Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- September 16, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Gardi
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -81.800
Large trees and power lines were blown down along US-431.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 16, 1997
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Charlton
- When
- September 16, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Charlton County, Winokur
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -82.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Brantley
- When
- September 16, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Brantley County, Waynesville
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -81.800
Large trees and power lines were blown down along US-82
Thunderstorm Wind, Charlton
- When
- September 16, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Charlton County, Winokur
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -82.020
Large trees and power lines were blown down along US-301.
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
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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: 5613344, 5613345, 5613346, 5613347.