Georgia, 2001

Winter Storm in Georgia, February 11 to 12, 2001

February 11 to 12, 2001 · NWS FFC · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A weak upper-level disturbance, combined with ample Pacific moisture, traversed the state during the afternoon and nighttime hours. The disturbance was riding over a cold, dry surface air mass north of a nearly stationary front across south Georgia.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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.

A weak upper-level disturbance, combined with ample Pacific moisture, traversed the state during the afternoon and nighttime hours. The disturbance was riding over a cold, dry surface air mass north of a nearly stationary front across south Georgia. While the precipitation initially fell as rain, evaporative cooling caused the precipitation to mix with sleet and freezing rain at times during the afternoon and evening hours. The frozen precipitation was generally confined to areas north and east of a line from Blue Ridge, to Dahlonega, to Homer. Only trace amounts occurred and no road or travel problems were reported.

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 Feb 11, 10:35 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:35 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1035 AM EST SUN FEB 11 2001

WILL NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO GOING FCST. CURRENT TEMPS ARE
RUNNING ABV 00Z NGM MOS GUIDANCE AND CLOSER TO AVN MOS GUIDANCE. NEW
12Z NGM MOS SUPPORTS WARMER GUIDANCE. 1000/850 THCK SCHEME SUPPORTS
WARMER TEMPS...ESPECIALLY SINCE ONLY HI CLOUDS EXPECTED UNTIL LATER
AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...WILL BUMP TEMPS UP ONE TO TWO CATEGORIES MOST
AREAS. WILL ALSO SLOW ONSET OF PRECIP IN EAST UNTIL TOWARD
MIDNIGHT...AS SFC DWPTS IN TEENS ARE NOW PUSHING SW ACROSS
MID-ATLANTIC AS WEDGE SETS IN.  WILL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT A WX ADV
FOR NE OVERNIGHT FOR AFTERNOON PACKAGE.  WILL LIKELY CUT HI% TEMPS
MON MOST AREAS.

NEW ZONES OUT SHORTLY.

.ATL...
GA...NONE.

NOEL

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Banks

When
February 11, 3:07 PM EST to February 12, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Banks forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.354, -83.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Fannin

When
February 11, 3:07 PM EST to February 12, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Fannin forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.864, -84.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Gilmer

When
February 11, 3:07 PM EST to February 12, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Gilmer forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.691, -84.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Lumpkin

When
February 11, 3:07 PM EST to February 12, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Lumpkin forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.572, -84.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Union

When
February 11, 3:07 PM EST to February 12, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Union forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.834, -83.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, White

When
February 11, 3:07 PM EST to February 12, 9:00 AM EST
Where
White forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.646, -83.747 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5238420, 5238421, 5238422, 5238423, 5238424, 5238425.