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 Jul 13, 2:05 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 305 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 .SHORT TERM... SHORT TERM FORECAST REMAINS UNSETTLED AS WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT CONTINUES TO PUMP ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. REMAINS OF DENNIS CONTINUE SLOWLY DRIFTING AROUND THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY INTO FRIDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE...AT THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVELS...BEGINS BUILDING BACK WEST INTO THE REGION SQUEEZING THE LOW WEST INTO THE PERSISTENT WESTERN RIDGE. SHOULD HAVE AMPLE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH A SLIGHT DIURNAL TENDENCY. AS THE RIDGE BUILDS IN FOR THE WEEKEND...CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE SCATTERED AND DIURNAL IN NATURE. .LONG TERM... UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS THE DOMINANT FEATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD ALSO. THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION TO OVERCOME THE ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMALS FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. .AVIATION... PERSISTENCE IS THE FORECAST. SCATTERED TSRA THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. EXPECT LIFR CIGS AND IFR VSBYS 07Z-11Z IN METRO AREA AS MOISTURE PLENTIFUL IN BOUNDARY LAYER. WINDS LIGHT AND VRBL BUT GENERALLY OUT OF THE WEST FOR THE EVENING. REPEAT PERFORMANCE TOMORROW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 72 84 72 85 / 50 60 50 60 ATHENS 71 85 71 87 / 50 60 50 60 GAINESVILLE 71 83 70 85 / 50 60 50 60 ROME 71 85 71 88 / 50 60 50 60 COLUMBUS 74 88 73 89 / 50 50 30 50 MACON 74 89 73 90 / 50 50 30 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 602 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-141001- 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- 602 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... THE MAIN LOW CENTER FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DENNIS IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS LOW WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH TODAY INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARD... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... MAIN LOW CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DENNIS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH TODAY. THIS WILL INCREASE MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA TODAY. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE LOW CENTER. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE MARGINAL WITH CAPES EXPECTED AROUND 1000 AND LIFTED INDICES RANGING FROM MINUS 1 TO MINUS 2. THE K INDEX VALUES ARE RANGING BETWEEN 30 AND 35 WHICH INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE RECENT PRECIPITATION NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS ALREADY SEAN EARLIER THIS WEEK ANY SUSTAINED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN TODAY COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING. ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TODAY IS EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS THROUGH OUT THE DAY. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Forsyth Herald reported that lightning struck near a home on Winchester Drive. A storage building near the home sustained major damage, while the house sustained minor damage.
The Henry County 911 Center reported that one tree was down on Panola Road.
The Wilkinson County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down.
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, July 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: 5467910, 5467908, 5467909.