Hail, Burke
- When
- June 23, 3:58 PM EST
- Where
- Burke County, 1 mi S of Waynesboro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -82.020
Hail in Georgia, June 23, 1997
Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail and a tree down across a road just south of Waynesboro.
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 CAE wrote it up.
Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail and a tree down across a road just south of Waynesboro.
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 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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- Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, June 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 23 to 24, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, June 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 23, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 23 to 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 23, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, June 23, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 23, 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: 5597393.