18 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 Dec 4, 11:15 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 .UPDATE... CONVECTION LATE THIS MORNING CONFINED TO MAINLY NORTH AND SOUTH GEORGIA. LATEST SATELLITE SHOWING LARGE HOLE OVER MUCH OF FORECAST AREA WHICH HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP MORE THAN EXPECTED. HAVE RAISED AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES BY A CATEGORY MOST AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WHICH REMAINS IN WARM SECTOR. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA... IN VICINITY OF CONVECTION AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SLOW SOUTHEAST PROGRESS...STALLING SOUTH OF THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREA BY THIS EVENING. WILL LEAVE LIKELY AND GOOD CHANCE POPS ACROSS MUCH OF FORECAST AREA AS FRONT SETTLES SOUTHWARD...DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD AID IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF FRONT AS WELL. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (617 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005) .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BEING WATCHED AS IT MOVES ACROSS N AL. THIS AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TN/OH VALLEYS THIS MORNING...AND WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT TOWARD CENTRAL GA THIS EVENING...WHERE IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY. A SURFACE LOW EVENTUALLY DEVELOPS ON THE FRONT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE COAST AND MOVES ACROSS THE S HALF OF GA MONDAY. THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL BECOME A FOCUS FOR PCPN DEVELOPMENT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE EXITING SURFACE LOW AND FRONT WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH THE PCPN CHANCES LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE PASSAGE OF A SHORT WAVE MONDAY NIGHT WILL QUICKLY USHER IN A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS. ANY LINGERING CLOUDS OVER THE GA MOUNTAINS LATER MONDAY NIGHT COULD SPIT SOME FLURRIES. ANOTHER DIFFICULT TEMPERATURE FORECAST TODAY WITH A COOLER AIRMASS CURRENTLY OVER NE GA. THIS DIFFICULTY WILL CONTINUE FOR MONDAY AS WELL. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS THIS WAY FOR TUESDAY WITH A DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA. THE RIDGE CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA JUST N OF GA FOR WEDNESDAY. A SHORT WAVE ZIPS BY TO OUR NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH MINIMAL MOISTURE EXPECTED BOTH DAYS. IF EITHER WAVE HAS ENOUGH MOISTURE AT THE RIGHT TIME...N GA COULD SEE FLURRIES. THIS OCCURS WHILE STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TOWARD AND ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WITH MINIMAL MOISTURE LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE STATE SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL AT LEAST MOST OF THIS PERIOD. && .AVIATION... WITH THE WARM AIR MASS PUSHING NORTHWARD...CEILING ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND THE THSD FT RANGE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...AND LIFT TO AROUND 2 THSD FT LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO THE WEAK INSTABILITY...BUT SOME BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY THIS EARLY AM. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 63 48 48 29 / 70 100 100 10 ATHENS 66 50 52 31 / 60 100 100 10 GAINESVILLE 58 45 47 29 / 50 100 90 10 ROME 58 43 45 26 / 70 100 80 10 COLUMBUS 70 59 59 34 / 70 80 100 10 MACON 70 56 60 32 / 50 70 100 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BDL/BDG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 140 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051045- 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- 140 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA AND INTO THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ON THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND MOVES ACROSS GEORGIA EARLY MONDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS...THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DISCUSSION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE BRINGING MOISTURE AND WARM AIR INTO GEORGIA SOUTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT. THIS HEATING SHOULD HELP INCREASE THE INSTABILITY OF THE AIR MASS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS HEATING COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR ALOFT MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST FAVORED REGION FOR ANY SEVERE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 220 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 GAZ019-030-042000- 220 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN POLK AND FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EST... AT 217 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF CAVE SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CAVE SPRING... CEDARTOWN...SENEY...ROME AND LINDALE. 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 225 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 GAZ059-042000- 225 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS IN JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EST... AT 223 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS JASPER COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MONTICELLO...ADGATEVILLE AND SHADY DALE. 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 229 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 GAZ048-058-042000- 229 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS IN BUTTS AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EST... AT 223 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHWOED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FINCHERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN BUTTS AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FINCHERVILLE...WORTHVILLE...STEWART AND NEWBORN. 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 241 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 GAZ060-042015- 241 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS IN PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EST... AT 239 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF WILLARD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO PUTNAM COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM WILLARD...WARFIELD AND EATONTON. 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 248 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 GAZ049-042015- 248 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS IN MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EST... AT 245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF PENNINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO MORGAN COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PENNINGTON... CENTENNIAL...MADISON AND BUCKHEAD. 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 251 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 GAZ020-042015- 251 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS IN BARTOW COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EST... AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF EUHARLEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS HAVE INDICATED NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO BARTOW COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE TAYLORSVILLE... EUHARLEE...CARTERSVILLE AND EMERSON. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CORDED TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
18 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Bartow County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail in the extreme southeast corner of Bartow county near Lake Allatoona.
