Funnel Cloud, Floyd
- When
- April 18, 6:27 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, Coosa
- Coordinates
- 34.263, -85.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A spotter reported a funnel cloud southwest of Coosa.
Hail in Georgia, April 18, 1998
Although north Georgia was in a slight to moderate risk of severe thunderstorms, no serious damage occurred. Funnel clouds were reported, but the only severe weather noted was dime size hail across a few counties in northwest Georgia.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Although north Georgia was in a slight to moderate risk of severe thunderstorms, no serious damage occurred. Funnel clouds were reported, but the only severe weather noted was dime size hail across a few counties in northwest Georgia.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 hail, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dade
- When
- April 18, 7:39 PM EST
- Where
- Dade County, Trenton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -85.500
Funnel Cloud, Walker
- When
- April 18, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Walker County, 4 mi SW of La Fayette
- Coordinates
- 34.736, -85.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The public reported a funnel cloud.
Hail, Walker
- When
- April 18, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Walker County, Cedar Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -85.420
Hail, Whitfield
- When
- April 18, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Whitfield County, Dalton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -84.950
Hail, Gordon
- When
- April 18, 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Gordon County, Oostanaula
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -85.020
Hail, Floyd
- When
- April 18, 9:25 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, Rome to 4 mi of Rome
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -85.250
Hail, Gordon
- When
- April 18, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gordon County, Calhoun
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -84.930
Hail, Gordon
- When
- April 18, 10:07 PM EST
- Where
- Gordon County, Calhoun
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -84.930
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, April 18 to 19, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, April 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 18, 1998
- Flooding in Indiana, April 18 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Texas, April 18 to 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Louisiana, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 1998
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: 5640062, 5640063, 5638180, 5640064, 5638175, 5638176, 5638177, 5638178, 5638179.