Georgia, 2001Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 5, 2001
June 5, 2001 · NWS FFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 5, 2:35 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:35 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
335 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001
ATMOSPHERE SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE THAN PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT WILL
STILL SEE WIDELY SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION LINGERING INTO
THE EVENING ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA. MAY BUMP POPS UP A BIT FROM
NUMBERS LISTED BELOW BY THE TIME I ISSUE ZONES BASED ON LAST MINUTE
RADAR/SATELLITE TRENDS. BEST RAIN CHANCES COME IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES NORTHWEST WITH TROUGH DIGGING
INTO THE EAST COAST. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES IN THURSDAY WITH
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS MOVING IN FOR FRIDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
SHOULD KEEP SCATTERED CONVECTION IN FOR FRIDAY. SATURDAY LOOKS DRY
FOR NOW BUT SOME LINGERING POPS MAY BE NEEDED IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA DEPENDING ON SOUTHERN PUSH OF THE FRONT. NEXT
SURFACE BOUNDARY PUSHES THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED POPS. END OF
THE EXTENDED PERIOD LOOKS DRY.
FCSTID = 20
ATL 67 87 67 80 / 20 50 60 70
AHN 65 87 68 82 / 20 50 60 70
GVL 66 86 68 81 / 20 50 60 70
RMG 67 88 66 81 / 20 50 60 70
CSG 68 88 70 85 / 10 30 40 60
MCN 67 89 -69 86 / 10 30 40 60
.ATL...
GA...NONE.
MSS
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- June 5, 6:11 PM EST to 6:37 PM EST
- Where
- Houston County, Perry
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -83.733
The Houston County Emergency Management Director reported that a tin roof was blown off a building two miles west of Perry and a few limbs were blown off trees in Perry.
- 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.
- Tropical Storm in Texas, June 5 to 10, 200122 deaths · $5.1 billion · 15 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 5 to 7, 20011 death · $735,000 · F1 · 14 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 20011 death · $83,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 14, 2001$13 million · 29 events
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 8, 2001$12 million · 9 events
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 5 to 7, 2001$11 million · 9 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 2001$1.5 million · F1 · 26 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 5 to 6, 2001$500,000 · 50 kt wind · 19 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 2001$50,000 · F0 · 55 events
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 5, 20011 injured · $278,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 5, 2001$106,000 · 9 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 5, 2001$90,000 · 1.5 in hail · 8 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: 5255450.