Georgia, 2002

Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 14, 2002

June 14, 2002 · NWS FFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Jun 14, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002

COLD FRONT CURRENTLY WORKING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. LINE OF SHOWERS
AND SOME THUNDER JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
EARLY EVENING SHOWERS IN THE NORTHWEST...CHANCE EVENING POPS ACROSS
THE MIDDLE OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND LIKELY THIS EVENING SOUTH AND
EAST. TROUGH AXIS EAST OF THE STATE BY 12Z SATURDAY BRINGS MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES AND NO POPS...WITH MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHWEST
FLOW.

LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE ALONG THE EAST COAST INTO
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WEAK SHORTWAVES SLIP DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF
THIS TROUGH PERIODICALLY...BUT WITH THE DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE THROUGH
THE MID LEVELS POPS WILL BE NIL UNTIL MID WEEK WHEN SURFACE HIGH HAS
MOVED FAR ENOUGH OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC TO ALLOW DEEPER MOISTURE
RETURN INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
DIURNAL CONVECTION.

MILD TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND...REMAINING SEASONAL THROUGH THE
FORECAST.

FCSTID = 20

ATL  64 84 59 85 /  40 00 00 10
AHN  63 84 57 85 /  60 00 00 10
GVL  61 82 56 84 /  50 00 00 10
RMG  62 83 57 84 /  30 00 00 10
CSG  67 87 62 87 /  60 00 00 00
MCN  66 86 61 87 /  60 00 00 00

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

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Houston

When
June 14, 4:15 PM EST to 4:20 PM EST
Where
Houston County, Perry
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
32.450, -83.733

The Houston county 911 center reported that several power lines were blown down in downtown Perry.

What these are

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

More

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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: 5302331.