS UPPER LOW DRIFTS EASTWARD AND UPPER RIDGING BUILDS IN. HAVE TRENDED WARMER THAN GUIDANCE AND MAY END UP GOING EVEN WARMER LOOKING AT MASS FIELDS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .AVIATION...THE STRATOCU FIELD SHOULD GO SCT AFT 03Z AS THE DRY SLOT WORKS IN FROM THE WEST. WITH WIND FIELD BECOMING WEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND STAYING UP AT 4-6 KNOTS OVERNIGHT SHOULD NOT BE ANY FOG PROBLEMS IN THE MORNING. EXPECT STRATOCU DECK TO DEVELOP AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS COLD POOL MOVES OVER THE AREA. COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 51 66 46 65 / 10 40 20 10 ATHENS 52 67 45 66 / 20 40 20 10 GAINESVILLE 51 64 45 65 / 10 40 20 10 ROME 51 68 47 68 / 10 40 20 10 COLUMBUS 53 72 50 67 / 10 30 20 10 MACON 52 72 47 66 / 10 30 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && JCD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1149 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-130948- 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- 1149 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... AN AREA OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WAS CENTERED ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY TODAY AND INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BE QUITE COLD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR...HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON BUT ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. .DISCUSSION... DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S...AND COMBINED WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S WILL RESULT IN LIFTED INDICES AROUND MINUS ONE WITH CAPES AROUND 500. IF CLOUD COVER DECREASES ENOUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVEL. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND LIGHTNING FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES CLOSER TO GEORGIA...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL REMAIN MEAGER...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. && 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 557 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 GAZ012-013-020-122230- 557 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL IN BARTOW...PICKENS AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ADAIRSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST GORDON COUNTY AND WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY BY 615 PM.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported that penny to quarter-sized hail covered the ground from just west to just east of Woodstock in far southern Cherokee County. Damage to vehicles and landscaping was reported in the area.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The public reported penny-sized hail. The hail put some minor dents in a vehicle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2005
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: 5447890, 5447891, 5447892.