High Wind, Towns
- When
- March 22, 1:00 AM EST to 1:05 AM EST
- Where
- Towns forecast zone
- Property damage
- $250
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.917, -83.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Georgia, March 22, 2002
High winds associated with a late season Arctic cold front blew down a couple of trees, one was blown down on the road 1 mile north of Young Harris in Towns county and another in Cleveland in White county.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
High winds associated with a late season Arctic cold front blew down a couple of trees, one was blown down on the road 1 mile north of Young Harris in Towns county and another in Cleveland in White county.
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 Mar 21, 10:20 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 10:20 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1020 PM EST THU MAR 21 2002 SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR PUSHING INTO NORTHWEST GA. HAVE RAISED THE WINDS ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTHERN ZONES. WILL LEAVE TEMPERATURES ALONE. NARROW BAND OF CLOUDS HOLDING TOGETHER AND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE NORTHERN CWA. .ATL... GA...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, White
- When
- March 22, 1:00 AM EST to 1:05 AM EST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Property damage
- $250
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.646, -83.747 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, March 22, 2002
- Avalanche in Idaho, March 22, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 22, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 22, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 22 to 23, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 22 to 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, March 22 to 23, 2002
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, March 22, 2002
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 22, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, March 22 to 24, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, March 22, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, March 22 to 23, 2002
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, March 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: 5281062, 5281063.