Hail, Dougherty
- When
- November 1, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Dougherty County, Albany
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -84.170
Storm spotters observed golfball size hail at the Albany Mall.
Tornado and Hail in Georgia, November 1, 1997
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $360,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Turner
- When
- November 1, 4:45 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Turner County, Ashburn
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -83.670
Reports of golfball size hail from Dakota and Worth to Ashburn and Amboy.
Hail, Worth
- When
- November 1, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Worth County, Doles
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -83.900
Dime size hail in Doles.
Hail, Worth
- When
- November 1, 5:06 PM EST to 5:27 PM EST
- Where
- Worth County, Doles
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -83.900
Golfball to baseball size hail covering the ground along Georgia Highway 33 five miles northeast of Doles.
Hail, Lee
- When
- November 1, 5:56 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Leesburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.730, -84.170
Lee County Sheriff reported quarter size hail in Leesburg.
Hail, Grady
- When
- November 1, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grady County, Beachton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.730, -84.150
Dime size hail in south central Grady county just north of Beachton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- November 1, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Decatur County, Faceville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -84.630
Severe thunderstorm winds toppled trees and power lines along Georgia Highway 97 near Faceville.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- November 1, 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Grady County, Reno
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -84.280
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines along the Lower Hawthorne Trail near Reno.
Tornado, Lowndes
- When
- November 1, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lowndes County, Valdosta
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -83.280
F1 tornado skipped across U.S. Highway 84 in the Rocky Ford Road/Troupville Highway area just west of Valdosta. Two rugged steel radio towers (300 and 500 feet tall) lifted off ground and destroyed two miles west of Interstate 75. Numerous trees and power poles snapped. Approximately 35 homes and businesses sustained damage in Valdosta. Several mobile homes heavily damaged. One mobile home blown 30 feet onto a vehicle.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 1, 1997
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in New York, November 1, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, November 1 to 30, 1997
- High Wind in Vermont, November 1 to 2, 1997
- Hail in Mississippi, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Vermont, November 1, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, November 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 1, 1997
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Maine, November 1 to 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, November 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 1997Warnings in Georgia, November 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: 5620299, 5620300, 5620301, 5620302, 5620303, 5620304, 5620305, 5620306, 5620307.