Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 21, 10:50 AM EST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Alamo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -82.783
The Alamo Police Department reported dime size hail.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 21, 2001
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 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 Jun 21, 2:10 AM EST, 8 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:10 AM EST, 8 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 310 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY...NEARING GEORGIA-TENNESSEE BORDER TONIGHT. FRONT PUSHES INTO NORTH GEORGIA FRIDAY...NEARING AN ATHENS TO LAGRANGE LINE BY THE END OF THE DAY. FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA FRIDAY NIGHT WITH BOUNDAY MOVING SOUTH OF COUNTY WARNING AREA SATURDAY MORNING. CURRENT FORECAST TREND WITH CHANCE POPS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ALL AREAS LOOK GOOD. PRECIP CHANCES CONFINED TO MAINLY CENTRAL SECTIONS SATURDAY. EXTENDED PROGGS BUILD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST STATES BEHIND FRONT SUNDAY/MONDAY. THE HIGH PUSHES OFF SHORE WITH MOISTURE RETURNING AND CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. FCSTID = 49 ATL 86 68 82 65 / 30 40 50 30 AHN 87 67 83 65 / 30 40 50 40 GVL 86 66 82 65 / 30 40 50 40 RMG 89 67 80 63 / 30 40 50 20 CSG 90 70 87 68 / 40 30 40 40 MCN 90 68 86 68 / 40 30 40 40 .ATL... GA...NONE. OUR DETAILED COUNTY FORECASTS ARE AVAIABLE AT FOUS52 KFFC OUR AREA FORECAST FOR NORGTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CITIES IS AVAIABLE AT FLUS42 KFFC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:00 AM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTH GEORGIA... ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT OVER THE MID U.S. WILL MOVE TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT... .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DISCUSSION... A MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. AS DAYTIME TEMPERATURES INCREASE...THE AIRMASS WILL BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. LIFTED INDICES ARE FORECAST IN THE MINUS 2 TO MINUS 5 RANGE WITH CAPES OF 1000 TO 1500. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE NEEDED. && FOR THE GRANPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. BDL
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- June 21, 11:20 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Mt Vernon
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.167, -82.600
The Mt Vernon Police Department reported that trees were down.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 21, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 5255725, 5255726.