3 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 28, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 255 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 .SHORT TERM... QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA PROGGED TO MEANDER ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL AID IN DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE WHILE LIFT AND CONVERGENCE AID IN PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. CURRENT FORECAST WITH POPS GENERALLY IN THE 30 TO 50% RANGE STILL LOOK GOOD...WITH BEST COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. .LONG TERM... LONG RANGE MODELS HINT AT BOUNDARY SLIPPING INTO SOUTH GEORGIA MONDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO WEDGE DOWN THE APPALACHIANS. WEAK BOUNDARY THEN APPEARS TO MEANDER SOMEWHERE NEAR THE GEORGIA-FLORIDA BORDER INTO MIDWEEK WHILE SECOND BOUNDARY DRIFTS SOUTH FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. WITH MODELS MAINTAINING GOOD MOISTURE OVER OUR THE AREA...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 72 86 71 85 / 50 50 50 40 ATHENS 73 88 71 84 / 50 50 50 40 GAINESVILLE 71 85 69 82 / 50 50 50 40 ROME 72 87 70 89 / 50 50 50 40 COLUMBUS 75 91 74 86 / 50 50 50 40 MACON 74 92 74 86 / 50 50 50 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291000- 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- 600 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA TODAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. LIFTED INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM MINUS 3 TO MINUS 6 WITH CAPE VALUES NEAR 2500. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE THE LIFTING MECHANISM NECESSARY TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS OUT ACROSS THE STATE. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA. 22
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 339 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 GAZ042-282015- 339 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN CARROLL COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF BOWDEN JUNCTION...MOVING EAST 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 NORTHERN PART OF CARROLL COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 415 PM EDT.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
3 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Newnan Times-Herald reported that a large white oak tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds onto a car being driven on Lower Fayetteville Road. The two occupants were not injured.
The Newnan Times-Herald reported that the attic of a home on Southfield Court in the Woodstream subdivision of Peachtree City suffered extensive damage when the structure was struck by lightning and set on fire.
The Cherokee Tribune reported that lightning struck and set a home on fire. The home was located on Cardinal Cove near Mountain Park and the Fulton county line. One third of the roof was completely destroyed and the remainder of the home suffered extensive fire, smoke, and water damage making it uninhabitable.
The Gainesville Times reported that a 14-year old girl and her 17-month old cousin died when lightning struck a tree under which they were standing at Old Federal Park on Lake Lanier. The two died within an hour of the incident at a nearby hospital in Gainesville. The 14-year old was holding the little girl in her arms and standing underneath a tree when lightning struck. The two were not hit directly, but the lightning ran down the tree and into them. Lightning was also to blame for fires at eight homes and two businesses across the county.
The public reported that one tree was blown down along with several large limbs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Hall | 2005-07-28 | 14 | Female | Under Tree | Direct |
| Lightning, Hall | 2005-07-28 | 1 | Female | Under Tree | 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: 5468437, 5468436, 5468435, 5468434, 5468438.