3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 20, 4:30 AM EST, 9 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISOLATED SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. THIS SHOULD HELP SET OFF BOUNDARIES THAT WILL AID IN TSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALL OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA TODAY. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT...BASED ON PAST 2 NIGHTS WHERE PRECIP HAS LINGERED PAST MIDNIGHT. BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIP FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH MODELS ADVERTISING UPPER RIDGE WEAKENING AND UPPER TROF DEEPENING AND BUILDING SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION. ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION FRIDAY...DRIFTING INTO EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA BY SATURDAY MORNING. MODEL POPS INCREASING INTO THE GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY CATEGORY ACROSS THE NORTH BY SATURDAY AND WILL TREND NUMBERS THAT WAY. LATEST RUN OF MODELS STILL HOLDING ON TO VERY WARM TEMPS TODAY AND FRIDAY...BEFORE A COOL DOWN ON SATURDAY. TEMPS SATURDAY PROGGED TO BE SOME 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED ALREADY THIS WEEK. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) UPPER TROF CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. DURING THE WEEKEND WITH AXIS OF UPPER TROF REMAINING WEST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA INTO MID WEEK. MODELS SIMILAR WITH SURFACE FRONT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH REMNANTS MEANDERING NEAR OR ACROSS THAT AREA INTO WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND WITH GENERALLY CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOPEFULLY IF THIS SCENARIO PLAYS OUT...MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. TEMPS AROUND OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL LOOK TO BE IN THE CARDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... SHOULD BE A DECENT AVIATION DAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING WITH SOME ISOLATED TSRA THIS AFTERNOON. VFR CEILINGS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FEW AREAS OF PATCHY HZ/BR BRINGING VSBYS DOWN TO 4SM TO 6SM BUT SHOULD BURN OFF BY 13-14Z. MAINLY VFR VSBYS EXPECTED. ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS MAINLY OUT OF THE EAST AT 5 TO 10KT ALL DAY. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 95 74 93 72 / 20 20 30 30 ATHENS 98 72 94 71 / 20 20 30 30 GAINESVILLE 95 73 90 70 / 20 20 30 30 ROME 102 74 96 72 / 20 20 30 30 COLUMBUS 98 75 96 75 / 20 20 20 20 MACON 101 73 98 73 / 20 20 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 607 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211015- 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- 607 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. .SYNOPSIS... GEORGIA REMAINS UNDER A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AREA WITH CONTINUED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND HOT DAY TIME TEMPERATURES. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE BEST TIME IS BETWEEN 2PM AND 10PM. .OTHER HAZARDS... THE AIR QUALITY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UNHEALTHY RANGE...CODE RED CONDITIONS...IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EVERYONE...ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN...SHOULD CUT BACK OR RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES. .DISCUSSION... WARM UPPER LEVEL TEMPERATURES...WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY INDICES AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION...SHOULD HELP KEEP ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT BELOW SEVERE LIMITS TODAY. ALTHOUGH THE AIR OVER GEORGIA IS VERY WARM...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME ESPECIALLY UNSTABLE TODAY. CAPES WILL BE BELOW 1000 THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIFTED INDICES IN THE MINUS 1 TO MINUS 2 RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 233 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 GAZ008-201900- 233 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN UNION COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OWLTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT DRIFTS SLOWLY ACROSS CENTRAL UNION COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 301 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 GAZ007-201930- 301 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN GILMER COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PISGAH...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO AFFECT ROY AND CARTECAY AND OTHER AREAS OF EASTERN GILMER COUNTY.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Gilmer County 911 Center reported that a tree was down on a power line.
A wind gust of 55 knots or 63 mph was measured on the Peachtree City ASOS. This was caused by a downburst from a very small, less than 5-mile diameter, thunderstorm.
The Jackson County Sheriff's office estimated thunderstorm wind gusts at 60 mph. The wind gusts caused damage to a deputy's vehicle.
The public reported nickel-sized hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2006
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: 5526583, 5526586, 5526584, 5526585.