12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 26, 12:58 AM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 158 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN WITH MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE MESO-SCALE. HOWEVER IT APPEARS NEITHER ARE PICKING UP ON THE MCS OVER TN/KY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY REACH THE GEORGIA BORDER BEFORE DAYBREAK AND SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. THE TREND SHOULD BE WEAKENING AFTER SUNRISE...HOWEVER THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. IT IS THIS OUTFLOW THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE CWA. CAPES AND LIS GO VERY UNSTABLE AND COULD SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF I-20...AND INTO TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN CWA. WILL MENTION SEVERE IN THE FORECAST AND WILL ALSO MENTION HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AS K INDEX WILL VALUES PROGGED AT 35 TO 40...AND WE HAVE THE DEW POINTS WELL INTO THE 60S TO AID IN THIS. FOR SATURDAY...MOISTURE LINGERS AND A LEE SIDE TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CWA AS WELL AS THE LINGERING SHORT WAVE WHICH GETS CAUGHT UNDER THE BUILDING HIGH. WITH DAYTIME HEATING...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. BY SUNDAY THE H5 RIDGE IS FIRMLY IN PLACE FROM GA TO NY AND WE STILL HAVE THE LINGERING MOISTURE OVER THE CWA. DAYTIME HEATING WILL PLAY MORE OF A ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT...AND MAINLY ALONG LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. WILL BROAD BRUSH POPS SUNDAY. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK GOOD...POSSIBLY TOO COOL FOR HIGHS AS MAX TEMPS HAVE BEEN RUNNING A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN GUIDANCE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THAT. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) H5 RIDGE SLOWLY WEAKENS THROUGH THE LONG TERM LEAVING GEORGIA IN A VERY WEAK UPPER FLOW. THE MOISTURE FROM THIS WEEKENDS SYSTEM WILL PUSH WEST TO ALABAMA...AND THEN GRADUALLY WORK ITS WAY BACK TO GEORGIA. DAYTIME HEATING WILL BE THE BIGGEST PLAYER IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN OTHER WORDS SUMMER CLIMATOLOGY FOR GEORGIA WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 89 70 90 70 / 50 40 30 20 ATHENS 92 67 92 67 / 50 30 30 20 GAINESVILLE 87 67 87 67 / 50 30 30 20 ROME 93 68 92 67 / 50 40 30 20 COLUMBUS 94 72 92 72 / 20 40 30 20 MACON 94 70 93 69 / 30 40 30 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 837 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-261000- 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- 837 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO OHIO VALLEY WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FRIDAY AS A SECONDARY AND SLIGHTLY STRONGER UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. DESPITE WEAK DYNAMICS...A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. FOR THE PERIOD SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE AND SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
845 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM HAIL 4 E CHESTATEE 34.29N 83.93W
05/25/2006 E0.88 INCH FORSYTH GA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. HAIL OCCURED
FOR AT LEAST THREE MINUTES.
0220 PM HAIL GAINESVILLE 34.29N 83.83W
05/25/2006 E0.88 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
0227 PM HAIL FLOWERY BRANCH 34.19N 83.92W
05/25/2006 E1.00 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
0230 PM HAIL HELEN 34.70N 83.72W
05/25/2006 E1.00 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL WHICH OCCURED FOR
ATLEAST FIFTEEN MINUTES.
0232 PM HAIL FLOWERY BRANCH 34.19N 83.92W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0240 PM HAIL ELLIJAY 34.69N 84.48W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH GILMER GA PUBLIC
UP TO AND INCLUDING DIME SIZE HAIL.
