Thunderstorm Wind, Banks
- When
- June 29, 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Banks County, Hollingsworth
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.354, -83.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Banks county 911 center reported pea size hail.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 29, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 315 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2002 OVERVIEW: ELONGATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...FROM THE CAROLINAS TO GULF COAST STATES...CONTINUES TO REMAIN IN PLACE UNDERNEATH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING INTO OHIO VALLEY. LOW LEVEL TROUGH...PROVIDING MOIST WESTERLY/SOUTHWESTERLY GULF FLOW...WILL SHIFT SOUTH ON SUNDAY... PROVIDING EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW ACROSS CWA SUNDAY. SHORT TERM: LATEST RADAR IMAGE SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS INDICATING BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ACROSS AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM ATL TO AHN...WITH LI VALUES OF -4 TO -5 AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. THIS IN LINE WITH PRECIP EFF AXIS AND 700MB OMEGA FIELDS. HOWEVER...WITH LITTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND ANY STRONG LOW LEVEL FORCING (I.E. LLJ) EXPECT LITTLE TO ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY SCATTERED. 850 LOW AND SURFACE TROUGH WILL PUSH INTO NORTHEASTERN FL ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON PROVIDING EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. PRECIP EFF AND HIGHER PE POPS AXIS SHIFT TO ACROSS SOUTHERN GA WITH UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MTNS...PROVIDING SECONDARY AXIS OF SCATTERED CONVECTION. DRIER AIR PUSHES INTO NORTHEAST MONDAY WITH GOOD SUBSIDENCE...WHICH SHOULD LIMIT DEVELOPMENT TO ISOLATED COVERAGE. TEMPS WISE...LITTLE CHANGE IN THICKNESS FIELDS AND THERMAL ADVECTION WILL KEEP TEMPS FORECAST METHOD TO PERSISTENCE...PER PREVIOUS FORECASTS. EXTENDED: MODELS IN LINE WITH WEAK TROUGHING ACROSS SOUTHERN GA NORTHERN FL THROUGH THE WEEK WITH STRONG RIDGE BUILDING INTO MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS. WEAK EASTERLY WAVES AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE SHOULD PROVIDE CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS THROUGH THE WEEK. RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD INTO AREA BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AIDING IN DECREASED COVERAGE TOWARDS THE WEEKEND. EXTENDED TEMPS...KEPT CLOSE TO MRF/MRF ENSEMBLE NUMBERS...IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS FORECASTS. FORECAST CONFIDENCE: FCSTID = 39 ATL 70 87 69 87 / 20 30 20 20 AHN 69 88 68 89 / 20 30 20 20 GVL 69 87 67 88 / 20 30 20 20 RMG 69 86 69 87 / 20 30 20 20 CSG 70 89 70 90 / 30 40 20 20 MCN 69 89 70 90 / 30 40 20 20 .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. DOBUR
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Missouri, June 29, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, June 29, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 29 to 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 29, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 29, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 29, 2002
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 5302428.