1 hail, 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 Jul 1, 4:30 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS WESTWARD THROUGH MONDAY. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT AS FAR AS HANDLING WEAK SHORT WAVE THIS EVENING. CONTINUED LOW POPS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...PARTICULARLY THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AS VORT MAX MOVES ACROSS. SOUTHERLY FLOW AT SURFACE WILL INCREASE MOISTURE THROUGH MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE LOW POPS ACROSS NORTH TOMORROW AS UPSLOPE EXPECTED TO ENHANCE CONVECTION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL WITH LOWS NEAR NORMAL THROUGH SHORT TERM. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN TUESDAY AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE WEDNESDAY AND SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHEAST....TO CENTRAL GEORGIA ON THURSDAY AND SOUTH GEORGIA BY EARLY FRIDAY. FRONT WILL ACT AS FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO NORTH GEORGIA BY SATURDAY...WITH LINGERING CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION CONFINED TO AREAS OUTSIDE OF ATL METRO AREA FOR THE MOST PART. COULD SEE AN ISOLD TSRA WITH DIAM LESS THAN 2NM NEAR KATL BUT MOST ORGANIZED ACTIVITY WILL BE 100NM NORTH OF KAHN. ISOLD-SCT TSRA ALSO LIKELY NEAR KCSG. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE AFTER 03Z. HAZE AND FOG SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT TONIGHT THAN PREVIOUS NIGHTS AS SFC TO 925MB WINDS BECOME E THEN SE BY 12Z. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD INCREASE A LITTLE TONIGHT AS WELL. WILL PLAN ON TAKING VSBYS DOWN TO 3-5SM AT MOST SITES EXCEPT KATL WITH TEMPO 1-2SM BETWEEN 10Z-12Z. KATL SHOULD STAY JUST ABOVE 6SM WITH A PERIOD OF 5-6SM FROM 10Z-12Z. AS MENTIONED...SFC WINDS WILL VEER TO SE AT 12Z THEN COULD BECOME MORE SLY AFTER 14Z. GFS GUIDANCE INDICATES SW SFC FLOW BUT PRESSURE GRADIENT INDICATES MORE SLY WINDS LIKELY. FLOW FROM SFC TO 850MB NEARLY DUE SOUTH SO NO MATTER HOW MUCH MIXING WE GET...SHOULD NOT SEE MUCH SW SFC WINDS. ISOLD TSRA AGAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY BETWEEN 18Z-00Z BUT POINT PROBABILITIES (5 TO 10 PCT) TOO LOW TO MENTION IN FORECAST FOR NOW. SNELSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 71 94 72 92 / 10 10 5 10 ATHENS 67 98 70 94 / 10 10 5 10 GAINESVILLE 68 92 72 91 / 20 10 10 10 ROME 66 99 70 95 / 10 10 10 10 COLUMBUS 70 99 74 97 / 10 10 5 10 MACON 67 99 71 97 / 10 10 5 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 554 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-021000- 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- 554 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST WILL CONTINUE TODAY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE AIRMASS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES INCREASING INTO THE 1000 TO 2000 RANGE AND LIFTED INDICES FROM A MINUS ONE TO MINUS 3. HOWEVER...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AT THIS TIME. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NORTH OF A ROME TO CLEVELAND LINE AND BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 PM AND 9 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA SUNDAY...THEN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 718 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 GAZ069-012345- 718 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN UPSON COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ROCK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 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 UPSON COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE THOMASTON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, were received from the public in the Thomaston area. The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail from just southeast to 2 miles north of Thomaston.
The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of trees were down on homes at two different locations, one in downtown Thomaston and another just southeast of Thomaston.
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: 5526525, 5526526.