2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 Aug 19, 1:34 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 234 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION AGAIN FIRING UP ALONG THE SAME BOUNDARY THAT WAS IN PLACE YESTERDAY ACROSS WEST GEORGIA. VISIBLE SATELLITE PIX SHOW SOMEWHAT MORE STABLE AIR OVER THE EAST...SO WILL GO WITH 20 PERCENT THERE THIS EVENING AND 30 PERCENT WEST. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA SATURDAY AND THIS SHOULD HELP CAP THE CONVECTION A LITTLE ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH. WITH HIGHER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW AND DEW POINTS REMAINING IN THE MID 70S...HEAT INDEX CALCULATIONS COMING UP WITH 105 TO 108 OVER MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. WILL ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY SHOULD SEE ANOTHER HOT DAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. POPS A LITTLE HIGHER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. .LONG TERM...NAM AND GFS DIFFER ON DEPTH OF THE EAST COAST TROUGH...AND CONSEQUENTLY THE SOUTHWARD PENETRATION OF THE DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT. NAM DRIVES THE DRIER AIR FURTHER SOUTH. WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT THINKING OF DRY ACROSS THE NORTH WITH SMALLER POPS SOUTHEAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY EASTERLY FLOW BRINGS MOISTURE BACK INTO THE PICTURE. APPEARS NOT UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING BUT SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NORTH OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER AIR CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND WILL HAVE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL BEHIND THE FRONT...AND THEN REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL LATER IN THE WEEK UNDER PERSISTENT EASTERLY FLOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 74 93 75 94 / 30 30 20 30 ATHENS 72 96 73 96 / 20 30 20 30 GAINESVILLE 72 93 73 93 / 20 30 20 40 ROME 72 96 74 94 / 30 30 20 40 COLUMBUS 76 97 78 96 / 30 30 20 30 MACON 74 96 75 97 / 30 30 20 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...HEAT ADVISORY CENTRAL INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. && 26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 455 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-201000- DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 455 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ..SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD EAST TODAY. TROPICAL LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO MACON...TO AUGUSTA. .DISCUSSION... A LARGE UPPER-LEVEL HIGH WILL EXPAND EASTWARD FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ALOFT AT THE 500 MILLIBAR LEVEL WILL WARM TO -3 TO -4 CENTIGRADE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...SOME OF THE HIGHEST READINGS EVER OBSERVED AT THIS LEVEL. THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED CAP...WHICH WILL TEND TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION. IN ADDITION...THE LOCATION OF THE UPPER HIGH WILL RESULT IN LITTLE TO NO SIGNIFICANT UPPER DYNAMICS OVER THE REGION. ON THE CONTRARY...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 90S AT MOST LOCATIONS...CAPES WILL REACH 1500 TO 2500 ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND LIFTED INDICES WILL DROP TO -4...RESULTING IN A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THUS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED. THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR CONVECTION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A VERY WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA SATURDAY...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AREAWIDE SUNDAY. FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUT WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON GEORGIA. RAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 135 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 GAZ015-191800- 135 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR TORRENTIAL RAIN AND 40 MPH WINDS IN LUMPKIN COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM EDT... AT 132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAHLONEGA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS LUMPKIN COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DAHLONEGA AND GARLAND. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 200 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 227 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 GAZ016-191930- 227 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN WHITE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OF 1.5 TO NEAR 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WHITE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS AROUND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND IN THE MOSSY CREEK BASIN. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS THE INTENSE RAINFALL LIKELY PRODUCED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OVERFLOWED SOME DITCHES. THE STORMS WERE LEAVING WHITE COUNTY AND MOVING INTO HALL AND BANKS COUNTIES. KDF
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dooly County 911 Center reported that thunderstorm winds blew down three power lines.
The Greene County Emergency Management Director reported that six homes across the county were struck by lightning during strong thunderstorm activity. Only minor damage was reported at all of the locations, mainly to electronic equipment. No significant fires were reported with these lightning strikes.
The Baldwin County Emergency Management Director reported that two large pine trees were snapped in half along U.S. Highway 441.
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, August 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: 5475272, 5475273, 5475340.