1 hail, 1 lightning, 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 Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:57 UTC.
1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported quarter size hail 4 miles north of Waleska, while pea size hail covered the ground about 1 mile north of Waleska.
The Forsyth County News reported that lightning struck a home on Sanders Road on the east side of Cumming setting the attic on fire. The fire was extinguished before the fire spread to other parts of the house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, September 2000
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: 5174356, 5174357.