A strong low pressure system moving through the area in association with a deep closed upper-low brought a period of gusty northwest winds to much of North Georgia. Winds speeds of 20-25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph were common during the evening hours as the system moved through the area.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system moving through the area in association with a deep closed upper-low brought a period of gusty northwest winds to much of North Georgia. Winds speeds of 20-25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph were common during the evening hours as the system moved through the area. The strong winds blew down some trees in Douglas, Fulton, and De Kalb counties, which resulted in several power outages. Approximately 25,000 residents of the Atlanta metropolitan area in Fulton and De Kalb counties were left without power during the night and into the next morning. One downed power line also contributed to a fire at an apartment complex in south Atlanta. In addition, the strong winds caused delays of up to three hours for flights arriving at the very busy Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. It is suspected that other counties in North and Central Georgia may have experienced wind damage as well, but these were the only counties from which specific damage reports were received.
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 Nov 21, 6:55 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 655 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) BAND OF CONVECTION MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD...AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY FORECAST RELEASE TIME. STILL EXPECT SOME MORE RAIN THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE QUICKLY TOWARD THE CAROLINAS. THIS WILL DEEPEN THE LOW ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND KEEP A RATHER STRONG GRADIENT OVER US UNTIL AROUND 06Z. WILL PUT UP LAKE WIND ADVISORY...APPEARS IT SHOULD STAY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. RAIN TAPERS OFF AFTER 06Z AND SHOULD BE ENDED BY DAYBREAK. SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TUESDAY WILL KEEP SOME CLOUDS OVER THE AREA AND ANOTHER SHORT WAVE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING SOME CLOUDS TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER FLOW AGAIN BRINGS NORTHWEST WINDS AND COOLER AIR TO THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY) UPPER FLOW BEGINS TO BECOME MORE ZONAL INTO THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL LET TEMPERATURES RETURN CLOSE TO NORMAL. NEW GFS RUN A LITTLE QUICKER TO BRING MOISTURE TO THE AREA ON SUNDAY WHERE THE 00Z GFSLR HAD IT HOLDING OFF UNTIL MONDAY. IN ANY EVENT...SHOULD BE DRY IN THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION... UNTIL RAIN EXITS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING THERE SHOULD BE AREAS OF IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM LOOKING FOR FAIRLY WIDESPREAD MVFR CEILINGS THAT SHOULD PERSIST FOR MANY AREAS THROUGH DAYBREAK DUE TO THICKNESS COOLING. HOWEVER... A PERIOD WITH CEILINGS AT OR ABOVE 5 THSD FT IS POSSIBLE DUE TO STRONG SUBSIDENCE BETWEEN 05Z AND 12Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 40 49 31 52 / 50 5 0 5 ATHENS 43 50 31 55 / 70 5 0 5 GAINESVILLE 42 49 33 49 / 70 5 0 5 ROME 42 47 30 53 / 50 10 0 5 COLUMBUS 42 55 35 57 / 30 0 0 5 MACON 39 54 32 55 / 40 0 0 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL. && 26/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 120 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-221105- DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 120 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .SYNOPSIS... RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ROTATES THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP ATLANTIC MOISTURE IN OVER THE STATE ENHANCING THE CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. INSTABILITY INDICES ARE VERY WEAK WITH THIS SYSTEM SO ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIFTED INDICES AROUND -1 WITH CAPES AROUND 500 OR LESS WILL ONLY SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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: 5484253, 5484254, 5484255, 5484256.