Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 20, 1978

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

3

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.

Hail

Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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.

• Tornado in Florida, August 20, 1978$25,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Texas, August 20, 197852 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 20, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 20, 197858 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 19781 event
• Hail in Nebraska, August 20, 19780.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in North Dakota, August 20, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 20, 197860 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in Georgia in 1978Every state in 1978This day in weather history

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: 9997767, 9997768, 9997769.