Heavy Snow in Georgia, January 2 to 3, 2002

Name: Heavy Snow in Georgia, January 2 to 3, 2002
Start: 2002-01-02T06:00
End: 2002-01-03T12:00
Location: Georgia

January 2 to 3, 2002 · NWS FFC · 85 events in 85 counties and zones

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 85

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 FFC wrote it up.

One of the biggest snow storms to affect north and central Georgia since March 1993 began early on the 2nd and continued through mid-day on the 3rd. Over a half a foot of snow fell in some areas just south and southwest of Atlanta, with large areas of north and central Georgia receiving three to four inches of snow during the two-day event. Modified Arctic air invaded the southeast on December 30, 2001. Then, on Near Year's day a surface low quickly moved east toward Florida. Weak to moderate upper-level support and overrunning of the warm Gulf air over the colder surface air provided for an extended period of light to moderate frozen precipitation across all of central Georgia and the southern sections of north Georgia throughout the day on the 2nd. Most of the precipitation fell as snow, except for the far southeastern counties of central Georgia, where a mixture of sleet, snow, and freezing rain occurred. During the day on the 2nd, the heaviest snow, from one to three inches occurred within a narrow band that extended from La Grange, to Thomaston, to Jackson. Snowfall amounts in the Atlanta and Athens area were generally around one inch on the 2nd, with only trace amounts reported further north toward Tennessee. However, a strong upper-level system rotated through the southeastern United States early on the 3rd bringing a burst of heavy snow to north and central Georgia. Snowfall amounts of three to five inches occurred in a period of approximately six to eight hours. Total snowfall amounts for the two-day storm ranged from four to six inches in a large approximately 100 mile wide area centered along a line from La Grange, to Atlanta, to Athens, to Homer. Some areas between Carrollton and Newnan and between Luthersville and Thomaston received from six to eight inches of snow as well as did a few spots in the northeast between Gainesville and Homer. For the southern portions of central Georgia, snowfall amounts were generally two inches or less, while the northwest and far north central portions of the state received only trace amounts of snow during the entire storm. Automobile and airplane travel was severely disrupted during the event. Numerous automobile accidents were reported in the winter storm area as roads became slick and hazardous. At least two fatalities were reported in the Atlanta area because of traffic accidents on ice covered roadways.. However, because temperatures hovered near the freezing mark during the entire event and unseasonably warm weather had prevailed during much of the preceding month, snow accumulations on road surfaces were less than would have otherwise been expected with this intensity of storm. Hundreds of flights were cancelled at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport (one of the busiest airports in the world) on the 2nd and 3rd, and nearly all of those flights which operated were severely delayed because of the inclement weather conditions and required deicing. Schools were closed in many counties for two to three days.

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 Jan 2, 3:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 3:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
345 AM EST WED JAN 2 2002

WILL UPDATE WINTER STORM WATCH TO WARNING FOR ALL BUT FAR NORTH
GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WILL ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY
FOR THE FAR NORTH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

LOW TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING ALREADY
PUSHING MOISTURE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA. MOSTLY RAIN SOUTH OF
THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME...BUT A FEW LIGHT FLURRIES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED FROM MONTGOMERY TO COLUMBUS AND NEAR MACON. EXPECT
PRECIPITATION TO BE MIXED R/S/IP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA
INTO THE AFTERNOON WHEN EVAPORATIVE COOLING WILL LOWER SURFACE
TEMPERATURES TO NEAR FREEZING. MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES OVER TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE SOUTH. AREAS NORTH
OF A COLUMBUS TO WARRENTON LINE SHOULD SEE MAINLY FROZEN
PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. FOR THE FAR NORTH LIMITED
MOISTURE SHOULD KEEP SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BELOW THE WINTER STORM
LEVEL...BUT 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF SHORE BY THURSDAY MORNING TAKING THE BULK OF
THE MOISTURE WITH IT. HOWEVER...STRONG VORTICITY MAXIMUM AND COLD
AIR ADVECTION SHOULD KEEP SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING OVER THE
FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...ENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY
AFTERNOON.

NICE REBOUND IN STORE FOR FRIDAY...AFTER A VERY COLD MORNING...AS
UPPER RIDGE QUICKLY BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEAST BEHIND EXITING TROUGH
AND IN ADVANCE OF NEXT TROUGH EXPECTED INTO GEORGIA LATE THIS
WEEKEND. NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION MOVES IN SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
SURFACE LOW WITH THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
SIGNIFICANTLY FARTHER NORTH THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM...SO
PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH THIS NEXT EVENT IS STILL A BIT IFFY AT THIS
TIME.

FCSTID = 20
ATL   33  28  32  21 / 100 100  40  10
AHN   34  28  32  20 / 100 100  50  10
GVL   34  27  33  19 / 100 100  50  10
RMG   34  27  33  18 /  50  80  40  10
CSG   38  30  38  25 / 100 100  30  10
MCN   38  30  37  22 / 100 100  40  10

.ATL...
GA...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
ZONES GAZ021>025...GAZ027...GAZ031>039...GAZ041>060...
GAZ066>071...GAZ078>079.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR ZONES
GAZ061>062...GAZ072>076...GAZ080>086...GAZ089>098...GAZ102>113.

SNOW ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR ZONES
GAZ001>009...GAZ011>016...GAZ019>020...GAZ030.

