Georgia, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 2001

June 4, 2001 · NWS TAE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 12:48 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:48 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
145 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001

.CURRENTLY...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE ANIMATION SHOWS GULF COAST SEA
BREEZE MAKING INROADS OVER COASTAL COUNTIES. KEOX/KEVX RADARS
LIGHTING UP W/ SCATTERED CONVECTION ON BACKSIDE CIRCULATION AROUND
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SE GA/NE FL WHERE DEEP LAYER
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY MAXIMIZED. ISOLATED TSTMS POPPING UP OVER ERN
FL PNHDL. STILL EXPECT ADDITIONAL CONVECTION...ALBEIT WIDELY
SCATTERED...TO DEVELOP OVER REMAINDER OF CWFA THRU SUNSET. TEMPS
CONTINUE TO WARM TOWARD FCST MAXIMA W/ UPPER 80S-LOWER 90S. WINDS
WERE SLY AROUND 10 MPH...OCCASIONALLY GUSTY NEAR THE COAST W/ SEA
BREEZE.

.MODELS/PUBLIC FCST...NO MAJOR DIFFERENCES AMONGST THE 12Z MODELS &
HAVE INITIALIZED FEATURES QUITE WELL. IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS...
SHORT WAVE RIDGE REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER TRI-STATE REGION NEXT 48
HRS AS JET STREAM ENERGY REMAINS WELL NORTH OF THE CWFA. ALL MODELS
PICK UP ON ENERGY OVER THE WRN GULF & MOVE IT NWD INTO LOWER MS
VALLEY & NOT FACTOR IN OUR LOCAL WEATHER. AT THE SURFACE...WEAK
EAST-WEST RIDGE FROM ERN GULF ACROSS FL INTO ATLANTIC WILL DRIFT TO
THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 48 TO 60 HRS. SEA BREEZE WILL BE PRIMARY
FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. MEAN 1000-700MB FLOW WILL REMAIN LIGHT S-SE TUESDAY WHICH
FAVORS HIGHEST POPS OVER WRN ZONES...THEN TRANSITION TO MODERATE
S-SW WEDNESDAY WHICH FAVORS GOOD CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA.
MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE GOOD THERMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY (MAX SBCAPES
RANGE FROM 1500-2500 J/KG & LIFTED INDICES -4 TO -6) EACH AFTN &
CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONG STORMS. BELIEVE FWC POPS A CATEGORY LOW
& LEANED TOWARD MAV. FOLLOWED FWC TEMPS CLOSELY.

.FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AS AFTN RH/S CONTINUE WELL ABOVE MINIMUM
THRESHOLD.

.MARINE...GENERALLY LIGHT-MODERATE SELY FLOW THRU TUESDAY NIGHT...
VEERING TO SLY MID-WEEK...THEN INCREASING FROM SW THURSDAY AHEAD OF
COLD FRONT. SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS & SEAS NOTED OVER WRN LEGS. NO
HIGHLIGHTS.

.EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE ON DEVELOPING DEEP UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE ERN CONUS & COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE FRIDAY. BEST RAIN
CHANCES THURSDAY & EARLY FRIDAY. THEREAFTER...ONLY ISOLATED
AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CONVECTION EXPECTED. SLIGHT COOLING NOTED
SATURDAY BEFORE GRADUAL WARMUP AGAIN SUNDAY & MONDAY.

.PRELIM CCF...
TLHd BT 072/092 072/090 2325
PFN ET 075/087 076/085 2425
DHN ET 073/089 073/087 2425
ABY BT 070/091 071/089 2325
VLD BT 070/093 071/090 2325 08

.TLH...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Terrell

When
June 4, 4:45 PM EST to 5:10 PM EST
Where
Terrell County, Sasser
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
31.717, -84.350

Several downed trees on vehicles and homes. Reported by local media.

Hail, Irwin

When
June 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Irwin County, Irwinville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
31.650, -83.383

Dime size hail. Reported by the Irwin County EMA.

What these are

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.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5251188, 5251189.