Tornado and Hail in Georgia, November 24 to 25, 2001

Name: Tornado and Hail in Georgia, November 24 to 25, 2001
Start: 2001-11-24T16:00
End: 2001-11-25T02:30
Location: Georgia

November 24 to 25, 2001 · NWS FFC · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $83,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 Nov 24, 11:30 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 11:30 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2001

UPDATING FORECAST MAINLY TO CLEAN UP SOME WORDING AND WILL INCLUDE
MENTION OF SEVERE NORTHWEST PART OF CWA. ALTHOUGH SYSTEM MS AND AL
FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHEAST DURING DAY IT LOOKS LIKE ENOUGH DYNAMICS
AND INSTABILITY COULD WORK INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE IN DAY INTO
EVENING THAT POTENTIAL EXIST FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG
WINDS AND HAIL MOST LIKELY THREAT. OTHERWISE AM RAISING TEMPS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE BREAK IN CLOUDS ESPECIALLY ATL-AHN SOUTH. AFTERNOON
HIGHS COULD REACH THE UPPER 70S IN PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA BASED ON
LOW LEVEL THICKNESS FORECAST AND SUNSHINE.

.ATL...
GA...NONE.

OUR DETAILED COUNTY FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT FOUS52 KFFC. OUR AREA
FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CITIES IS AVAILABLE AT FLUS42
KFFC.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 10:55 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-242200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1055 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2001

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS
EVENING INTO EARLY TONIGHT...

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND GEORGIA
TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...EXPECT INCREASING INSTABILITY AND
MOISTURE. THIS WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO GEORGIA
TONIGHT...THEREFORE...ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED
TO THE NORTHWEST PARTS OF GEORGIA.

.PRIMARY HAZARD...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST
GEORGIA...ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AFTER 4 PM. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING
DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO DALLAS...TO CANTON...TO
BLAIRSVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4
PM AND 1 AM.

.DISCUSSION...
INCREASING MOISTURE...WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS RISING INTO THE
60S...WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS ALOFT THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST
GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
STRONG...GUSTY WINDS. THE LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE MARGINAL
INSTABILITY...WITH CAPES BELOW 1000 AND LIFTED INDICIES OF ZERO TO
MINUS 2. IN ADDITION...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT
ARRIVES IN GEORGIA.

.FOR SPOTTERS...
SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION...THIS EVENING.

&&
FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER
INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 2:47 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-250245-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
247 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2001

...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN WEST AND NORTH GEORGIA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT...

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND GEORGIA
TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...EXPECT INCREASING INSTABILITY AND
MOISTURE. THIS WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO GEORGIA
TONIGHT...THEREFORE...ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED
TO THE WEST AND NORTH PARTS OF GEORGIA.

.PRIMARY HAZARD...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN WEST AND NORTH
GEORGIA...ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING
DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO THE INCREASING WINDS ALOFT...A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN FAR WEST GEORGIA.
THE MAIN THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM FRANKLIN...TO DOUGLASVILLE...TO CANTON...TO BLUE RIDGE.

.DISCUSSION...
INCREASING MOISTURE...WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS RISING INTO THE
60S...WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS ALOFT THIS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN WEST AND NORTH GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. HELICITY...OR THE AMOUNT
OF TURNING MOTION IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SHOULD RISE TO AROUND
250 OR 300. THE LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE MARGINAL INSTABILITY...WITH
CAPES TO AROUND 1000 AND LIFTED INDICIES OF ZERO TO MINUS 2. IN
ADDITION...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT ARRIVES IN
GEORGIA.

.FOR SPOTTERS...
SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ACTIVATED IN WEST AND NORTH GEORGIA. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&
FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER
INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Dade

When: November 24, 4:00 PM EST to 4:05 PM EST
Where: Dade County, Rising Fawn
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.750, -85.517

The public reported nickel size hail.

Tornado, Dade

When: November 24, 4:06 PM EST to 4:08 PM EST
Where: Dade County, 1 mi WNW of Head River
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 528 yd
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.650, -85.500

A survey conducted by the Dade county Emergency Manager and officials from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported that a strong F0 to weak F1 tornado touched down just northwest of Head River in the extreme southern part of the county. The tornado developed from a thunderstorm that initially developed in northeast Alabama. It appeared that several brief touchdowns occurred in a path approximately 1.5 miles long with a width of 1/4 to 1/2 mile. The tornado dissipated just before reaching the Walker county border. Most of the damage was confined to the area between Old State Road 157, Yankee Road, and Brook Road. A large farm in this area sustained most of the damage. One concrete block garage and one barn were completely destroyed. Five to six other buildings were also damaged. The debris from the damaged buildings was found as far as 1/2 mile away from its origin. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down in the same area. Initial damage estimates were placed at $75,000. There were no injuries or fatalities reported with this incident.

Thunderstorm Wind, Chattooga

When: November 24, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Chattooga County, 1 mi NE of Cloudland
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.533, -85.467

A trained storm spotter observed considerable damage to twelve trees along Georgia Highway 157 in extreme northern Chattooga county. About half of the trees were blown down on the highway and the other half had their tops broken out of them.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: November 24, 7:15 PM EST
Where: Polk County, 2 mi SW of Rockmart
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.983, -85.067

The Polk county 911 center reported that three signs were blown down and two trees, one a large tree, either side of Rockmart along U.S. Highway 278.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stewart

When: November 25, 2:30 AM EST
Where: Stewart County, Lumpkin
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.050, -84.800

The Stewart county 911 center reported that three trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: November 25, 2:30 AM EST
Where: Webster County, Preston
Property damage: $500
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.067, -84.533

The Webster county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Georgia, 2001 Warnings in Georgia, November 2001

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: 5269916, 5269915, 5269917, 5269918, 5269919, 5269988.