5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 9, 1:28 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 225 PM EDT SAT APR 27 2002 OVERVIEW...NORTH GEORGIA LIES ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE BROAD 500 MB RIDGE LOCATED ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND FLORIDA. RATHER VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE SWINGS FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING AND INTO SOUTHERN CANADA BY FRIDAY MORNING. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. THE FRONT IS PROGGED TO BECOME STATIONARY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. FRONT WILL WEAKEN BUT THE BOUNDARY WILL WORK BACK NORTH ON SATURDAY. TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE NORTHEAST U.S. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND AMOUNT OF OVERRUNNING WILL BE FACTORS IN DETERMINING WEDGE POSSIBILITIES SATURDAY. NEAR TERM...PRE-FRONTAL TROF HAS TRIGGERED A BAND OF SHOWERS/TSTMS FROM OHIO TO ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA. LIFTED INDICES OF -2 TO -3 OVER MOST OF GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT TOUGH TO BREAK THE CAP EXCEPT IN NORTHWEST CLOSER TO THE APPROACHING COMPLEX. ATMOSPHERE LOSES MUCH OF ITS PUNCH AFTER LOSS OF DAYTIME HEAT...BUT WITH THE FRONT STILL MOVING SOUTHEAST WILL KEEP A KEEP CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH AND ATLANTA/ATHENS AND SLIGHT CHANCE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. WILL STAY NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE GUIDANCE TEMPS FIRST 3 PERIODS. AS FRONT HANGS AROUND AND OLD BOUNDARY HEADS NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...LOOKS LIKE A WEDGE AT LEAST BRUSHES THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE CWA. WILL KEEP 20-30 POPS GOING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN A 50 POPS SATURDAY OVER THE NORTH WITH THE WEDGE. WILL STAY BELOW GUIDANCE MAX TEMPS AROUND 6-8 DEGREES FOR ATL-AHN AND NORTHEAST FOR SATURDAY BASED ON THE WEDGE. EXTENDED...NEXT UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE PUSHES THE FRONT BACK SOUTH OF US ON MONDAY. AVN AND ECMWF ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH TIMING. WILL HAVE CHANCE POPS MONDAY...AND DRY THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. FORECAST CONFIDENCE...GOOD CONFIDENCE LEVEL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...A LITTLE LESS ON SATURDAY DEPENDING ON WEDGE. EXTENDED FORECAST IS CONSISTENT WITH RECENT PATTERNS SO CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS GOOD. FCSTID = 22 ATL 67 84 67 75 / 30 30 30 30 AHN 66 85 63 75 / 30 30 30 30 GVL 65 83 62 73 / 30 30 30 30 RMG 65 84 62 79 / 40 20 20 30 CSG 70 90 69 87 / 20 30 20 10 MCN 68 89 65 84 / 20 30 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. DH
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-100300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 455 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2002 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTH GEORGIA... .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH WARM AND MOIST AIR TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND LIGHTNING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE OVER NORTH GEORGIA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE ATLANTA TO ATHENS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA LATE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS OVER THE AREA WITH CAPES AROUND 1000 TO 2000...AND LIFTED INDICES OF -2 TO -4. IN ADDITION...SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE RUNNING 65 TO 70 DEGREES. THE AIRMASS IS CAPPED OVER THE STATE...BUT THE FRONT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CAP OVER NORTH GEORGIA. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR ANY FUTURE UPDATES. && FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. NOEL
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:04 UTC.
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cherokee county Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were blown down.
Several reports of dime to quarter size hail were received from the public.
The public reported dime size hail.
The Hall county 911 center reported dime size hail.
The Hall county 911 center reported several trees down.
The Banks county 911 center reported that two to three trees were blown down in Alto. Pea size hail was also reported.
The Banks county 911 center reported nickel size hail.
The Times Newspaper of Gainesville reported that lightning struck a century-old south Hall home in Tanner Mill, setting fire to the roof. The resulting fire destroyed half of the roof and damaged the upstairs bedroom. In addition, the remainder of the home sustained water and smoke damage, although most possessions were salvaged. No injuries of deaths were reported with the incident.
The Carroll county 911 center reported golf ball size hail. The public reported dime size hail.
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, May 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: 5292061, 5292060, 5292062, 5292063, 5292064, 5292065, 5292066, 5292097, 5292067.