1 lightning, 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 May 4, 2:08 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 308 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT) SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA AT THE MOMENT AND EXPECT MAIN THREAT TO CONTINUE ACROSS THAT AREA INTO THE EVENING AS FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHEAST FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION. LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW FRONT SAGGING SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT...NEARING A ROME TO GAINESVILLE LINE BY EARLY FRIDAY. AS IT DOES...DEEPER MOISTURE SPREADS ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA...WITH GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS LOOKING GOOD FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY. BOUNDARY CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY...NEARING A COLUMBUS TO AUGUSTA LINE BY DAYS END. DRIER AIR BEGIN TO ADVECT INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS FRIDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT WITH BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER CENTRAL AND EAST SECTIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING. BY SATURDAY MORNING... BOUNDARY APPEARS TO HAVE PUSHED A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH BUT STILL REMAIN SOMEWHERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. WILL GO WITH DRY FORECAST ACROSS THE NORTH SATURDAY...BUT WILL NEED TO KEEP LOW CHANCES POPS ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...MODELS HINT AT OLD BOUNDARY STARTING TO PUSH BACK TO THE NORTH AS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS AND MOVES NORTHEAST...SPREADING DEEPER MOISTURE BACK ACROSS THE NORTH. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) LATEST GFS RUN SHOW BOUNDARY SOMEWHERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SUNDAY AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS EAST AND BEGINS TO WEDGE DOWN THE APPALACHIANS. WITH THIS SCENARIO...SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE A WET AND COOL DAY WITH TEMPS RUNNING SOME 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. MODELS START TO SCOUR WEAK WEDGE SUNDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE LOW AND BOUNDARY CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST. BY MONDAY MORNING...SURFACE LOW PROGGED OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...TAKING BULK OF DEEPER MOISTURE WITH IT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BEHIND IT...BUT WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS NEXT SYSTEM BEGINS TO SPREAD MOISTURE BACK ACROSS OUR AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MODELS SHOW NEXT FRONT APPROACHING/PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY TIME FRAME AND WILL NEED TO KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH THAT PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATLANTA 62 79 58 80 / 30 50 20 10 ATHENS 61 80 58 83 / 20 60 30 10 GAINESVILLE 61 77 56 78 / 30 70 40 10 ROME 62 77 54 81 / 50 80 30 10 COLUMBUS 64 81 61 85 / 20 40 20 20 MACON 61 83 58 86 / 10 40 40 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 AM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051030- 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- 1110 AM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF A CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO GAINESVILLE LINE. .SYNOPSIS... LATE THIS MORNING...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM OHIO ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TODAY. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AHEAD OF A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 80S. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... INSTABILITY WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CAPE VALUES WILL APPROACH 2000 AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES NEAR -3. VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL BE FAIRLY WEAK BUT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO HELP MAINTAIN THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SEVERE LEVELS. ANOTHER LIMITING FACTOR FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE LACK OF A STRONG SURFACE BOUNDARY TO MAINTAIN LIFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ON FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ESPECIALLY AFTER 2 PM ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 248 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 GAZ034-041915- 248 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN GWINNETT COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING EAST 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 SLOWLY TO THE EAST. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 306 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 GAZ036-037-041930- 306 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN OCONEE AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BOGART...MOVING EAST 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 NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY INTO CLARKE COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 440 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 GAZ034-042115- 440 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN SOUTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LILBURN...MOVING EAST 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 SLOWLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF GWINNETT COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SNELLVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 512 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 GAZ034-045-042145- 512 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN DEKALB AND GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM TUCKER TO 10 MILES EAST OF GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS PORTIONS OF DEKALB AND GWINNETT COUNTIES FROM THE TUCKER AREA EAST TO LAWRENCEVILLE...SNELLVILLE AND GRAYSON. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AT A FEW LOCATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE BY 545 PM. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS LIKELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 537 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 GAZ035-042200- 537 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN BARROW COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WINDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES ACROSS BARROW COUNTY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING ON SMALL CREEKS AND IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Barrow County 911 Center reported that a home was struck and set on fire by lightning. The exact damage amount was indeterminable.
The public reported pea to penny-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, 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: 5512756, 5512755.