Georgia, 2001Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 25 to 27, 2001
June 25 to 27, 2001 · NWS FFC · 30 events in 21 counties and zones
22 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 30
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 25, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
945 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001
OVERALL LITTLE CHANGE.
MODELS DID NOT INITIALIZE POSITION OF UPPER LOW WELL. THEY HAVE BEEN
TOO FAR WEST, BUT TRENDS IN RIGHT DIRECTION. APPEARS VORT ROTATING
AROUND LOW SO THIS MAY BE SOURCE OF PROBLEM.
ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST ALL NIGHT AND SOME LOW LEVEL ALREADY
DEVELOPING SOUTH TO ATL AND MCN. GA IS OUT LOOKED FOR SLIGHT CHANCE,
THIS SEEMS REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF 12Z FFC SOUNDING.
AT SURFACE HIGH TO NORTH AND TROF FROM SSI TO ANB. BOTH FEATURES
WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH SURFACE TROF AND UPPER LOW BEING FOCUS OF
ACTIVITY.
TEMPERATURES. WILL WAIT UNTIL PRESS TIME TO DECIDE ON, BUT LOOK A
LITTLE TOO WARM. OVER NORTH.
.ATL...
GA...NONE.
OUR DETAILED COUNTY FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT FOUS52 KFFC
OUR AREA FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CITIES IS
AVAILABLE AT FLUS42 KFFC
Event by event
22 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gilmer
- When
- June 25, 12:25 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer County, 7 mi WSW of Roosevelt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -84.600
The public reported dime size hail on U.S. Highway 76/Georgia Highway 282 at the Ridgeway Church next to the Murray County line.
Hail, Whitfield
- When
- June 25, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Whitfield County, 2 mi E of Dalton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.767, -84.917
A storm spotter reported dime size hail.
Hail, Bartow
- When
- June 25, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Bartow County, Cartersville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.167, -84.800
An amateur radio operator reported nickel size hail in Cartersville.
Hail, Bartow
- When
- June 25, 2:42 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bartow County, Cartersville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.167, -84.800
The public reported dime to quarter size hail from Cartersville to Emerson.
Lightning, Carroll
- When
- June 25, 3:06 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Roopville
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.583, -85.080 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Roopville Fire Department reported that lightning struck a house and knocked some of the bricks off the chimney.
Hail, Catoosa
- When
- June 25, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Catoosa County, 4 mi SE of Ringgold
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.883, -85.067
The public reported quarter size hail near Sugartown.
Hail, Cobb
- When
- June 25, 3:25 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Cobb County, Kennesaw
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.017, -84.617
The public reported quarter size hail.
Hail, Walker
- When
- June 25, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Walker County, Naomi
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.683, -85.200
A storm spotter reported dime size hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- June 25, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, 6 mi NNE of Atlanta
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -84.367
The observer from the Hartsfield International Airport, while off duty, reported that a large tree was blown down in Buckhead at the intersection of Peachtree and Collier streets. This in turn brought down 3 power poles resulting in the closure of both streets for several hours and the temporary loss of electricity to 3000 people in the neighboring area.
Hail, Wilkinson
- When
- June 25, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkinson County, Mc Intyre
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -83.200
The Wilkinson County 911 center reported dime, to quarter, to half-dollar size hail.
Hail, Cobb
- When
- June 26, 2:15 PM EST to 2:27 PM EST
- Where
- Cobb County, Powder Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -84.667
The public reported dime to quarter size hail.
Hail, Pickens
- When
- June 26, 6:13 PM EST
- Where
- Pickens County, Nelson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.383, -84.367
The public reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 26, 6:13 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Ball Ground
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.333, -84.383
The public reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Gilmer
- When
- June 26, 6:29 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer County, Cherrylog
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.783, -84.383
The public reported dime size hail.
Hail, Dade
- When
- June 26, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Dade County, Trenton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.867, -85.500
The Dade County 911 center reported dime size hail.
Hail, Murray
- When
- June 26, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Murray County, 4 mi S of Chatsworth
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.717, -84.767
An amateur radio operator reported quarter size hail near the intersection of U.S. Highway 411 and U.S. Highway 76.
Flood, Murray
- When
- June 26, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Murray County, 4 mi S of Chatsworth
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.788, -84.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An amateur radio operator reported that U.S. Highway 411/Georgia Highway 61 was flooded near the U.S. Highway 411/U.S. Highway 76 split south of Chatsworth.
Hail, Jasper
- When
- June 27, 2:15 PM EST to 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Jasper County, Monticello
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -83.683
A storm spotter and the Jasper County 911 center reported dime to nickel size hail from Monticello to just north of Monticello.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- June 27, 2:15 PM EST to 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Jasper County, 1 mi N of Monticello
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.317, -83.683
A storm spotter estimated winds at 60 mph. However, no damage was reported.
Hail, Jasper
- When
- June 27, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Jasper County, Hillsboro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.183, -83.650
The Jasper County 911 center reported dime size hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- June 27, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Willard
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -83.483
The Putnam County 911 center reported that nine trees were blown down in the western portion of the county, five on Georgia Highway 16 between Willard and Eatonton, five on Georgia Highway 142 near Willard, and two on U.S. Highway 441 near Eatonton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- June 27, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Flat Rock
- Property damage
- $250
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.322, -83.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The local Fire Department reported that one tree was blown down.
Hail, Peach
- When
- June 27, 6:10 PM EST to 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Peach County, Byron
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -83.750
The public reported quarter size hail.
Hail, Bibb
- When
- June 27, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Bibb County, Macon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.817, -83.650
The public reported quarter size hail in Macon.
Hail, Gwinnett
- When
- June 27, 7:15 PM EST to 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Gwinnett County, Buford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.117, -84.000
The public reported dime size hail.
Hail, Hall
- When
- June 27, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Hall County, Lula
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.383, -83.667
The Gainesville police department relayed a report of half-dollar size hail.
Flood, Hall
- When
- June 27, 7:25 PM EST to 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Hall County, Gainesville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.317, -83.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Gainesville police reported that several streets were flooded in Gainesville.
Hail, Sumter
- When
- June 27, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, Americus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.067, -84.233
The Sumter County Emergency Management Director reported dime size hail.
Hail, Banks
- When
- June 27, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Banks County, 5 mi WNW of Silver Shoal
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.383, -83.600
The Banks County 911 center reported dime size hail at Wilson Shoals.
Thunderstorm Wind, Banks
- When
- June 27, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Banks County, 5 mi WNW of Silver Shoal
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.383, -83.600
The Banks County 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down at Wilson Shoals.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 25, 20011 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 25, 20015 injured · 1 event
- Flood in Texas, June 25, 2001$30,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, June 25, 2001$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 25, 2001$26,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 25, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 25, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 25, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 25, 20011 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 25, 2001$14,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 25, 20011.5 in hail · 8 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 25 to 27, 20016 events
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: 5256018, 5256025, 5256023, 5256024, 5256019, 5256020, 5256021, 5256022, 5256026, 5256027, 5256028, 5256029, 5256112, 5256030, 5256031, 5256098, 5256099, 5256100, 5256101, 5256102, 5256103, 5256113, 5256105, 5256104, 5256106, 5256107, 5256108, 5256111, 5256109, 5256110.