Hail, Brantley
- When
- February 15, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Brantley County, Nahunta
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -81.980
Hail in Georgia, February 15, 1996
Dime size hail.
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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Dime size hail.
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
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- Wildfire in Texas, February 15, 1996
- High Wind in Missouri, February 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 15, 1996
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 1996
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: 5541778.