MSS

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, Jan 2, 6:00 AM EST, 0 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-021600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 AM EST WED JAN 2 2002

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.SYNOPSIS...
A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE
ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND INTO THE ATLANTIC TONIGHT. WITH COLD AIR
ALREADY IN PLACE THERE IS A THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.PRIMARY HAZARD...
A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS MIDDLE GEORGIA
TODAY AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO
WARRENTON LINE. NORTH OF THIS AREA TO A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO
JASPER TO CLEVELAND UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMLATE BY
THURSDAY MORNING. BECAUSE OF THIS THESE AREAS HAVE A WINTER STORM
WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACROSS EXTREME NORTH
GEORGIA 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST. THEREFORE A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE WINTER WEATHER WARNING
AND ADVISORY.

DISCUSSION...
LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM ALABAMA THIS MORNING. HOWEVER
SINCE THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE IS RATHER DRY...LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED. THE SNOW SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES EITHER
REMAIN NEAR FREEZING OR DROP BELOW FREEZING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND DIMINISH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

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

The radar

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Event by event

85 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Baldwin

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Baldwin forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.069, -83.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Banks

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Banks forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.354, -83.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Barrow

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Barrow forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.993, -83.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Bartow

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Bartow forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.238, -84.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Bibb

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Bibb forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.807, -83.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Bleckley

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Bleckley forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.434, -83.328 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Butts

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Butts forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.288, -83.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Carroll

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Carroll forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.583, -85.080 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Chattahoochee

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Chattahoochee forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.347, -84.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cherokee

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Cherokee forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.244, -84.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clarke

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Clarke forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.951, -83.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clayton

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Clayton forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.542, -84.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cobb

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Cobb forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.942, -84.577 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Coweta

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Coweta forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.354, -84.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Crawford

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.715, -83.986 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Crisp

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Crisp forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.923, -83.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Dawson

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Dawson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.444, -84.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, De Kalb

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: De Kalb forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.772, -84.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Dodge

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Dodge forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.172, -83.168 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Dooly

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Dooly forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.157, -83.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Douglas

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.702, -84.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Emanuel

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Emanuel forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.590, -82.302 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Fayette

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Fayette forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.414, -84.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Floyd

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Floyd forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.263, -85.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Forsyth

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Forsyth forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.226, -84.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gilmer

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Gilmer forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.691, -84.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Glascock

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Glascock forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.229, -82.611 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Greene

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.579, -83.167 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gwinnett

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Gwinnett forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.962, -84.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hall

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Hall forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.317, -83.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hancock

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Hancock forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.270, -83.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Haralson

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Haralson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.794, -85.211 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Harris

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Harris forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.736, -84.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Heard

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Heard forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.297, -85.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Henry

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Henry forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.453, -84.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Houston

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Houston forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.459, -83.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Jackson

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.134, -83.566 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Jasper

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Jasper forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.316, -83.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Jefferson

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.055, -82.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Johnson

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.702, -82.660 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Jones

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Jones forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.025, -83.560 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lamar

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Lamar forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.077, -84.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Laurens

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Laurens forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.464, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lumpkin

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Lumpkin forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.572, -84.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Macon

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Macon forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.358, -84.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Madison

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.128, -83.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Marion

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Marion forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.353, -84.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Meriwether

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Meriwether forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.041, -84.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Monroe

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.014, -83.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Morgan

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Morgan forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.591, -83.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Muscogee

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Muscogee forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.510, -84.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Newton

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Newton forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.555, -83.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, North Fulton

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: North Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.790, -84.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Oconee

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Oconee forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.835, -83.437 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Oglethorpe

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Oglethorpe forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.881, -83.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Paulding

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Paulding forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.921, -84.867 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Peach

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Peach forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.569, -83.827 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pickens

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Pickens forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.464, -84.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pike

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.092, -84.389 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Polk

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.002, -85.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pulaski

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Pulaski forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.232, -83.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Putnam

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.322, -83.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Rockdale

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Rockdale forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.654, -84.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Schley

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Schley forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.262, -84.315 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, South Fulton

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: South Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.790, -84.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Spalding

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Spalding forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.261, -84.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stewart

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Stewart forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.079, -84.835 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sumter

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Sumter forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.040, -84.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Talbot

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Talbot forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.700, -84.533 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Taliaferro

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Taliaferro forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.566, -82.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Taylor

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Taylor forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.556, -84.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Telfair

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Telfair forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.930, -82.939 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Towns

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Towns forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.917, -83.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Treutlen

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Treutlen forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.404, -82.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Troup

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Troup forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.034, -85.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Twiggs

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Twiggs forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.667, -83.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Union

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.834, -83.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Upson

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Upson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.881, -84.299 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Walton

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Walton forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.782, -83.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Warren

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.409, -82.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Washington

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.970, -82.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Webster

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.047, -84.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, White

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: White forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.646, -83.747 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wilkes

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Wilkes forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.782, -82.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wilkinson

When: January 2, 6:00 AM EST to January 3, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Wilkinson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.802, -83.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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, January 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: 5276832, 5276895, 5276896, 5276897, 5276898, 5276899, 5276900, 5276901, 5276902, 5276903, 5276904, 5276905, 5276906, 5276907, 5276908, 5276909, 5276910, 5276911, 5276912, 5276913, 5276914, 5276915, 5276916, 5276917, 5276918, 5276919, 5276920, 5276921, 5276922, 5276923, 5276924, 5276925, 5276926, 5276927, 5276928, 5276929, 5276930, 5276931, 5276932, 5276933, and more.