2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Mar 16, 2:21 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 221 PM EST SAT MAR 16 2002 OVERVIEW: WE WILL BE TRANSITIONING FROM A WEST COAST TROUGH/EAST COAST RIDGE PATTERN TO A MORE ZONAL FLOW WITH A WEAK WEST COAST RIDGE AND EAST COAST TROUGH TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT NOW ACROSS ALABAMA AND POSSIBLE WEDGE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SHORT TERM: AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY BOTH GSP AND CAE...THIS WILL BE A RATHER TRICKY FORECAST...AND THIS ALSO HOLDS FOR NORTH GEORGIA. CENTRAL GEORGIA FURTHER AWAY FROM THE DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE...AND APPEARS DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH MILD TEMPERATURES WILL RULE THERE. OVER THE NORTH...FRONT SHOULD REMAIN NEAR THE GA/TN BORDER OR JUST A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH. LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THE FRONT TONIGHT...WHICH SHOULD RETURN A LIKELY CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER THE NORTH. THIS SHOULD SINK THE FRONT A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH INTO NORTH GEORGIA BY MONDAY. MESOETA...WHICH USUALLY DOES BEST WITH WEDGE SHOWS EASTERLY WINDS AND MORE STABLE AIR OVER NORTH GEORGIA MONDAY. WILL PLAY FOR WEDGE REMAINING OVER THE CAROLINAS SUNDAY AND THEN MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA MONDAY. THIS LEADS TO RATHER LARGE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. WILL GO SOME 10 DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE NORTHEAST MONDAY BUT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE CENTRAL. EXTENDED: APPEARS FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY...THOUGH MRF MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN UKMET OR ECMWF. MRF BREAKS DOWN THE EAST COAST RIDGE QUICKER. WILL KEEP POPS IN FOR WEDNESDAY...WHICH IS ABOUT 12 HOURS SLOWER THAN THE MRF. APPEARS A GOOD PATCH OF CLOUDS THURSDAY NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORT WAVE AND REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THIS COMING SO SOON BEHIND THE MIDWEEK FRONT ...MOISTURE SHOULD BE LIMITED SO WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PRECIP. FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME AREAS TO SEE SIGNIFICANT DEVIATIONS FROM THE FORECAST TEMPERATURES. CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA MORE LIKELY TO REMAIN MILD. FCSTID = 26 ATL 61 73 58 69 / 30 50 50 30 AHN 58 71 58 62 / 30 50 40 50 GVL 58 71 56 62 / 30 50 40 50 RMG 59 72 55 68 / 60 60 70 50 CSG 62 79 61 80 / 30 20 20 20 MCN 61 78 60 79 / 30 20 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.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-162200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1100 AM EST SAT MAR 16 2002 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .SYNOPSIS... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL DRIFT INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY THREAT... THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LIGHTNING. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST TIME FOR STORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DISCUSSION... ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA. A SHORT WAVE APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA...WILL HELP TO ENHANCE LIFT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AS A LINE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY APPROACHES THE AREA. HOWEVER...FOR THE DAY IN GENERAL...INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAK WITH CAPES OF 1000 OR LESS AND LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 1 TO MINUS 2. THEREFORE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Macon county 911 center and the county police reported pea size hail.
The public reported 1/2 to less than 3/4 inch diameter hail in Cartersville.
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, March 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: 5281060, 5281061.