1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Sep 7, 2:10 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 310 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE BASE OF A LONG WAVE TROUGH ANCHORED JUST WEST OF THE AREA HAS RESULTED IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION GENERALLY EAST AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MILLEDGEVILLE LINE WHERE THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND HIGHER INSTABILITIES HAVE BEEN POOLED. THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND A BIT OF OROGRAPHIC LIFT HAS RESULTED IN ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. A SECOND SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO TRAVERSE THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...SO THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL LIKELY PERSIST THRU AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SECOND DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST BY SOMETIME FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN ITS WAKE. HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW DECREASING CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES ON FRIDAY...WITH NIL POPS FOR SATURDAY...THEN ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE POP ON SUNDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE THE GFS HINTS AT A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE PUSHING ACROSS FLORIDA. EXPECT STORMS TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY...HOWEVER A FEW WILL BECOME STRONG THIS EVENING WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. OTHERWISE...HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE WARMER MET LOWS TONIGHT WITH CONTINUED CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES...THEN WENT WITH THE MAV NUMBERS REMAINING PERIODS. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED PERIODS. LATEST GFS IS SHOWING A MID AND UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST AND POSSIBLY PRODUCING AN ACTIVE NW FLOW OVER A PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ALTHO RIDGING MAY DOMINATE...WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW A CHANCE POP FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH MUCH UNCERTAINTY. ALTHO...SUSPECT THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA WOULD HAVE BEST RAIN CHANCES. THE GFS SHOWS THE RIDGE DRIVING EASTWARD AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE DIGS IN OVER CENTRAL PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...THEN DRIVES NEWD THRU THURSDAY...WITH WEAK RIDGING NOSING INTO GA FROM THE EAST. ALTHO SEE LITTLE FOCUS HERE...A DEEP/MOIST SELY FLOW ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA WILL WARRANT CHANCE POPS FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 63 82 61 87 / 20 10 5 5 ATLANTA 66 84 63 87 / 20 5 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 62 83 56 86 / 20 10 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 59 86 57 87 / 20 5 5 5 COLUMBUS 68 87 65 89 / 30 10 5 5 GAINESVILLE 62 81 61 85 / 20 10 5 5 MACON 66 85 64 91 / 40 20 10 5 ROME 59 89 58 92 / 20 5 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 63 84 58 86 / 20 10 5 5 VIDALIA 69 83 68 86 / 60 30 20 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 235 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-081015- 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- 235 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT STALLED ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER GEORGIA WILL MOVE EAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. A SECOND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST AND OVER GEORGIA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT STALLED ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA AND INTO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SLIDE NORTH LATER TODAY. IN ADDITION...A PAIR OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...ONE OVER WEST GEORGIA AND THE SECOND OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND WILL PROVIDE A SOURCE OF LIFT AS THEY MOVE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. HOWEVER...WHILE MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN BEGIN TO RETURN...A RELATIVELY STABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE WITH LIFTED INDICES GENERALLY REMAINING ABOVE 0 AND CAPES BELOW 1000. ALSO...DESPITE MID-LEVEL CLOUDINESS...THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL FAIRLY DRY ALOFT. THIS COMBINATION OF FACTORS WILL LIMIT THE ATMOSPHERES ABILITY TO PRODUCE CONVECTION. HOWEVER...AS THE FRONT SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH AND SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE BEST AREAS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO AUGUSTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY EXCEPT SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1300 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 GAZ110-071730- 1300 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN IN TELFAIR COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM EDT... AT 1300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS TELFAIR COUNTY THROUGH 130 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE WORKMORE...JACKSONVILLE...CHINA HILL...MCRAE AND HELENA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 136 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 GAZ110-111-071815- 136 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WORKMORE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WORKMORE...SCOTLAND...TOWNS...JORDAN AND LUMBER CITY. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WORKMORE...SCOTLAND...TOWNS...JORDAN AND LUMBER CITY. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 303 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 GAZ007-013>016-071945- 303 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN PICKENS...DAWSON... LUMPKIN...WHITE AND GILMER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WHITESTONE TO LEAF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR ARE BEING DETECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS PICKENS...DAWSON...LUMPKIN...WHITE AND GILMER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NIMBLEWILL...JUNO...HINTON...GARLAND...BLAINE...TALKING ROCK...JASPER...DAHLONEGA...AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK... WHITESTONE...CLEVELAND...LEAF...SAUTEE...ROBERTSTOWN AND PORTER SPRINGS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 334 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 GAZ012-072015- 334 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER FAIRMOUNT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH MAY OCCUR IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. THIS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. MOTORISTS IN FAIRMONT AND NEARBY AREAS OF GORDON COUNTY SHOULD SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 349 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 GAZ015-072045- 349 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN LUMPKIN COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM NIMBLEWILL TO GARLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN LUMPKIN COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF DAHLONEGA. IN ADDITION... SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS MAY OCCUR...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 15
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:20 UTC.
1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported quarter-sized hail. Some windows were broken in at least one home.
The Rome News Tribune documented two lightning strikes in Floyd county. One was to a home on Spout Springs Road north of Cave Spring and the other was to a telephone pole on the southwest side of Rome near Radio Springs. Monetary damage to the home was not provided. However, the telephone pole was set on fire.
The Rome News Tribune reported that thunderstorm downburst winds blew down a number of trees and caused extensive damage to a home under construction. The home under construction was located on Big Texas Valley Road. The recently erected walls were left flat and stacks of lumber in the yard were scattered about the yard like toothpicks. A nearby trailer in the yard also lost its roof. Trees were down on Horseleg Creek Road and Mt. Alto Road in northwest Rome.
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, September 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: 5533338, 5533340, 5533339.