Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens
- When
- August 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -83.320
Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 30, 1979
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail,
- When
- August 30, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -84.350
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, August 30, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 30, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 30, 1979
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 30, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Maine, August 30, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 30, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 30, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 30, 1979
- Hail in North Dakota, August 30, 1979
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1979Every state in 1979This day in weather history
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: 9994464, 9994465.