2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 Jun 20, 3:45 AM EST, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 445 AM EDT THU JUN 20 2002 ...UPDATED TO INCLUDE AVIATION DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST CLOSING OFF BY FRIDAY...THEN SLIDING WESTWARD BENEATH THE UPPER RIDGE. THIS SHOULD BRING DEEPER ATLANTIC MOISTURE ACROSS THE CWA BY FRIDAY. WILL KEEP LOW POPS IN FOR TODAY...BUT RAISE THEM FOR FRIDAY...KEEPING HIGHEST POPS CENTRAL. SURFACE LOW MOVING WEST OF THE CWA LATE SATURDAY...BRINGING A RETURN TO MORE DIURNAL CONVECTION. EASTERLY FLOW KEEPING HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 80S FOR THE SHORT TERM. PERSISTENCE TEMPERATURES LOOK OKAY THROUGH THE EXTENDED. FCSTID = 41 ATL 85 67 80 64 / 20 20 40 30 AHN 87 66 80 64 / 20 20 40 30 GVL 86 64 80 63 / 20 20 40 30 RMG 89 64 85 62 / 20 20 30 20 CSG 89 69 83 66 / 30 20 50 30 MCN 88 66 82 63 / 30 20 50 30 .ATL... GA...NONE. AVIATION DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DEVELOPMENT OF 500 TO 1000 FT CEILINGS RIGHT AROUND TAF TIME. AS OF 4 AM OBS...ONLY LOW CLOUDS AROUND ARE DOWN BY AMG/AYS. IF LOW CLOUDS ARE NOT SEEN DEVELOPING RIGHT BEFORE 12Z TAFS...I WILL LEAVE THEM OUT OF THE FORECAST AND AMEND IF NEEDED. ANY LOW CLOUDS THAT DO DEVELOPMENT WILL LIFT THROUGH THE MORNING AND BECOME SCATTERED AND POSSIBLY BROKEN CU AROUND 5000 FT. ONLY ISOLATED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE CEILINGS DOWN TO 3000 FT AND MVFR VSBYS. BDL
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-202100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1125 AM EDT THU JUN 20 2002 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON... AND MEANDER AROUND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT...WILL BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THE BEST TIME WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON INSTABILITY...TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE...TO MILLEDGEVILLE...TO AUGUSTA. CAPES BELOW 1500...AND LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 2 TO MINUS 5 ARE EXPECTED. WHILE THIS IS ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Adairsville police department reported that several trees and some power lines were blown down.
The public reported dime size hail.
Several amateur radio operators and the public reported that hail, ranging in size from dimes to golf balls, fell from 10 to 12 minutes and accumulated up to four inches deep on the ground in some spots. The hail damaged several cars and roofs of homes. In addition, the hail stripped trees and damaged corn crops in the area.
Amateur radio operators reported that several tree limbs were blown down.
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, June 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: 5302336, 5302337, 5302334, 5302335.