Hail, Gwinnett
- When
- April 28, 3:35 PM EST to 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Gwinnett County, Duluth to Lawrenceville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -84.150
Hail in Georgia, April 28, 1997
The severe thunderstorm continued into central and eastern Gwinnettcounty with up to golfball size hail. The hail damaged some trees.
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
- $2,000
- 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 FFC wrote it up.
The severe thunderstorm continued into central and eastern Gwinnettcounty with up to golfball size hail. The hail damaged some trees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 28, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, April 28, 1997
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 28, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, April 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, April 28 to 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 28, 1997
- Flooding in Tennessee, April 28 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 1997
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: 5594616.