0305 PM HAIL OAKMAN 34.57N 84.71W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH GORDON GA PUBLIC
0315 PM HAIL CHERRY LOG 34.78N 84.39W
05/25/2006 E1.00 INCH GILMER GA PUBLIC
0354 PM TORNADO BALL GROUND 34.34N 84.38W
05/25/2006 CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR BALL GROUND CROSSING
INTERSTATE 575. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
0400 PM HAIL DANIELSVILLE 34.12N 83.22W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0400 PM HAIL CLEVELAND 34.60N 83.76W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
0400 PM HAIL 3 NE BALL GROUND 34.37N 84.34W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0415 PM HAIL DAHLONEGA 34.54N 83.98W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA PUBLIC
0420 PM HAIL ACWORTH 34.06N 84.68W
05/25/2006 E1.00 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0420 PM HAIL 4 W WOODSTOCK 34.10N 84.58W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE GA PUBLIC
0425 PM HAIL MURRAYVILLE 34.42N 83.91W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0430 PM HAIL CUMMING 34.21N 84.14W
05/25/2006 E0.25 INCH FORSYTH GA PUBLIC
0500 PM HAIL 4 NE FLOWERY BRANCH 34.23N 83.87W
05/25/2006 E0.25 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0505 PM HAIL CUMMING 34.21N 84.14W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH FORSYTH GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0505 PM HAIL NORCROSS 33.94N 84.21W
05/25/2006 E0.25 INCH GWINNETT GA PUBLIC
0515 PM HAIL HOLLY SPRINGS 34.17N 84.50W
05/25/2006 E0.25 INCH CHEROKEE GA PUBLIC
0520 PM HAIL BUFORD 34.12N 84.00W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH GWINNETT GA PUBLIC
0535 PM HAIL LAWRENCEVILLE 33.95N 83.99W
05/25/2006 E1.50 INCH GWINNETT GA PUBLIC
0630 PM HAIL 1 S LOGANVILLE 33.82N 83.90W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH WALTON GA PUBLIC
0633 PM HAIL MARIETTA 33.95N 84.54W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0710 PM HAIL ROSWELL 34.04N 84.36W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH FULTON GA PUBLIC
&&
SNSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 905 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 GAZ105-260130- 905 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN DOOLY COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 859 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINEHURST...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT PINEHURST.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1240 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM HAIL 4 E CHESTATEE 34.29N 83.93W
05/25/2006 E0.88 INCH FORSYTH GA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. HAIL OCCURED
FOR AT LEAST THREE MINUTES.
0220 PM HAIL GAINESVILLE 34.29N 83.83W
05/25/2006 E0.88 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
0227 PM HAIL FLOWERY BRANCH 34.19N 83.92W
05/25/2006 E1.00 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
0230 PM HAIL HELEN 34.70N 83.72W
05/25/2006 E1.00 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL WHICH OCCURED FOR
ATLEAST FIFTEEN MINUTES.
0232 PM HAIL FLOWERY BRANCH 34.19N 83.92W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0240 PM HAIL ELLIJAY 34.69N 84.48W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH GILMER GA PUBLIC
UP TO AND INCLUDING DIME SIZE HAIL.
0305 PM HAIL OAKMAN 34.57N 84.71W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH GORDON GA PUBLIC
0315 PM HAIL CHERRY LOG 34.78N 84.39W
05/25/2006 E1.00 INCH GILMER GA PUBLIC
0354 PM TORNADO BALL GROUND 34.34N 84.38W
05/25/2006 CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR BALL GROUND CROSSING
INTERSTATE 575. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
0400 PM HAIL 3 NE BALL GROUND 34.37N 84.34W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
0400 PM HAIL CLEVELAND 34.60N 83.76W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH WHITE GA PUBLIC
0400 PM HAIL DANIELSVILLE 34.12N 83.22W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0415 PM HAIL DAHLONEGA 34.54N 83.98W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH LUMPKIN GA PUBLIC
0420 PM HAIL 4 W WOODSTOCK 34.10N 84.58W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE GA PUBLIC
0420 PM HAIL ACWORTH 34.06N 84.68W
05/25/2006 E1.00 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0425 PM HAIL MURRAYVILLE 34.42N 83.91W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0430 PM LIGHTNING WOODSTOCK 34.10N 84.51W
05/25/2006 CHEROKEE GA BROADCAST MEDIA
LIGHTNING STRUCK AND SET A LARGE HOME ON FIRE IN THE
WOODSTOCK AREA NEAR I-75. THE RESULTING FIRE CAUSED
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND PART OF THE SECOND
FLOOR OF THE HOME.
