Hail, McDuffie
- When
- April 3, 10:10 PM EST
- Where
- McDuffie County, Thomson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -82.500
SKYWARN spotter reports dime size hail.
Hail in Georgia, April 3, 1998
5 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
- 5
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McDuffie
- When
- April 3, 10:43 PM EST to 10:48 PM EST
- Where
- McDuffie County, Thomson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -82.500
SKYWARN spotter reports 1 inch hail from Thomson heading toward Harlem.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 3, 10:47 PM EST to 10:57 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Evans to Martinez
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -82.130
SKYWARN spotter reports 1 inch hail.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 3, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, 2 mi N of Martinez
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -82.080
Spotter reports golf ball size hail.
Hail, Richmond
- When
- April 3, 11:20 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, Augusta
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -81.970
SKYWARN spotter reports dime size hail.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 3, 1998
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- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 3 to 4, 1998
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: 5632900, 5632901, 5632902, 5632903, 5632904.