3 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 Jun 24, 4:22 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 522 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) STALLED FRONT NORTH AND WEST OF FORECAST AREA CONTINUES TO ACT AS FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. GFS AND NAM BOTH INDICATING BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY NORTH OF A CARROLLTON TO ATHENS LINE. ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN SLOW TO DESTABILIZE TODAY...BUT SHOULD START TO SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BASED UPON LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY. 12Z SOUNDING AT FFC INDICATING 5 DEGREE WARMER AT H50 THIS MORNING COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT STORM COVERAGE WILL NOT BE AS MUCH AS YESTERDAY AND THEY WILL DISSIPATE EARLIER THIS EVENING. HAVE GONE WITH SCATTERED POPS OVER NORTH GEORGIA WITH ISOLATED OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS. TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES NORTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA BY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE...AND LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW AND INTO MONDAY ACROSS EAST GEORGIA. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR EASTERN...AND ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST MOUNTAIN...AREAS FOR POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. WILL HOLD OFF ON FLOOD OUTLOOK AT THIS TIME AND LET LATER SHIFTS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE PUSHES SURFACE FRONT EAST OF FORECAST AREA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY WITH DRIER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GFS BACKING OFF TROUGH ON THURSDAY...MORE IN LINE WITH CANADIAN NOW. HAVE DROPPED POPS TO ISOLATED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THAT TIME FRAME...OTHERWISE NO CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED AS SURFACE FRONT STALLS NORTH AND WEST OF FORECAST AREA BY THE END OF EXTENDED PERIODS. && .AVIATION... STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE STRETCHING BACK ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA HAS KEPT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OUT OF NORTHERN GEORGIA. A WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA IS PROVIDING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE CSG AIRPORT BUT SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA STILL REMAINS BUT SHOULD STAY ISOLATED THEREFORE ONLY WARRANTING A VCTS. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND FOR THE MOST PART NEAR EAST AT AROUND 5 KTS. THE GFS SLOWLY MOVES THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST BY DAYBREAK WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE CEILINGS BROKEN WITH SCT CLOUDS AROUND 5K FT. LIGHT FOG SHOULD REDUCE VSBYS TO 4-5SM AROUND DAYBREAK. AS THE BOUNDARY APPROACHES NORTH GA TOMORROW AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 70 85 70 81 / 30 70 50 50 ATHENS 68 86 69 82 / 40 70 60 60 GAINESVILLE 68 83 67 78 / 40 70 60 70 ROME 71 89 69 86 / 30 70 50 50 COLUMBUS 74 90 72 86 / 20 60 50 50 MACON 70 90 72 86 / 20 60 60 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 12/22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 539 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-251030- 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- 539 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT HAS WEAKENED AND A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PREVAILS OVER THE SOUTHEAST. A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE STRETCHING BACK THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...HELPING TO KEEP THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT ONLY ISOLATED. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH. THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION FOR THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP SHOULD BE WEST OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM BLAIRSVILLE TO ATLANTA TO AMERICUS. .DISCUSSION... THE AIR MASS WILL BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. CAPES WILL RANGE FROM 1000 TO 2000...AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM MINUS 3 TO MINUS 4. AFTERNOON HEATING AND THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL HELP TO TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 22
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 549 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 GAZ001-002-242230- 549 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN DADE AND WESTERN WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF RISING FAWN IN SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY...DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 GAZ002-003-242300- 630 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN WALKER AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROCK SPRING TO LA FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 637 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 GAZ004-242315- 637 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF ROCK SPRING...TO VILLNOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WHITFIELD COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TUNNEL HILL...ROCKY FACE...DALTON...AND VARNELL. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
3 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that two to three trees and one power line were blown down by thunderstorm winds in the north part of the county between Armurchee and Shannon.
The Times Herald of Newnan reported that a tree fell on the Breakaway Child Care building on Washington Street as a result of a lightning strike. In another incident, lightning struck and set a home on fire on U.S. Highway 29 North. Minor power outages were also reported in the area as a result of lightning strikes.
The Chatsworth Times reported that lightning strikes from repeated thunderstorms across the area during the evening hours caused damage at several locations. The most substantial damage was to a home on Green Road in Chatsworth. The lightning put a hole through a brick wall and set the insulation in the attic on fire. Elsewhere in the county, two trailers were set on fire by lightning, neither was completely destroyed, but both suffered considerable interior damage. Lightning also set a electrical transformer on fire at the Murray County High School.
The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported that a lightning strike to a home in the Keithburg Community resulted in a fire causing significant damage to the structure.
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: 5513697, 5513699, 5513700, 5513698.