2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 14, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 230 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 .SHORT TERM... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS BACK IN MISSISSIPPI. BOTH GFS/NAM INDICATE THE MOISTURE STALLS OVER NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT CATCHES UP WITH IT. H5 FLOW WAS CONFLUENT OVER GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THIS HAS DISSIPATED AND FLOW IS BECOMING SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THIS WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALABAMA TO MAINTAIN AS THEY ADVECT INTO NORTH GEORGIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...THE PRECIP WILL MOVE AHEAD OF IT...HOWEVER BECOMING LESS ORGANIZED AS TIME PASSES. THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE PRECIP WILL END ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN ENDING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA BY SUNDAY EVENING. SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA. THIS WILL KEEP A FEW CLOUDS IN VDI AREA. AT THIS POINT...EXPECT ONLY ISOLATED PULSE TYPE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING...HOWEVER AFTER SUNSET THE DYNAMICS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .LONG TERM... GEORGIA WILL BE IN A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH DAY 7 WITH WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING IN THE FLOW. WITH A NORTHWEST FLOW...ANY SHORT WAVE WILL PRODUCE...AT THE MOST...SCATTERED PRECIP DUE TO LACK OF MOISTURE. AFTER THIS WEEKEND...NEXT WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE CWA ON THURSDAY AND WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POP IN. ANOTHER VERY WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER MOISTURE SO LIMITED THAT WILL LEAVE MENTION OF PRECIP OUT FOR NOW. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT WARM...THEN A SLIGHT COOL DOWN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE SHORT WAVES AND ASSOCIATED WEAK SURFACE FRONT PULLS IN SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR ALONG WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 61 78 55 78 / 50 40 0 5 ATHENS 61 79 51 79 / 50 40 0 5 GAINESVILLE 60 77 54 76 / 60 40 0 5 ROME 62 78 49 78 / 80 40 0 5 COLUMBUS 63 80 57 81 / 40 30 5 5 MACON 61 81 53 81 / 20 30 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1121 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-150900- 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- 1121 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL GET PUSHED EAST AS TWO COLD FRONTS OVER THE MID U.S. MERGE AND MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTH OF ATLANTA AND GAINESVILLE AFTER 600 PM. ISOLATED GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE STARTING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF WEST AND NORTH GEORGIA. .DISCUSSION... MARGINAL MOISTURE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE OVER NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CAPES WILL REACH 1500 TO 2000 WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 3 TO MINUS 5. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES ARE QUITE WEAK AND BASICALLY SUMMERLIKE...SO VERY LITTLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT TO ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM SEVERITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA ON SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && 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 309 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 GAZ032-033-045-141945- 309 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA-SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN NORTH DEKALB...EAST COBB AND NORTH FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WHITEWATER TO VININGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST COBB...NORTH FULTON AND NORTH DEKALB THROUGH 345 PM EDT. KDF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 340 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 GAZ014-022-142030- 340 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN FORSYTH AND SOUTH DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MATT TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF DREW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS FORSYTH AND SOUTH DAWSON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT. KDF
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Forsyth County News reported that a large oak tree fell onto a vehicle and a home near the intersection of Hutchinson Road and Atlanta Highway. Several other trees were blown down in the area.
The public reported that one large tree and several large limbs were down in the area. Pea-sized hail was also reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5454533, 5454532.