1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 22, 3:15 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 315 PM EST TUE JAN 22 2002 OVERVIEW:RAPIDLY RETURNING MOISTURE IN WAA FROM WEST TO EAST AS WARM FRONT ALONG FL COAST MOVES NORTH. MODEL TIMING PROBLEMS CONTINUE. SHORT TERM:WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS STATE TONIGHT INTO TN VALLEY WED. PRECEDED BY RAIN. SYSTEM RELOADS WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP SCATTERED PRECIP DUE TO MOST OF STATE BEING IN WARM SECTOR. LOOKING FOR AN INSITU WEDGE EXTREME NORTHEAST UNTIL WED AFTERNOON. FRONT MOVES INTO STATE THURSDAY AS TROF MOVES OUT OF SOUTHWEST TO MS VALLEY. EXTENDED:LOOK FOR PRECIP TO LINGER INTO FRIDAY, PER SLOWER CANADIAN. SAT-MON LOOK DRY WITH NEXT SYSTEM ON TUESDAY. RAPID WARM UP WED WITH SUN AND RAIN OFFSET THURSDAY WITH WAA AHEAD OF FRONT. CAUTION. CONTINUE IDEA OF CONVECTION THURSDAY...SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE. ALSO POSSIBLE FLOODING NORTH. THOUGH LOOKS LIKE GREATEST THREAT EXTREME NORTH. 4 IN+? OVER REMAINDER OF NORTH AHEAD OF FRONT, IF TRAINING COULD ALSO SEE. WILL UPDATE SPS. FORECAST CONFIDENCE:EXACTNESS OF ENDING, SEVERITY, AND ENDING OF PRECIP UNCERTAIN DUE TO MODELS NOT HANDLING SITUATION WELL THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. FCSTID = 24 ATL 49 69 53 68 / 99+ 30 30 99+ AHN 46 62 51 69 / 90 30 20 90 GVL 45 60 54 62 / 99+ 60 40 99+ RMG 48 69 52 67 / 99+ 60 50 99+ CSG 52 75 55 73 / 50 30 20 70 MCN 50 76 55 74 / 50 30 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.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041-043>047-230045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 347 PM EST TUE JAN 22 2002 ...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE OVER NORTH GEORGIA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY... SEVERAL WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST EARLY FRIDAY. EACH SYSTEM COULD BRING FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS. RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK RESULTED IN THE GROUND OVER NORTH GEORGIA BECOMING QUITE WET. THIS MEANS THAT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE THE DANGER OF LOCALIZED FLOODING OVER NORTH GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A ROME TO TOCCOA LINE. EXACT TIMING OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THESE EVENTS REMAINS UNCERTAIN. OF THE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE STATE...THE ONE ON THURSDAY WILL PRESENT THE GREATEST THREAT OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. AS WE APPROACH THE UPCOMING EVENT...MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED. PERSONS IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS. VW
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck and set on fire a two-story home in Suwanee. The fire caused extensive damage to the home. The house was vacant at the time of the incident.
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: 5277856.