3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 Jan 19, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 140 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2002 OVERVIEW:LOW IN EASTERN TN WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT NEAR TO SOUTHWEST NEAR RMG-BHM AND SW. WEDGE OVER NORTHEAST WITH WARM FRONT FROM LOW TO ATL-N MCN-AGS...LOOKS AS IF WILL BE AROUND A FEW MORE HOURS. WSW FLOW ALOFT WITH VORT OVER N AL MOVING NE. SHORT TERM:SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST. FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH TO CENTRAL GA TONIGHT AND CLEAR STATE SUNDAY AM, STALLING IN N FL. ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES IN MONDAY AS VORT MOVES THRU WSW FLOW AND WEAK OVER RUNNING DEVELOPS. EXTENDED:AS SURFACE HI MOVES ACROSS TUESDAY LOOKS GOOD. NEXT SYSTEM MOVES IN WED AS ANOTHER OVERRUNNING EVENT AHEAD OF NEXT MAJOR TROF. EVENT CONTINUES INTO THURSDAY WITH CLEARING FRIDAY AND COOLER SATURDAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE:CONFIDENCE HIGH ON SHORT TERM AND FEEL EXTENDED MODELS HAVE RIGHT IDEA TOWARD END OF WEEK, BUT TIMING IN QUESTION. TEMPERATURES...NEAR TERM, PREFER MAV. LONG TERM VALUES LOOK TOO HIGH. ATL 34 53 40 55 / 40 00 30 40 AHN 34 54 39 56 / 50 00 30 40 GVL 33 52 38 53 / 40 00 30 40 RMG 31 52 36 53 / 40 00 30 40 CSG 38 56 42 60 / 50 00 20 40 MCN 38 57 43 60 / 50 00 20 50 .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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Chattahoochee county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down, one within a trailer park. No damage was reported to any of the trailers in the mobile home park.
The Stewart county 911 center reported that one tree was blown down.
The Stewart county 911 center reported that three to four trees were blown down on power lines which resulted in some power outages in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, January 2002
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: 5277040, 5277143, 5277144.