1 lightning, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 6, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 300 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001 MODELS CONSISTENT IN SHOWING UPPER FLOW BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY THURSDAY WITH SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES ZIPPING ACROSS THE REGION. REMAINS OF ALLISON REMAIN OVER EAST TEXAS BUT GENEROUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE GET TRANSPORTED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT PROGGED TO MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA LATE THURSDAY. FRONT SLOWS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY FRIDAY AND BEGINS WASHING OUT. DRIER AIRMASS SLOWLY FILTERS IN BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHIFTS EAST WITH TROUGH AXIS. WILL KEEP SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY WHERE MARGINAL MOISTURE REMAINS...BUT IF COLD FRONT PUSHES FAR ENOUGH SOUTH BY SATURDAY EVEN FAR SOUTH PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY BE DRY. THE REST OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS DRY UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WHEN SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW AT THE SURFACE INCREASES MOISTURE ENOUGH FOR SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION. A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT ANY REGION FOR HEAVY RAIN NEXT 48 HOURS...WITH SPEED AND TIMING OF THE FRONT AND BEST MOISTURE STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER THIS WILL NEED CLOSE WATCHING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FCSTID = 20 ATL 69 83 68 80 / 30 60 70 50 AHN 67 83 68 81 / 30 60 70 50 GVL 68 82 68 80 / 30 60 70 50 RMG 68 82 B67 80 / 30 60 70 50 CSG 71 84 71 83 / 20 50 60 60 MCN 70 86 70 82 / 20 50 60 60 .ATL... GA...NONE. MSS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Marietta Daily Journal reported that lightning struck and ignited a home on Oakdale road. The home was completely destroyed by the ensuing fire.
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency relayed a report of flooding on a local Canton road. The road was said to have been under three feet of water and a nearby hotel had to be evacuated. No monetary damage value was provided.
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: 5255452, 5255451.