Hail, Polk
- When
- June 5, 5:32 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Cedartown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.017, -85.250
A storm spotter reported dime size hail.
Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 5, 2002
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $71,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 5, 2:05 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:05 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 305 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002 OVERVIEW...UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WEAKENS AS SHORT WAVE MOVES FROM MIDWEST TO EAST COAST BY FRIDAY. SURFACE COLD FRONT MAKES IT INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY 12Z FRIDAY...THEN SINKS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA BEFORE STAGNATING FRIDAY EVENING/NIGHT. NEAR TERM...FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...925 MB WIND FIELD SHOWS A 20-30 KT WIND MAX PROGRESSING FROM SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AT 21Z TO EAST HALF OF CWA BY 06Z. 1000-850 MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AGREES WITH THIS PATTERN AS WELL. UPPER DIVERGENCE FIELD APPEARS TONIGHT OVER NORTH GEORGIA. ALL THIS SHOULD ALLOW LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND BUILD INTO NORTH GEORGIA. EXPECT SOMEWHAT OF A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHT WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SOME HAIL. FOR POPS WILL GO WITH SCATTERED (40-50) TONIGHT AND LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL THURSDAY WITH THE FRONT IN THE AREA. WILL LOWER POPS TO CHANCE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. BY FRIDAY SOME DRIER AIR GETS INTO NORTH GEORGIA...SO PREFER DRIER FWC GUIDANCE POPS BY THEN. GENERALLY STAYING AT OR ABOVE FWC AND MAV GUIDANCE TEMPS...LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES AND WARMER ETA GRIDDED DATA SUPPORT THIS. EXTENDED...NEXT UPPER RIDGE SLIDES EAST AND WE GET ON THE BACK SIDE IN A MORE MOIST UNSTABLE PATTERN BY TUESDAY. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST THRU WEDNESDAY...TAILORING THEM TO MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPS REBOUND TO NEAR PRE-FRONTAL LEVELS BY EARLY IN THE WEEK. FORECAST CONFIDENCE...GOOD TONIGHT THRU THURSDAY EVENING. FAIR TO GOOD THE REST OF THE FORECAST. FCSTID = 22 ATL 72 86 69 85 / 40 70 40 20 AHN 70 88 67 86 / 40 70 50 20 GVL 69 85 66 84 / 40 70 50 10 RMG 70 86 66 87 / 50 80 40 10 CSG 72 90 73 88 / 40 60 50 40 MCN 70 93 71 88 / 40 60 50 40 .ATL... GA...NONE. DH 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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:34 PM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
134 PM EDT WED JUN 05 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 PM CADWELL GA WIND DAMAGE
06/03/02 LAURENS NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN.
0815 PM PLAINFIELD GA WIND DAMAGE
06/03/02 DODGE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- June 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, Rome
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -85.183
The Floyd county 911 center reported that trees and power lines were blown down, especially in the Ridge Ferry Park area.. The Rome News Tribune reported that downed trees and power lines left 3700 people in the city without power through the evening.
Lightning, Floyd
- When
- June 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, Rome
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.263, -85.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Rome News Tribune reported that lightning struck three homes in the city of Rome. The lightning caused injury to a man and a boy at one residence as lightning entered through a window. Fires were started at the other two residences, but damage was reported to be minor.
Flood, Floyd
- When
- June 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, Rome
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.263, -85.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Rome News Tribune reported that heavy rain caused minor street flooding in the city. A Burgar King restaurant was also forced to close when the kitchen became flooded during the heavy rain. However, it was reported to be caused by a leak and not ground level water.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fannin
- When
- June 5, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Fannin County, Mineral Bluff
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.917, -84.267
The Fannin county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down.
Lightning, Fannin
- When
- June 5, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Fannin County, Blue Ridge
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.864, -84.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that lightning struck a home in Blue Ridge on Damascus Road. The lightning traveled through a copper water pipe to an adjacent electrical circuit. The electrical circuit was damaged and the entire house suffered light smoke damage from burning wires. At another residence, lightning struck a tree on Georgia Highway 5 in Blue Ridge. The tree was set on fire.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartow
- When
- June 5, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Bartow County, Adairsville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.367, -84.950
The Rome News Tribune reported that trees were blown down in the Adairsville area. Consequently, a number of residents in the northern part of the county endured a power outage.
Flood, Bartow
- When
- June 5, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Bartow County, Adairsville
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.238, -84.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Rome News Tribune reported minor street flooding in the Adairsville area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gordon
- When
- June 5, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Gordon County, Ranger
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -84.700
The Gordon county 911 center reported that some trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Whitfield
- When
- June 5, 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Whitfield County, Dalton
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.767, -84.950
The Whitfield county 911 center and the Dalton Daily Citizen reported that a number of large trees were blown down or uprooted in the city, causing damage to several homes. A number of power lines were also brought down. One large tree fell on a home, another residence lost several trees causing only minimal damage to a home, and at yet another residence one large tree was uprooted in the back yard and front yard each. At another location, several very large trees fell on and leveled a trailer home. Power outages affected homes and business for many hours, up to 18 hours at one location, causing several businesses to close their doors for a time.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar
- When
- June 5, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lamar County, Barnesville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -84.150
The public reported that trees were blown down at two separate locations in the county. In one instance there appeared to be a path of destruction to the trees. Some shingles were also blown off the roof and some yard items, such as a plastic swimming pool and barbeque grill were missing.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 5, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 5 to 6, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 5, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 5, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 5, 2002
- Tornado in Florida, June 5, 2002
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 5, 2002
- Tornado in Connecticut, June 5, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 5, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 5, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 5, 2002
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: 5297460, 5297458, 5297463, 5297464, 5297375, 5297462, 5297465, 5297466, 5297459, 5297467, 5297461.