Hail, Polk
- When
- April 26, 2:27 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -85.170
Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 26, 1982
22 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $251,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 34
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
22 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 26, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -85.050
Tornado, Bartow
- When
- April 26, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bartow County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -84.850
Tornado, Troup
- When
- April 26, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Troup County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -85.180
Tornado, Meriwether
- When
- April 26, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Meriwether County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -84.770
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 26, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -85.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- April 26, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -84.930
Hail, Forsyth
- When
- April 26, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -84.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Meriwether
- When
- April 26, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Meriwether County
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -84.700
Hail, Hall
- When
- April 26, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -83.850
Hail, Dawson
- When
- April 26, 6:27 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -84.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- April 26, 6:34 PM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -84.930
Hail, Hall
- When
- April 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -83.670
Hail, Banks
- When
- April 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Banks County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -83.480
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -83.570
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 26, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -83.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- April 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -82.650
Hail, Franklin
- When
- April 26, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -83.230
Hail, Bibb
- When
- April 26, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -83.650
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 26, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -85.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- April 26, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -84.250
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -83.220
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -84.700
Hail, Bibb
- When
- April 26, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -83.650
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 26, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -83.550
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 26, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -83.470
Hail, Chattahoochee
- When
- April 26, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chattahoochee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- April 26, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -82.800
Hail, Hart
- When
- April 26, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hart County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -82.930
Hail, Elbert
- When
- April 26, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Elbert County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -82.870
Hail, Elbert
- When
- April 26, 8:33 PM CST
- Where
- Elbert County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -82.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- April 26, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -82.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- April 26, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -82.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- April 26, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -84.230
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 26, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 26, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 26, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 26, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 26, 1982
- Hail in Tennessee, April 26, 1982
- Hail in Colorado, April 26, 1982
More
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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: 9995971, 9995972, 9995973, 9995974, 9995975, 9995976, 9995977, 9995978, 9995979, 9996829, 9996830, 9997044, 9997045, 9997046, 9997047, 9997048, 9997049, 9997050, 9997051, 9997052, 9997053, 9997054, 9997055, 9997056, 9997057, 9997058, 9997059, 9997060, 9997061, 9997062, 9997063, 9997064, 9997065, 9997066.