Thunderstorm Wind, Barrow
- When
- November 30, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Barrow County, 5 mi SE of Winder
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -83.650
Three chicken houses were blown over by thunderstorm winds.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, November 30, 1997
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $5,000
- 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), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Madison
- When
- November 30, 7:30 PM EST to 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Danielsville
- Measured
- 0.8 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -83.220
Dime to nickel size hail covered the ground.
Hail, White
- When
- November 30, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- White County, Cleveland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -83.750
The White county sheriff reported pea to dime size hail.
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
- Cold in Wisconsin, November 30, 1997
- Cold in Wisconsin, November 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, November 30, 1997
- Flood in Florida, November 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, November 30, 1997
- Hail in Tennessee, November 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in California, November 30, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, November 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, November 30, 1997
- Hail in North Carolina, November 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, November 30, 1997
- Waterspout in California, November 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: 5621858, 5621859, 5621860.