1 heavy snow, 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 Apr 17, 8:30 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 930 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2001 JUST A QUICK UPDATE TO THE ZONES TO COVER THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SPRINKLES IN THE FAR NORTH BASED ON CURRENT RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS OUT OF TENNESSEE. OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO CURRENT PACKAGE. .ATL... GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES GAZ001>009...GAZ011>016...GAZ019>025...GAZ027...GAZ030>039...GAZ041>0 62...GAZ066>076...GAZ078>086...GAZ089>098...GAZ102>113.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-171700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2001 ...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...BRINGING IN COLD CANADIAN AIR. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD DROP TO NEAR RECORD LOWS...REACHING THE 30S OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TH7ROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A retired Weather Service Specialist reported a light snow shower. This is unusually late in the spring for such an occurrence.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2001
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: 5240920.