Lightning in COBB, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 17:40:00 to 30-JUL-02 17:52:00 (EST)
Location: MARIETTA
Property damage: 3K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Several newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Marietta Daily Journal, the Columbus Ledger Enquirer, and the Macon Telegraph, as well as the Cobb county Emergency Management Agency and local Atlanta TV stations, reported on a lightning strike and subsequent death to a 49-year old woman from Marietta who was hiking in the Kennesaw National Battlefield park.  The woman was hiking on Kennesaw Mountain in the National Battlefield park with her husband and dog.  No rain was falling at the time, but thunderstorms surrounded the area with considerable cloud-to-ground lightning activity.  The lightning struck the woman at 6:52 pm EDT while she was approximately 30 feet ahead of her husband around a bend in the trail. Her husband found her flat on the ground, immediately after the strike, unconscious, but still alive at the time.  She was immediately transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.  In addition to this incident, two homes in the Marietta area were set on fire by lightning strikes during this same round of thunderstorms.

Hail in MORGAN, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 14:44:00 to 30-JUL-02 14:44:00 (EST)
Location: MADISON
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

The Morgan county 911 center reported dime size hail.

Hail in COBB, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 17:29:00 to 30-JUL-02 17:29:00 (EST)
Location: ACWORTH
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

The public reported dime size hail.

Hail in COBB, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 18:00:00 to 30-JUL-02 18:15:00 (EST)
Location: ACWORTH
Magnitude: 0.88 
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO

An amateur radio operator reported dime to nickel size hail near Johnson's Ferry Road in Marietta, while the public reported dime to nickel size hail in and just east of Marietta.  The public also reported dime size hail in Acworth.

Thunderstorm Wind in FLOYD, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 18:39:00 to 30-JUL-02 18:39:00 (EST)
Location: ROME
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

The Floyd county 911 center reported that several trees were down off Georgia Highway 101.

Thunderstorm Wind in COWETA, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 14:25:00 to 30-JUL-02 14:40:00 (EST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

The Coweta county 911 center and the public reported pea size hail at several locations around the county, particularly in the Sharpsburg area.

Thunderstorm Wind in FLOYD, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 17:44:00 to 30-JUL-02 17:44:00 (EST)
Location: MT BERRY
Property damage: 1.5K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

The Floyd county 911 center reported that a tree fell down near Berry College and knocked a tree down onto a traffic signal.

Thunderstorm Wind in FLOYD, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 20:25:00 to 30-JUL-02 20:25:00 (EST)
Location: ROME
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

The Floyd county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down in the Horse Lake Creek subdivision.

Flood in FLOYD, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 20:25:00 to 30-JUL-02 20:25:00 (EST)
Location: ROME
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

The Floyd county 911 center indicated that street flooding was occurring in the Horse Lake Creek subdivision.  In addition, water was reported in one building because of backed up drains.

Hail in FLOYD, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 20:25:00 to 30-JUL-02 20:25:00 (EST)
Location: ROME
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

The Floyd county 911 center reported dime size hail.

Thunderstorm Wind in POLK, GEORGIA
From 30-JUL-02 19:50:00 to 30-JUL-02 19:50:00 (EST)
Location: ROCKMART
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO

An amateur radio operator reported that three trees were blown down, one landing on the roof of a home located just west of Rockmart off U.S. Highway 278, while yet another tree fell down on the roof of an old store in Fish Creek.