Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- July 6, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -85.280
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 6, 1980
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 25
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
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 6, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -85.150
Hail, Cobb
- When
- July 6, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cobb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 6, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -81.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Bacon
- When
- July 6, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bacon County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -82.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Bleckley
- When
- July 6, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bleckley County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -83.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Bacon
- When
- July 6, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bacon County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -82.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Spalding
- When
- July 6, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Spalding County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -84.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- July 6, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -83.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Ware
- When
- July 6, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ware County
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -82.350
Hail, Harris
- When
- July 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -84.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- July 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -84.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Ben Hill
- When
- July 6, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ben Hill County
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -83.250
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- July 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Schley
- When
- July 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Schley County
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -84.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 6, 5:34 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -85.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Candler
- When
- July 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Candler County
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -82.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- July 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -84.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- July 6, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.080, -83.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Twiggs
- When
- July 6, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Twiggs County
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -83.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- July 6, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -83.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilcox
- When
- July 6, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wilcox County
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -83.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Worth
- When
- July 6, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -83.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- July 6, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -83.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Crisp
- When
- July 6, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Crisp County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -83.620
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.
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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: 9996712, 9996713, 9996714, 9996715, 9996716, 9996717, 9996718, 9996719, 9996720, 9996721, 9996722, 9996723, 9996724, 9996725, 9996726, 9996727, 9996728, 9996729, 9996730, 9996731, 9996732, 9996733, 9996734, 9996735, 9996736.