4 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 Jun 5, 1:40 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 240 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 .SHORT TERM... LARGE SCALE PATTERNS REMAIN FAIRLY STATIC THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. UPPER RIDGE AXIS MOVES OFF EAST COAST MONDAY BUT NEW RIDGING IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MOVES OVER THE EASTERN U.S. BY WEDNESDAY. LARGE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE POKES WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES THROUGH THE PERIOD KEEPING A MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER THE REGION. WEAK COLD FRONT MAKES IT INTO THE REGION AS SURFACE RIDGE WEAKENS A BIT MONDAY AND TUESDAY ALLOWING FOR A BIT MORE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW I WILL LEAVE COVERAGE AS SCATTERED. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD...BUT INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION WILL KEEP HIGHS FROM GETTING TOO HOT. .LONG TERM... THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S....BUT NOT DOMINANT ENOUGH WITH SUFFICIENT SUBSIDENCE TO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF DIURNAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE ALSO BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA NICELY KEEPING CONVECTION ISOLATED TO SCATTERED. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 71 85 71 86 / 20 40 30 40 ATHENS 68 86 69 87 / 20 40 30 40 GAINESVILLE 67 87 68 85 / 20 40 30 40 ROME 69 88 68 85 / 20 40 30 40 COLUMBUS 73 88 72 87 / 20 40 30 40 MACON 70 89 71 89 / 20 40 30 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. && 99/20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061000- 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 SUN JUN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... ...STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS... .SYNOPSIS... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ALOFT WILL KEEP A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS GEORGIA TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DISCUSSION... FLOW ALOFT WILL AGAIN BE VERY WEAK TODAY. INSTABILITY WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER WITH CAPE VALUES OF 1500 TO 2500. THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH INSTABILITY BUT WILL ALSO BE ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED DUE TO VERY WEAK VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 UTC.
4 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
WSB Television of Atlanta reported that lightning started a fire at a daycare center on Hillandale Drive near Panola Road. The lightning struck an adjacent tree and jumped to the building through some cables. No one was in the building at the time. Damage to the facility was minor.
WSB Television of Atlanta reported that lightning struck a tree adjacent to a home igniting a fire in an adjacent fuse box in the laundry room. An adjacent carport and stored 1957 Ford Fairane were also destroyed by fire.
Fox 5 Television of Atlanta reported that a large tree fell on a home causing significant damage to the structure.
Employees of the National Weather Service Office in Peachtree City observed a direct lightning strike to the building. Damage was confined to the upper air radisonde tracking equipment in which some circuit boards were destroyed.
The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm, that remained nearly stationary for an hour before dissipating over the central portion of Peachtree City in the vicinity of the intersection of Georgia Highways 54 and 74, caused flooding of apartments, roads, businesses, and at least one home in the area. From two to three inches of rain fell during the hour in the area. The Tinsley Mills apartments were flooded and flooding was reported to four businesses in the West Park shopping center. Water was up to eight inches deep in the buildings. Portions of Georgia Highway 54 between Georgia Highway 74 and Line Creek or the Coweta county line was also flooded. At some locations the water was at least six inches deep. A home in the Stevens Entry subdivision was also flooded during the thunderstorm.
The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home in the Lone Oak Estates subdivision of Padgett Road in the far southeast portion of the county. The home suffered minor damage. In addition, one person in the home was injured by the lightning strike and was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
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, June 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: 5458194, 5458193, 5458192, 5458391, 5458390, 5458456.