Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 27, 8:15 AM EST to 8:20 AM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, 10 mi NW of Atlanta
- Measured
- 0.9 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -84.520
Hail in Georgia, May 27, 1997
3 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
- 3
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 Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:18 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 27, 8:50 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Atlanta to 6 mi of Sandy Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -84.400
Hail, Houston
- When
- May 27, 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Houston County, Perry
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -83.730
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.
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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: 5591801, 5591802, 5591803.