2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Aug 5, 2:40 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 340 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .SHORT TERM...CWA REMAINS IN AREA OF WEAK TROUGHING ALOFT...WITH SERIES OF WEAK VORT MAXES MOVING THROUGH. LOW PRESSURE AREA IN NORTHERN GULF BECOMING MORE DEFINED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND THIS SHOULD HELP BRING DEEPER MOISTURE BACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA FOR THE WEEKEND. ALSO...FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY SHOULD SINK SOUTHWARD INTO TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF OUR CWA. HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ALSO...HAVE TWEAKED HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT DUE TO MORE CONVECTION AND CLOUD COVER. .LONG TERM...UPPER LOW WEAKENS DURING THE FIRST OF THE WEEK...AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. WILL TREND TOWARD WARMER TEMPERATURES AGAIN AND A MORE DIURNAL PATTERN. HAVE LEFT CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 72 88 73 86 / 30 40 30 40 ATHENS 72 89 71 88 / 30 40 30 30 GAINESVILLE 70 87 69 86 / 30 40 30 30 ROME 71 90 71 89 / 30 40 40 40 COLUMBUS 72 88 72 89 / 40 50 30 50 MACON 72 89 73 89 / 30 40 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && 99/41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-060900- 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- 500 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE APPALACHIANS AND ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE DAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. THE BEST LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ATLANTA AND ATHENS NORTH. HOWEVER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ANYWHERE OVER THE AREA. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...YOU CAN NOT RULE OUT THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE NOON. .DISCUSSION... THE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA IS UNSTABLE AND WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE WITH DAYTIME HEATING. CAPES OF 2000 TO 3000 CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 8. THE AIRMASS WILL BE LESS UNSTABLE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL INHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANY SEVERE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA. BDL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1040 AM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM TSTM WND DMG EAST POINT 33.67N 84.47W
08/05/2005 FULTON GA NWS EMPLOYEE
TWO LARGE TREES DOWN AT ARROWOOD DRIVE...AND ANOTHER TWO
LARGE TREES DOWN AT BRANCHWOOD DRIVE NEAR THE KINGSTON
INTERSECTION. TREES WENT DOWN BETWEEN 0000 AND 0100.
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LEGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 245 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 GAZ031-032-051915- 245 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN PAULDING AND COBB COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF NEW HOPE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF AUSTELL AND JUST NORTH OF SANDY SPRINGS. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE ALSO INDICATED FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CORDED TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 GAZ030-031-043-052000- 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN DOUGLAS...PAULDING AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORKVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BRASWELL AND 4 MILES NORTH OF DOUGLASVILLE. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE ALSO INDICATED FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CORDED TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 357 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 GAZ033-034-052030- 357 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN GWINNETT AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DACULA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 1 MILE EAST OF DULUTH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE ALSO INDICATED FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CORDED TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that four large 80-foot tall trees were down near the Fulton-DeKalb county border and the Chattahoochee River.
The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home on Crooked Creek Road in the Norcross area setting the structure on fire. The home suffered extensive damage. One tree was also down in the area from thunderstorm winds.
The Barrow County News reported that twp lightning strikes resulted in damage to private property. A home was struck by lightning on Courtyard Circle and caught fire. Just a few minutes later, a barn and a recreational vehicle were struck by lightning on Harrison Mill Road and burned.
Several reports of hail ranging in size from pennies to quarters were received from the public in the far southern parts of White county south and southwest of Cleveland, including along U.S. Highway 129.
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: 5475426, 5475427, 5475429, 5475428.