Thunderstorm Wind, Bulloch
- When
- July 3, 9:40 PM EST to 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Bulloch County, 5 mi N of Leefield
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -81.620
Numerous trees down
Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 3, 1997
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 2
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 Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bulloch
- When
- July 3, 9:41 PM EST to 9:46 PM EST
- Where
- Bulloch County, 5 mi N of Leefield
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -81.620
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, July 3, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 3, 1997
- Heat in Florida, July 3, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 3 to 21, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, July 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, July 3, 1997
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 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: 5608270, 5608271.