2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 strong wind, 1 lightning, 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 Jul 14, 2:05 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 305 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 .SHORT TERM... IN THE SHORT TERM THE REMAINS OF DENNIS CONTINUE TO WANDER AROUND THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY PROVIDING GEORGIA ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW. OVER THE WEEKEND THIS SYSTEM FINALLY GETS SQUEEZED OUT OF THE PICTURE BY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING WESTWARD FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. AS THESE FEATURES BECOME MORE DOMINANT OVER THE WEEKEND...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DECREASES AND BECOMES MORE DIURNAL IN NATURE. ALTHOUGH THE UPPER RIDGE BECOMES FAIRLY STRONG BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE TO OVERCOME SUBSIDENCE AND PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE RISE TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL VALUES BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM... HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST RANGE AS LARGE RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN U.S. BUILDS EAST AND MERGES WITH THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE. THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS RATHER FLAT ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. AND A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH FORMS IN THE RIDGE IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS ALLOWING FOR A CONTINUATION OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE A BIT ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 72 85 72 89 / 50 60 40 40 ATHENS 71 87 71 89 / 50 60 40 40 GAINESVILLE 70 83 70 86 / 50 60 40 40 ROME 71 87 71 88 / 50 60 40 40 COLUMBUS 74 88 73 92 / 50 50 40 40 MACON 74 91 73 92 / 50 50 40 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 604 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-151002- 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- 604 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... PERSISTENCE WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF DENNIS CONTINUES OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THE MAIN LOW CENTER FROM DENNIS IS CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY AND IS SLOWLY SINKING SOUTHEAST. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... MAIN LOW CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DENNIS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TODAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA TODAY. A COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES AS SEEN IN THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WILL ROTATE AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW CENTER THROUGH THE STATE TODAY. WILL SEE NEARLY 100 PERCENT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE INCREASE TODAY WITH CAPES EXPECTED AROUND 1500 AND LIFTED INDICES RANGING FROM MINUS 3 TO MINUS 4. THE K INDEX VALUES ARE STILL RATHER HIGH 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 SEEN EARLIER THIS WEEK ANY SUSTAINED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN TODAY COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 322 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ053-141945- 322 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN COWETA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GRANTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF COWETA COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MORELAND AND SHARPSBURG. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY AROUND 345 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 351 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ053-054-142015- 351 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN SOUTHERN COWETA AND SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SHARPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES TOWARD PEACHTREE CITY AND BROOKS. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE A SHORT PERIOD OF STREET FLOODING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AROUND 415 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 422 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ025-142045- 422 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND 40 MPH WINDS IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ARCADE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES TOWARD NICHOLSON AND CENTER. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE A PERIOD OF STREET FLOODING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 445 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 437 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ058-142100- 437 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND 40 MPH WINDS IN BUTTS COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WORTHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS BUTTS COUNTY AND LAKE JACKSON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE A PERIOD OF STREET FLOODING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 500 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 441 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ069-142115- 441 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND 40 MPH WINDS IN UPSON COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES TOWARD THOMASTON AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE A PERIOD OF STREET FLOODING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 515 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 448 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ059-142115- 448 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES FROM THE LAKE JACKSON AREA ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF JASPER COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE A PERIOD OF STREET FLOODING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AROUND 515 PM EDT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 strong wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Barrow County News reported that several trees and power lines were blown down during a thunderstorm.
The Barrow County News reported that a brief, but strong thunderstorm, dumped rainfall of 1.5 to 2.0 inches in less than an hour on saturated ground. This resulted in flash flooding when a creek overflowed its banks and washed out a portion of King Street. After the road was washed out, two people were injured when they drove their vehicle into the hole left by the washed out road.
The Atlanta-Journal and Constitution and local Atlanta television stations, along with confirmation from the Douglas County Emergency Management Office, reported that a sudden gust of wind as a result of outflow from thunderstorms some 30 miles away, blew down nearly two dozen roof trusses on building under construction. The building under construction was a fire house on Sweetwater Road in Lithia Springs. A 25-year old male worker was killed when one of the 57 foot, 250 pound trusses fell on him and pinned him underneath. Four other workers were also injured during the accident. The building was under construction and as such as not yet secured.
The Forsyth Herald reported that lightning struck a fishing boat on Lake Lainer. Two men in the boat were injured during the incident. In Cumming, a home on Pitman Circle was set on fire when lightning struck a nearby tree. The home suffered moderate damage as a result.
The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported flash flooding in downtown Canton. Thunderstorms had dumped two to three inches of rain in approximately 1.5 hours. Six streets in downtown Canton were closed because of flooding. A restaurant at the intersection of Marietta Highway and Georgia Highway 140 suffered flood damage when water rose up to one foot deep in the facility.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind, Douglas | 2005-07-14 | 25 | Male | Long Span Roof | Direct |
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: 5467912, 5467913, 5467915, 5467914, 5467911.