1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 3, 9:45 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2001
EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE PROBLEMS OCCUR JUST WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED
COMPLICATING FACTORS AS USUAL.
AT ANY RATE...LOTS GOING ON THIS EVENING TO SAY THE LEAST. NEW WW47
TORNADO WATCH JUST ISSUED FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF FFC CWA
AND SOUTHWARD TO FL BORDER. NONETHELESS...MAIN THREAT FOR FFC CWA
HAS NOT BEEN SEVERE WEATHER...BUT HEAVY RAIN. SOME REPORTS OF
CREEKS RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN UPSON COUNTY CAUSING A COUPLE OF
HOMES TO BE EVACUATED.
MAIN AREA OF PCPN MOVING THROUGH WESTERN PART OF CWA NOW...WITH
MAINLY ELEVATED CONVECTION NORTH OF CSG-MCN. MORE SIGNIFICANT
CONVECTION SOUTH OF CSG-MCN...AND EVEN THEN MAINLY SOUTH OF CWA. AS
OF 9 PM...FFC HAS NOT ISSUED ANY SVR/TOR...AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY
WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL REPORTS TO THIS POINT. QUICK LOOK AT MODELS
INDICATES THAT MAIN ACTIVITY WILL MOVE THROUGH CWA BETWEEN NOW AND
09Z...THEN DRY SLOT SHOULD TAKE OVER EXCEPT IN EXTREME NORTH BY 09Z.
WILL ISSUE NEW SET OF ZONES NOW TO GET WATCH OUT. DO NOT PLAN ON
MAKING ANY OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. WILL LET FFA CONTINUE UNTIL
MIDNIGHT AND THEN RE-EVALUATE NEED TO EXTEND FFA FURTHER...WHICH AT
THIS POINT I AM INCLINED NOT TO DO...BUT WILL DECIDE ON THAT LATER.
.ATL...
GA...TORNADO WATCH EXTREME S PORTION OF CWA.
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEST CENTRAL ZONES
GAZ066>067...GAZ069...GAZ078>080...GAZ089>093...GAZ102>104.
RABThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sumter county Sheriff's office reported that trees and power lines were blown down in Americus.
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
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