The public reported golf ball-sized hail in Woodstock and quarter-sized hail on the south side of Canton near Hickory Flat.
The public reported quarter-sized hail.
The public reported quarter-sized hail.
An amateur radio operator reported nickel-sized hail just north of Temple and several reports of nickel to quarter-sized hail were received from the public in Villa Rica.
The public reported nickel-sized hail on the south side of Cumming in southern Forsyth county, including Big Creek and Brookwood.
Several reports were received from the public of quarter-sized hail in Buford and east of Buford to near the Hall county line. One report from the public indicated hail as large as half-dollars in the Buford area.
A storm spotter reported quarter-sized hail.
The public reported half-dollar-sized hail in Flowery Branch while a Sky Warn spotter reported penny-sized hail in Flowery Branch. Another report was received from the public of quarter-sized hail southeast of Chestnut Mountain in the far southeast part of the county near the Barrow county line.
The Coweta County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail at the intersection of Interstate-85 and Georgia Highway 154.
The public reported half-dollar-sized hail just north of Douglasville near the Paulding county line and quarter-sized hail in Lithia Springs. The public also estimated a wind gust of 45 mph in Lithia Springs during this thunderstorm.
The public reported quarter-sized hail just south of Commerce and penny-sized hail in Nicholson. The Jackson County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail two miles east-south-east of Pendergrass.
Several reports of nickel to quarter-sized hail were received from the public from Austell to Mableton. In Austell, the hail was reported to have been covering the ground.
The Glascock County 911 Center reported golf ball-sized hail at the intersection of Georgia Highway 171 and Johnson's Mill Road, west of Harts and near the Warren county border.
A storm spotter reported penny-sized hail two miles east of Winder, while the Barrow County 911 Center reported nickel to quarter-sized hail in Winder.
The public reported nickel-sized hail.
The public reported nickel-sized hail.
A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that the tornado that touched down in Henry county began as a microburst in extreme eastern Clayton county blowing down several trees near Walt Stevens Road and Georgia Highway 138 near the Henry county line.
A number of reports of hail were received from the public. The hail size ranged from penny to half-dollar. The public reported damage to a car windshield in association with the half-dollar-sized hail.
A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service and the Henry County Emergency Manager determined that an F0 tornado had touched down in extreme western Henry county near Interstate-75 just south of Georgia Highway 138. The tornado then traveled east-northeast through the Willow Spring Subdivision to near Old Atlanta Road. The tornado path was approximately 1.0 mile long and 100 yards wide. Numerous trees were snapped off or blown down throughout the area, some causing damage to homes in the area. In addition, one vehicle was damaged by a fallen tree.
The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home on Ebenezer Road causing approximately $1000 in damages. No fire was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 2005Warnings in Georgia, December 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: 5482878, 5482879, 5482882, 5482969, 5482883, 5482880, 5482884, 5482881, 5482966, 5482967, 5482968, 5482970, 5482971, 5482972, 5482973, 5483351, 5482974, 5483350, 5482975, 5482976, 5483352.