1 lightning, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Feb 22, 3:30 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 AM EST THU FEB 22 2001 MUCH TO CONSIDER THIS FORECAST PACKAGE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH CURRENT SHOWER/TSTORM ACTIVITY MOVING EAST ACROSS AREA AND WEDGE BUILDING DOWN THE APPALACHIANS INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WAVE OVER ALABAMA PROGGD TO MOVE EAST PULLING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA TODAY. MEANWHILDE WEDGE PUSHING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHILD MAKE IT AS FAR WEST AS ATLANTA...MAKING TEMPERATURE FORECAST A NIGHTMARE...BUT SUSPECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY IN THE WARM SECTOR. WILL PLAY FOR MOSTLY AN OVERRUNNING RAIN EVENT OVER COUNTY WARNING AREA TODAY BUT WILL NEED TO KEEP A MENTION OF TSTORMS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER WEST SECTIONS. MODELS HINTING AT PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING RAPIDLY AFTER 18Z...WITH WEDGE BEGINNING TO BREAK DOWN. THINK WEDGE MAY NOT BREAK UNTIL TONIGHT...BUT WILL CONTINUE CLEARING FORECAST. HIGH PRESSURE OVER COUNTY WARNING AREA FRIDAY WITH A RETURN TO FAIR SKIES AND WARMER TEMPS. SURFACE HIGH GETS PUSHED EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC FRIDAY NIGHT AS NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST FROM CENTRAL PLAINS. EXTENDED PROGGS BRING COLD FRONT ACROSS COUNTY WARNING AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. AVIATION MODEL STILL SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE WORKING EAST AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SO SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTORMS STILL LOOK O.K. FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ATL 56 40 65 45 / 70 0 0 10 AHN 50 39 65 41 / 70 10 0 10 GVL 47 38 65 40 / 70 10 0 10 RMG 55 36 63 40 / 70 0 0 10 CSG 69 44 70 45 / 60 0 0 10 MCN 65 43 68 42 / 70 10 0 10 .ATL... GA...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Canton Cherokee Tribune reported that lightning struck the Costume Cabinet Shop on Industrial Way off Univeter Road causing $300,000 in damage to the structure and its contents.
The public reported nickel size hail.
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, February 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: 5232986, 5232985.