High Wind in Georgia, February 4, 2002

Name: High Wind in Georgia, February 4, 2002
Start: 2002-02-04T12:00
End: 2002-02-04T20:00
Location: Georgia

February 4, 2002 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

High winds blew down a number of trees across extreme northeast Georgia - mostly along and north of I-85.

Where it happened

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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

High winds blew down a number of trees across extreme northeast Georgia - mostly along and north of I-85.

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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 4, 10:12 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 10:12 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
ISSUED BY NWS COLUMBIA SC
1012 AM EST MON FEB 4 2002

GOING FORECAST FOR SNOW SHWRS IN NRN TIER OF CWA LOOKS OK PER
CURRENT REPORTS OUT OF THAT AREA. WINDS BEGINNING TO PICK UP PER
REPORTS AS WELL. TEMPS FOR THIS AFTN MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED UP
SLIGHTLY BASED ON CURRENT READINGS. ALTHOUGH STRONG CAA THIS AFTN
WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM RISING MUCH IF AT ALL. WILL LEAVE ALL CURRENT
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES AS IS.

FCSTID = 04

.GSP...
GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR RABUN-HABERSHAM COUNTIES.
     WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES ALL OTHER ZONES.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MONDAY FOR ALL MOUNTAIN ZONES TODAY.
     WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR CALDWELL-BURKE-MCDOWELL-POLK AND
     RUTHERFORD COUNTIES.
     WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES ALL OTHER ZONES.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY AVERY-MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY.
SC...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR MOUNTAIN ZONES.
     WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES ALL OTHER ZONES.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Rabun

When: February 4, 12:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Rabun forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Habersham

When: February 4, 12:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Habersham forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Stephens

When: February 4, 12:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Stephens forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.554, -83.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hart

When: February 4, 12:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Hart forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.351, -82.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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, February 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: 5283532, 5283533, 5283534, 5283535.