High Wind, Crisp
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Crisp forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.923, -83.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Georgia, April 3 to 4, 2001
Strong winds on the back side of a dissipating area of rain and thunderstorms combined with rain soaked ground to blow down a number of trees and trees down on power lines across the region. Numerous power outages were reported and some roads were blocked by downed trees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Strong winds on the back side of a dissipating area of rain and thunderstorms combined with rain soaked ground to blow down a number of trees and trees down on power lines across the region. Numerous power outages were reported and some roads were blocked by downed trees.
What forecasters said that day
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 3, 9:55 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 9:55 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1055 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2001 HAVE REMOVED "EVENING" WORDING FROM FORECAST. SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAS PUSHED TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CWA. THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LOOKS LIKE IT IS SINKING SOUTH AND WILL NOT AFFECT OUR AREA. WILL LEAVE ONLY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN ZONES OVERNIGHT. WITH WARM FRONT ACROSS NORTH GA...TEMPERATURES LOOK OKAY. .ATL... GA...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Dodge
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.172, -83.168 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dooly
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dooly forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.157, -83.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Johnson
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.702, -82.660 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Laurens
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Laurens forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.464, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Macon
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Macon forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.358, -84.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Montgomery
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.173, -82.535 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pulaski
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.232, -83.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sumter
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sumter forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.040, -84.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Telfair
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Telfair forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -82.939 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Toombs
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Toombs forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.122, -82.331 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Treutlen
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Treutlen forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.404, -82.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wheeler
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wheeler forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.117, -82.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wilcox
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST to April 4, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wilcox forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.973, -83.432 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, April 3, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, April 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 3, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, April 3, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Alabama, April 3, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2001
Sources
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: 5241012, 5241013, 5241014, 5241015, 5241016, 5241017, 5241018, 5241019, 5241020, 5241021, 5241022, 5241023, 5241024, 5241025.