2 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 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.
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 Mar 12, 3:07 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 307 PM EST MON MAR 12 2001 MODELS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT IN MOVING THE UPPER LEVEL TROF FROM CENTRAL TO EASTERN U.S. OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. AXIS OF 500 MB TROF PASSES THRU GEORGIA TUESDAY EVENING. NEXT SERIES OF SHORT WAVES LINE UP TO SHIFT UPPER FLOW FLOW QUICKLY BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST BY THURSDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION LATER IN THE WEEK. DEEP LAYED MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA TODAY BUT BEGINS TO THIN FROM THE WEST AFTER 00Z. SEVERE PARAMETERS NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE FOR CWA AT THE MOMENT. SURFACE BASED LIS OF 0 TO -2 OVER CENTRAL AND WEST GEORGIA BY THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT LEND THEMSELVES TO BETTER SEVERE THREAT. ETA LI AND CAPE PROGS INDICATE GREATEST INSTABILITY OVER ALABAMA AND INTO NW GEORGIA BETWEEN 00Z AND 12Z. SO MAY LOOK FOR SOME REDEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT AAS FRONT NEARS. MAX CAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG OVER CENTRAL TENN/N AL BY 06Z NEAR THE COLD FRONT WEAKEN SIGNIFICANTLY BY 12Z TO 200-400 AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO NW GEORGIA. WILL STILL NEED TO KEEP GUARD UP OVERNIGHT FOR POTENTIAL OF SEVERE. IN THE MEANTIME RAIN AMOUNTS OF .50 TO 1.50 INCHES OVER THE AREA HAS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EARLY TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF CWA. COLD FRONT PASSES THRU GEORGIA DURING DAY TUESDAY WITH RAPID DRYING BEHIND IT. MOISTURE RETURNS WITH NEXT SYSTEM BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILL HANG ONTO SLIGHT CHC POPS FOR TUESDAY MORNING OVER MOST OF CWA EXCEPT FOR NW PART. FOR TEMPS...LITTLE COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND FRONT AND WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE WILL SEE TEMPS WARMER TOMORROW THAN TODAY. WONT'T STRAY VERY MUCH FROM GUIDANCE NUMBERS. FCSTID = 22 ATL 54 67 42 68 / 100 20 0 0 AHN 54 69 39 70 / 100 20 0 0 GVL 54 68 40 69 / 100 20 0 0 RMG 50 68 38 66 / 80 10 0 0 CSG 58 74 46 72 / 100 20 0 0 MGCN 59 73 41 72 / 100 20 0 0 .ATL... GA...FFA EARLY TONIGHT MOST OF CWA EXCEPT SOUTHEAST. DH
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-122300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1250 PM EST MON MAR 12 2001 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AND THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO ATLANTA TO WARRENTON... ...HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND LOW AREAS TO BECOME FLOODED BRIEFLY... .SYNOPSIS... A WARM FRONT OVER SOUTH GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS TUESDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARD... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO ATLANTA TO WARRENTON. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE AREA BECOME FLOODED FOR A FEW HOURS. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS A COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. DEW POINTS WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIFTED INDICES WILL RANGE BETWEEN -1 AND -3. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Fayette Daily News reported that lightning struck and set on fire a brick, ranch-style house at 110 Sharon Drive. The fire destroyed a good portion of one end of the house including the attic, kitchen, and the dining room. No one was home at the time and no injuries were reported.
The Floyd county 911 center reported that very heavy rain within a 1 to 2 hour period had resulted in flooding of 2 roads on the north side of Rome and 1 road on the south side of Rome, both rendered impassible by the high water, some 2 feet or greater in depth. In addition, minor flooding of roads was reported throughout the county.
The Upson County Sheriff's Department reported that a Sheriff's Deputy was struck by lightning while on duty at the scene of an accident on the Barnesville Highway, approximately 2 miles northeast of Thomaston. He was still conscious and alert, but reported tingling sensations in his extremities. He was transported to a local hospital.
The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that heavy rain from thunderstorms caused some minor flooding on the basement floor of a church on West County Road. No monetary value of damage was believed to have been sustained since the floor affected was concrete.
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, March 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: 5238874, 5238873, 5238969, 5238970.