6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 13, 2:20 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 220 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 .SHORT TERM... LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS...MAYBE SOME THUNDER...MOVING INTO WRN GEORGIA HAS WEAKENED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT STILL POSE A THREAT OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. EXPECT THIS LINE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR OVER GEORGIA. HOWEVER...ENOUGH INSTABILITY REMAINS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN WHICH WILL SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE CWA TONIGHT. THE MODELS HAVE A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON THIS WITH MINOR DIFFERENCES. COLD FRONT PROGGED TO ENTER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING...AND BE ACROSS THE CWA BY FRIDAY 12Z. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA FRIDAY MORNING...BUT BY FRIDAY NOON THE PRECIP WILL HAVE ENDED. TEMPS FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL BE MUCH COLDER THAN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS...WILL BE MORE OF CLIMO WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S AND LOWS IN THE 20S AND 30S. A WEAK IMPULSE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT EXPECT ONLY A FEW CLOUDS. .LONG TERM... MODELS PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGH DAY 7 WITH SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE SHORT WAVE LOCATIONS. HOWEVER NORTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP GA DRY THROUGH DAY 7 AND THE ONLY MOISTURE THAT THE SHORT WAVES WILL BRING WILL BE IN THE FORM OF CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO CLIMATE WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S AND LOWS IN THE 20S AND 30S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 47 54 32 53 / 99 10 00 00 ATHENS 51 55 33 51 / 99 10 00 00 GAINESVILLE 47 53 30 50 / 99 10 00 00 ROME 44 56 28 52 / 99 10 00 00 COLUMBUS 50 57 35 56 / 99 10 00 00 MACON 51 59 33 56 / 99 20 00 00 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 201 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-141100- 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- 201 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...EXPECT INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST FROM 200 PM THROUGH 900 PM. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAPE WILL BE AROUND 300 TO 700...WITH HELICITY VALUES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 250 TO 350. THIS WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH WINDS OF 55 MPH OR GREATER AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END FRIDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. OTHERWISE NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS 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 1252 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 GAZ001-002-131815- 1252 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 AT 1247 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ENGLAND TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RISING FAWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THE THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 120 PM EST. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:42 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm spotter and the public reported that a storage building was overturned and some trees were blown down. The damage was caused by straight-lined winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms.
The public reported that straight-lined winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms caused damage to a chicken house. Some of the doors were blown off, some of the tins in the coops were blown away, and several shingles were blown off.
The Americus Times Recorder reported that strong winds, associated with an area of showers and thunderstorms, caused considerable damage around the county. Several large pine trees were blown down, several causing damage to homes. Another tree fell on a vehicle while being driven down Packinghouse Road. Another road was blocked by a large fallen pine tree, which caused workers in an emergency vehicle to go into the ditch when they attempted to go around it. A number of trees and power lines were down in the eastern portion of the county. Approximately 200-300 people were left without power during the evening hours.
The Dawson County Emergency Management Director reported that straight-lined winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms destroyed a 3-year old chicken house in the Amicalola Falls area.
A meteorologist with a local Columbus TV station reported that strong straight-lined winds, and possibly a microburst, associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms caused damage to the roof of a dermatologist's office, blew down several trees, and damaged the Columbus Welcome Sign on Interstate 185.
The Wilkes County Emergency Management Director reported that a small, 10 by 16 foot, aluminum outbuilding was flipped over by a thunderstorm wind gust.
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, January 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: 5435351, 5435352, 5435355, 5435353, 5435354, 5435350.