Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 1, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 1, 2002
Start: 2002-08-01T17:37
End: 2002-08-01T19:50
Location: Georgia

August 1, 2002 · NWS FFC · 7 events in 5 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $8,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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 Aug 1, 2:20 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:20 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
320 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002

ONCE AGAIN NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST TREND.
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS CONVECTION TODAY VS YESTERDAY AS DRIER AIRMASS
SEEPS INTO THE REGION. MORNING SOUNDING SHOWED NOTICEABLE WARMING
FROM 600 TO 400 MB AND DECREASED PRECIPITABLE WATER FROM 12Z
WEDNESDAY. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE AS WEAK UPPER TROUGH SLOWLY
SINKS INTO FLORIDA AND THEN DRIFTS WEST ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO
UNDER BUILDING UPPER RIDGE. FAR SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE FORECAST
AREA REMAIN UNDER THE LEAST INFLUENCE OF THE SUBSIDENCE FROM THE
UPPER RIDGE WITH MARGINAL MOISTURE. WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE
AREAWIDE TONIGHT AND IN THE SOUTH TOMORROW. SATURDAY LOOKS DRY
AREAWIDE BEFORE MOISTURE BEGINS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHEAST SUNDAY
INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. STILL UPPER RIDGE TO THE NORTH AND
ONLY MARGINAL MOISTURE POINTS TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY
DIURNAL...CONVECTION THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN HOT DURING THE DAY AND SEASONAL AT NIGHT
THROUGH THIS FORECAST.

FCSTID = 20

ATL  70 92 69 93 /  20 10 00 10
AHN  70 92 68 92 /  20 10 00 10
GVL  68 91 68 92 /  20 10 00 10
RMG  70 92 68 93 /  20 10 00 10
CSG  73 94 72 94 /  20 20 10 10
MCN  72 93 70 94 /  20 20 10 10

.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.

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fayette

When: August 1, 5:37 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, Peachtree City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.417, -84.450

The public reported dime size hail.

Thunderstorm Wind, Coweta

When: August 1, 5:40 PM EST to 6:09 PM EST
Where: Coweta County, Sharpsburg
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.333, -84.650

The public reported that trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: August 1, 5:40 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, Peachtree City
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.417, -84.450

The public reported that several large tree limbs and a couple of trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds causing damage to a fence and to a roof.

Hail, Coweta

When: August 1, 5:45 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where: Coweta County, Sharpsburg
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.333, -84.650

The public reported quarter to golf ball size hail in Sharpsburg and dime size hail in Newnan.

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: August 1, 6:40 PM EST
Where: Warren County, Jewell
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.300, -82.783

The Warren county 911 center reported that power lines were down in the Jewell/Jewells Mill area.

Hail, Troup

When: August 1, 7:19 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
Where: Troup County, Hogansville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.167, -84.917

The Troup county 911 center reported quarter size hail in LaGrange and the public reported dime size hail in Hogansville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: August 1, 7:50 PM EST
Where: Carroll County, Villa Rica
Property damage: $500
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.733, -84.917

The Carroll county 911 center reported that a few trees were 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.
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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, August 2002

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: 5318088, 5317987, 5318087, 5317988, 5317989, 5317990, 5317991.