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 2, 4:25 AM EST, 9 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 525 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 .SHORT TERM... MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. SLOW MOVING WEAK COLD FRONT FALLS INTO THE THERMAL TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA SOMETIME TODAY/TONIGHT...WHICH WILL THEN BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. A WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND ANOTHER MOVES TO N GA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH BOTH WAVES ARE WEAK...THEY COULD AID IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS OVER FL AND INTO THE STATE MONDAY WHICH SHOULD HELP TO MINIMIZE OVERALL CONVECTION. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE. .LONG TERM... WEAK SHORT WAVES COULD AGAIN AFFECT THE AREA STARTING TUESDAY. ANY CONVECTION SHOULD BE STRONGLY DIURNAL. && .AVIATION...WITH LIGHT WINDS AND LAST NIGHTS RAIN...SOME PATCHY FOG WITH LOW CIGS...BUT SO FAR PRIMARILY AT FTY AND AHN. WOULD NOT RULE OUT AT ATL...BUT PROBABLY WILL BE SOME FOG WITHOUT THE LOW CIG. WHATEVER FORMS SHOULD BE GONE BY 14Z AND THEN JUST SOME CU DEVELOPING WITH BASES AROUND 4 THSD FT BY 15Z. WINDS REMAIN WEST/NORTHWEST BUT UNDER 10 KTS. COULD SEE SOME AFTERNOON TRW...BUT MAIN FOCUS SHOULD BE SOUTH OF ATL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 87 71 88 71 / 50 30 40 30 ATHENS 88 69 89 70 / 50 30 40 30 GAINESVILLE 86 69 87 71 / 50 30 40 30 ROME 90 69 93 72 / 50 20 40 30 COLUMBUS 91 73 91 74 / 50 40 40 30 MACON 91 72 91 72 / 50 40 40 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && BDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 602 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-031002- 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 SAT JUL 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ALONG THE FALL LINE ALONG WITH A CONTINUATION OF MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAIN IN SOME THUNDERSTORMS. .DISCUSSION... A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH CAPES OF 1500 TO 2000 AND A LIFTED INDEX OF MINUS 4 TO MINUS 5 BY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 2 PM WITH THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 9 PM. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE THREAT OF SEVERE EXISTS ACROSS BOTH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && 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 251 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 GAZ078-021945- 251 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND 40 MPH WINDS IN HARRIS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF WHITESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE ALABAMA BORDER INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF HARRIS COUNTY. MOVE INDOORS OR SEEK SHELTER AS SOON AS YOU HEAR THUNDER TO AVOID LIGHTNING STRIKES. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 345 PM EDT.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:19 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dawson County Emergency Management Director reported that two homes near the intersection of Georgia Highway 136 and Georgia Highway 9 were struck and set on fire by lightning. The fires were contained quickly resulting in minimal damage to the structures.
The Dawson County Emergency Manager reported that a thunderstorm with a microburst or downburst caused significant damage in a localized area about three miles east of Dawsonville. Eight homes and three vehicles suffered significant damage. One vehicle was destroyed when a large tree fell on it. Several fences were also damaged. All together, it was estimated that around 125 trees were down in the area.
The Chattooga County Emergency Managment Director reported that one tree was blown down onto a telephone line just west of Trion. Minor street flooding was reported just south of Trion.
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: 5468170, 5468171, 5468172.