Hail, Taylor
- When
- August 16, 5:52 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor County, Butler to 6 mi of Butler
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -84.170
Taylor county 911 reported golfball size hail.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 16, 1997
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Twiggs
- When
- August 16, 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Twiggs County, Danville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -83.250
WMAZ TV in Macon received a report of dime size hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- August 16, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Houston County, Kathleen
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -83.600
Houston county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on houses and cars along highway 129 just south of Kathleen.
Thunderstorm Wind, Twiggs
- When
- August 16, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Twiggs County, 6 mi NW of Jeffersonville
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -83.420
Twiggs county 911 repored thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Myrics Mill Road off highway 80 between Jeffersonville and Dry Branch.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Heat in Maryland, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Heat in Virginia, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 16, 1997
- Heat in District of Columbia, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 16, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 1997
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: 5611195, 5611281, 5611282, 5611283.