Hail, Heard
- When
- March 30, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Heard County, 12 mi NW of Franklin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -85.250
Hail in Georgia, March 30, 1997
Severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Alabama and western Georgia late in the afternoon onEaster Sunday. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for the area at 432 pm EST.
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 FFC wrote it up.
Heard county sheriff's office reported quarter size hail in Ephesus.Severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Alabama and western Georgia late in the afternoon onEaster Sunday. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for the area at 432 pm EST. The storms were initially hail producers, but the main threat soon became damaging winds. As the storms became more organized they formed a line that swept across central to southeast Georgia by late that evening. Damaging straight-line winds were common from south of the Atlanta area all the way into southeast sections of the state.
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 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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- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 30, 1997
- High Wind in Idaho, March 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 30, 1997
- Flood in South Dakota, March 30 to 31, 1997
- Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1997
- Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 30, 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: 5605326.