Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, November 5, 2002
Start: 2002-11-05T23:15
End: 2002-11-05T23:15
Location: Georgia

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 5, 11:04 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 11:04 PM EST, 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1104 PM EST TUE NOV 05 2002

HAVE UPDATED ZONE FORECAST PACKAGE FOR TORNADO WATCH FOR INLAND
SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA VALID UNTIL 4 AM EST.

.JAX...
FL...SCA FLAGLER BCH TO FERNANDINA BCH TONIGHT.
     TORNADO WATCH FLZ020>023-035 UNTIL 4 AM EST.
GA...SCA FERNANDINA BCH TO ALTAMAHA SOUND TONIGHT.
     TORNADO WATCH GAZ132>136-149>152-162>164 UNTIL 4 AM EST.

ZAPPE/CAMP

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 10:30 PM EST, 45 minutes before

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-061000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1030 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE SUWANEE RIVER VALLEY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
APPLING...ATKINSON...BACON...BRANTLEY...CHARLTON...CLINCH...COFFEE...
ECHOLS...JEFF DAVIS...PIERCE...WARE AND WAYNE

IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
BAKER...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON AND SUWANNEE

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS
SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER APPROACH
YOUR AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE WATCH AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
AS LOW PRESSURE OVER MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...IT WILL SWEEP ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT THROUGH
THE FORECAST AREA. WEDNESDAY MORNING...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SOME
STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. AS THE FRONT MOVES
SOUTH DURING THE DAY...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT
CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE BOUNDARY.
STORM SPOTTERS AND OTHER INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE EVOLVING
SITUATION. LATE WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA
BEHIND THE FRONT BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST THEN SHIFT OVER THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY WINDS WILL BECOME
ONSHORE INCREASING THE CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

HESS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 7:20 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

GAZ150-060045-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
720 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2002

AT 720 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BICKLEY...OR ABOUT
13 MILES EAST OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BICKLEY THROUGH 745 PM
EST. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee

When: November 5, 11:15 PM EST
Where: Coffee County, Ambrose
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates: 31.600, -83.017

Large trees down on power lines, poles down.

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

More

Every storm in Georgia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, November 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: 5319503.