0430 PM HAIL CUMMING 34.21N 84.14W
05/25/2006 E0.25 INCH FORSYTH GA PUBLIC
0500 PM HAIL 4 NE FLOWERY BRANCH 34.23N 83.87W
05/25/2006 E0.25 INCH HALL GA PUBLIC
0505 PM HAIL NORCROSS 33.94N 84.21W
05/25/2006 E0.25 INCH GWINNETT GA PUBLIC
0505 PM HAIL CUMMING 34.21N 84.14W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH FORSYTH GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0515 PM HAIL HOLLY SPRINGS 34.17N 84.50W
05/25/2006 E0.25 INCH CHEROKEE GA PUBLIC
0520 PM HAIL BUFORD 34.12N 84.00W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH GWINNETT GA PUBLIC
0535 PM HAIL LAWRENCEVILLE 33.95N 83.99W
05/25/2006 E1.50 INCH GWINNETT GA PUBLIC
0630 PM HAIL 1 S LOGANVILLE 33.82N 83.90W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH WALTON GA PUBLIC
0633 PM HAIL MARIETTA 33.95N 84.54W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH COBB GA PUBLIC
0710 PM HAIL ROSWELL 34.04N 84.36W
05/25/2006 E0.75 INCH FULTON GA PUBLIC
&&
RABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 220 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 GAZ034-045-260645- 220 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN DEKALB AND GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM EDT... AT 212 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PANTHERSVILLE...IN SOUTHWEST DEKALB COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REACH SOUTHWEST GWINNETT COUNTY BY 240 AM.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:45 UTC.
12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down onto a home causing damage to the structure.
The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home in the Lithonia area. No significant damage was reported from the incident.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The Dade County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail in Trenton and the Cloudland State Park area east of Trenton.
The Walker County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail in the Rossville area toward Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa county.
The public reported penny-sized hail.
The public reported quarter-sized hail in the Cohutta area. The Cohutta Fire Department reported penny-sized hail in Cohutta. The public also estimated that wind gusts were near 60 mph, but only a few limbs were blown down.
The public reported that two trees were down on Georgia Highway 2 near the Whitfield county line and the community of Beaverdale while two more trees were reported down in Crandall.
The public observed penny-sized hail.
The public reported golf ball-sized hail seven miles northwest of Watkinsville or two miles north-northwest of Eastville. The Oconee County Sheriff observed penny-sized hail near Bogart.
The public measured a wind gusts of 59 mph two miles north-northwest of Eastville or seven miles northwest of Watkinsville on a home weather station. The Oconee County Emergency Management Director reported observing a funnel cloud which tracked along U.S. Highway 78 between Mars Hill Road and Georgia Highway 10, which loops around Athens. A couple of trees were blown down in the area south of Bogart, but damage was inconsistent with that of a tornado. It is more likely that a small microburst or downburst occurred in this area.
The Bartow County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
Nickel-sized hail was observed at a convenience store in southwest Chattooga county.
The public reported quarter-sized hail, which last for at least 10 minutes at a given location.
The public reported quarter-sized hail in Coosa and also about halfway between Cave Spring and Coosa, or about six miles north of Cave Spring. Golf ball-sized hail was reported six miles northeast of Cave Spring, or about halfway between Cave Spring and Lindale. Only pea-sized hail was observed in Rome.
Several reports of penny, and in one instance nickel-sized hail, were received from the public.
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, May 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: 5513484, 5513485, 5513486, 5513487, 5513488, 5512171, 5513489, 5513490, 5513491, 5513493, 5513494, 5512167, 5512168, 5512169, 5513492, 5512170.