6 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 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 20, 4:10 AM EST, 10 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 510 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY) SURFACE FRONT LOCATED ACROSS OHIO VALLEY BACK INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTHWARD TODAY. MODELS APPEAR TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH TIMING OF ACTUAL FRONT...BUT WITH GOOD MOISTURE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF FRONT THERE WILL BE INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE PLAINS WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. GFS INDICATING CAPES NEAR 2000 AND WEAK INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THIS SUPPORTS CHANCE POPS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODELS SIMILAR IN MEANDERING FRONT ACROSS FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA EACH DAY AS WEAK IMPULSES MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND STAYED CLOSE THROUGH SHORT TERM...HIGHS TODAY AND MONDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80 TO MID 90S WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING DOWN TUESDAY TO MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR WEST BREAKS DOWN AND THE SURFACE FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY...LINGERING THROUGH THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIODS. FRONT WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 80S AS DEEP MOISTURE NOTED ACROSS THE AREA. && .AVIATION... SMALL AREA OF STRATUS/STRATO CU HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA AS TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES ONSHORE. THIS IS DEPICTED BY THE 925MB RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON THE GFS PRETTY WELL AND HAS IT MOVING NORTHWEST THROUGH SUNRISE THEN DISSIPATES RAPIDLY. THEREFORE DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO REACH MCN. LIGHT FOG WITH VSBYS BETWEEN 1 AND 5 MILES WILL ALSO DISSIPATE SOMEWHAT THIS MORNING. DO EXPECT SOME HAZE TO LINGER AROUND WITH VSBYS AROUND 5 TO 6SM. ANOTHER S/W WILL MOVE OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO NORTH GA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE TAF SITES...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME WILL GO WITH VCTS ALL LOCATIONS AFT 18Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH 06Z. EXPECT FOG/HAZE TO BRING VSBYS DOWN BELOW 5 SM MOST AREAS AFT 06Z TONIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 91 74 89 72 / 30 30 50 40 ATHENS 93 72 91 71 / 30 30 50 30 GAINESVILLE 90 73 91 71 / 40 30 50 50 ROME 94 72 93 74 / 40 30 50 50 COLUMBUS 94 76 92 74 / 30 30 50 30 MACON 93 74 93 73 / 30 30 40 30 PEACHTREE CITY 91 69 90 71 / 30 30 50 40 CARTERSVILLE 90 71 91 71 / 30 30 50 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 522 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-210930- 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- 522 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER SHORT WAVE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WINDS BECOME SOUTHEAST. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 1500 TO 2000 ALONG WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -2 TO -4. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ALOFT REMAIN VERY WARM AND THIS WILL LIMIT THE STRENGTH OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 PM AND 10 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW AND THEREFORE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 305 PM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 GAZ024-201930- 305 PM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN BANKS COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HOMER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS BANKS COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HOMER AND HOLLINGSWORTH. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 308 PM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 GAZ003-004-202000- 308 PM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF COHUTTA TO FORT OGLETHORPE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS WHITFIELD AND CATOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FORT OGLETHORPE...GRAYSVILLE... BOYNTON...INDIAN SPRINGS...COHUTTA...RINGGOLD...KEITH...TUNNEL HILL...VARNELL AND DAWNVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:25 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Department of Public Safety reported that upwards to 10 trees were down scattered about the county, all the result of thunderstorm wind gusts. In addition, a traffic signal, two road signs, and a power pole were also down in the Dalton area.
The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning set a corn field on fire.
The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that strong winds from repeated thunderstorms across the northern part of Floyd county over a one hour period caused damage to trees, a storage building, and one home. At least five trees were down in the northern part of the county, north of Rome. A storage building was heavily damaged as it was blown into a house in Rome and another home sustained significant damage when a large oak tree fell through the roof of the structure. Two nearby vehicles were also damaged. In addition, at least two power lines were also down in the area.
The Athens Daily Herald reported that thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down several trees and power lines across the city. Power was disrupted to about 6,000 residents. Traffic signals were out of service at 10 intersections within the city.
The Peachtree City Police Department reported that lightning struck a home in the Planterra Ridge subdivision setting it on fire and causing damage to the structure.
The Wilkes County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm downburst winds blew some vinyl siding off a home and turned a camper on its side. Pea-sized hail was also observed in the area.
The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a tree on Coosa Valley Road, causing it to split and fall on the road.
The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that four to five trees were blown down across the northwest part of the county, including the northern areas of Columbus.
The public reported that a pine tree was down on Crosstown Road on the south side of Peachtree City.
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: 5531550, 5531551, 5531552, 5531557, 5531554, 5531555, 5531553, 5531556, 5531549.