Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- March 9, 2:42 PM EST
- Where
- Forsyth County, Coal Mtn
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.226, -84.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The public reported approximately 1/2 inch diameter hail.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 9, 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 Mar 9, 10:37 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 10:37 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1037 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 BASED ON SATELLITE/RADAR/SURFACE ANALYSIS TRENDS...CONVECTION TO OUR NORTHWEST IS WEAKENING. FRONT IS ALSO ON THE MOVE. SHOULD MOVE INTO OUR WESTERN CWA AFTER 5 PM BY 10 PM. MORNING SOUNDINGS HAVE LIMITED PWS BELOW 1 INCH. THIS WILL BE A NEGATIVE FACTOR. ALSO...UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IS LIFTING TO THE NORTH. SHOWALTER INDEX GOES TO -3 WITH CAPES NEAR 1000 THIS AFTERNOON...SO SCT T STORMS STILL POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...WITH LIMITING FACTORS ABOVE...MAINLY LIMITED MOISTURE ABOVE 850 MB...WILL REDUCE POPS TO CHANCE SOUTH OF I-20. WILL LEAVE LIKELY IN THE NORTH. AS FOR TEMPS...GRIDDED DATA SUPPORTS HIGHS FROM 67 NORTH TO NEAR 80 IN SE. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED TO TEMPS. SOUNDINGS SUPPORTS MAXES A FEW DEGREES BELOW GRIDDED DATA AND THIS MAKES SENSE WITH BKN CLOUDS. .ATL... GA...NONE. NOEL OUR DETAILED COUNTY FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT FOUS52 KFFC. OUR AREA FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CITIES IS AVAILABLE AT FLUS42 KFFC.
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:42 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
- High Wind in Illinois, March 9, 2002
- High Wind in Ohio, March 9 to 10, 2002
- High Wind in Ohio, March 9, 2002
- Blizzard in Minnesota, March 9, 2002
- High Wind in Iowa, March 9, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 9, 2002
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in New York, March 9, 2002
- High Wind in Michigan, March 9 to 10, 2002
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Pennsylvania, March 9 to 10, 2002
- High Wind in Michigan, March 9, 2002
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Ohio, March 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 9, 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: 5281053.