1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 18, 1:30 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 230 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2001 EASTERLY WAVE OFF THE GA/FL COAST WILL MOVE ONSHORE THIS MORNING AND BE CENTERED NEAR TLH BY TONIGHT. MODELS DIFFER ON INTENSITY BY THE TIME IT GETS INTO CENTRAL GA. AVN CONTINUES TO APPEAR OVER DONE WITH THE ETA/NGM APPEARING TOO DRY. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS CENTRAL AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS NORTH. NOT MUCH FLUCTUATION IN THICKNESSES AND AS PER PREVIOUS DISCUSSION TEMPS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER. SHOULD SEE ABOUT SAME AMOUNT OF CLOUDS TODAY AS ON SUNDAY SO WILL GO CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE TODAY AND SLIGHT LOWER ON TUESDAY WITH A FEW MORE CLOUDS AS WAVE SLOWLY PUSHES FURTHER INTO THE CWA. FCSTID = 17 ATL 90 69 89 70 / 0 10 10 20 AHN 90 66 87 67 / 0 10 10 20 GVL 89 66 85 66 / 0 10 20 20 RMG 93 63 90 65 / 0 10 10 20 CSG 93 68 90 69 / 0 0 20 20 MCN 92 66 88 67 / 0 0 20 20 .ATL... GA...NONE. OUR DETAILED COUNTY FORECASTS ARE AVAIABLE AT FOUS52 KFFC OUR AREA FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CITIES IS AVAIABLE AT FLUS42 KFFC
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the kitchen of an apartment complex causing a minor fire in the stove. The only damage sustained was some damage to the wires in the stove.
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, June 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: 5255728.