Thunderstorm Wind, Echols
- When
- June 1, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Echols County, Statenville
- Property damage
- $600
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -83.030
Large trees were blown down and blocked SR-135 and 129.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 1, 1997
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $1,000
- 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 Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Atkinson
- When
- June 1, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Atkinson County, Willacoochee
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -83.050
Hail, Coffee
- When
- June 1, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, 5 mi W of Douglas
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -82.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- June 1, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, 5 mi S of Douglas
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -82.850
Large trees were blown down.
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
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 1, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 1 to 3, 1997
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 15, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 1, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 1 to 2, 1997
- Cold in Georgia, June 1 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 5608116, 5608115, 5608117, 5608118.