1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 2, 5:30 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT) MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON HEATING WILL CONTINUE THE SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE RIDGE REMAINS DOMINATE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS WELL...PUSHING WEAK SHORT WAVES AND MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. AS A RESULT OF THERE BEING LITTLE RECOVERY IN TEMPS OVERNIGHT...THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE CONTINUED TOMORROW. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY WILL PUSH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD INTO THE VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE...BUT WASHOUT BEFORE BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO GEORGIA. THE FORECAST OF CHRIS MOVING INTO THE GULF COULD VERY WELL ALTER THE FORECAST DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. .AVIATION...(8PM TONIGHT THROUGH 8PM THURSDAY) AT THIS TIME THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE BECOMING MORE ISOLATED. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE JUST DEVELOPED NEAR ATL AND PDK DUE TO OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. WILL MONITOR CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL TEMPO TSRA IN TAFS. OTHERWISE EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO DIMINISH BY SUNSET WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING THE REST OF THE NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. ONLY RESTRICTION TO VISIBILITIES WILL BE IN THUNDERSTORMS OR SOME LIGHT FOG AROUND 5 MILES IN THE MORNING. THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN DOES NOT CHANGE SO EXPECT PERSISTENCE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 75 93 75 94 / 20 5 10 10 ATHENS 74 96 73 95 / 20 5 10 10 GAINESVILLE 74 93 74 93 / 30 20 20 20 ROME 74 98 72 97 / 30 20 10 20 COLUMBUS 77 95 76 94 / 20 10 10 20 MACON 74 97 74 96 / 20 10 10 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BIBB...BLECKLEY...BUTTS...CLARKE...CRAWFOR D...CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK...H OUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...LAU RENS...MACON...MADISON...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCON EE...OGLETHORPE...PEACH...PULASKI...PUTNAM...SCHLEY...SUMTER...TALIAF ERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...UPSON...WALTON ...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKES...WILKINSON. HEAT ADVISORY FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BIBB...BLECKLEY...BUTTS...CLARKE...CRAWFOR D...CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK...H OUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...LAU RENS...MACON...MADISON...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCON EE...OGLETHORPE...PEACH...PULASKI...PUTNAM...SCHLEY...SUMTER...TALIAF ERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...UPSON...WALTON ...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKES...WILKINSON. && 37/16
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 445 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-030930- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-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- 445 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL GRADUALLY LOWER THIS EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH IN THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 100 DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DISCUSSION... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WHILE THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MAINTAINS ITS STRENGTH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO THE MID 70S COMBINING WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE OVER 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 16
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 418 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 GAZ027-022045- 418 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...50 MPH WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES WEST OF PAOLI...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS MADISON COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PAOLI AND COMER. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 459 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 GAZ049-060-022130- 459 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF REIDS CROSSROADS ...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STROM WAS CENTERED 5 MILES EAST OF PENNINGTON IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...ALSO MOVING SLOWLY WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS PUTNAM AND MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE REIDS CROSSROADS...PENNINGTON AND GODFREY. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 529 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 GAZ049-059-060-022200- 529 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN PUTNAM...JASPER AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR GODFREY...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS PUTNAM...JASPER AND MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE REIDS CROSSROADS...GODFREY...PENNINGTON...FARRAR AND SHADY DALE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 602 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 GAZ042-022230- 602 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CARROLL COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CARROLLTON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 704 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 GAZ032-022330- 704 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FOR EASTERN COBB COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF MARIETTA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS COBB COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 704 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 GAZ032-022330- 704 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FOR EASTERN COBB COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF MARIETTA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS COBB COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE AREAS BETWEEN MARIETTA AND ROSWELL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck and set a home on fire in the eastern part of the county. The structure was a total loss.
The public reported that two to three trees were blown down.
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: 5531101, 5531102.