Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- April 30, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Houston County, Bonaire
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -83.600
Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down and caused power outages.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 30, 1998
11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $63,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Macon
- When
- April 30, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Macon County, 10 mi S of Montezuma
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -84.030
The public reported golfball size hail and a large oak tree down.
Hail, Macon
- When
- April 30, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Macon County, 5 mi NE of Montezuma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -83.970
Dime size hail was reported in the Five Points area.
Hail, Houston
- When
- April 30, 5:35 PM EST
- Where
- Houston County, 3 mi S of Warner Robins
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -83.600
Dime size hail covered the road.
Lightning, Houston
- When
- April 30, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Houston County, Warner Robins
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 32.459, -83.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning ignited a restaurant's neon sign and singed the roof.
Thunderstorm Wind, Peach
- When
- April 30, 5:41 PM EST
- Where
- Peach County, Ft Vly
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -83.880
Thunderstorm winds knocked down many trees.
Hail, Peach
- When
- April 30, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Peach County, Byron
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -83.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Peach
- When
- April 30, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Peach County, Byron
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -83.750
Thunderstorm winds blew a barn down, tore roofs off and knocked trees down.
Hail, Bibb
- When
- April 30, 6:35 PM EST to 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Bibb County, Macon to 8 mi of Macon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -83.650
Several public reports indicated dime to quarter size hail.
Hail, Crawford
- When
- April 30, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Knoxville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.000
Hail, Fayette
- When
- April 30, 10:25 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Peachtree City to Tyrone
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -84.450
An NWS employee reported 1 inch hail in Peachtree City. Public reports indicated golfball size hail in Peachtree City and dime size hail in Tyrone.
Hail, Coweta
- When
- April 30, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Coweta County, Sharpsburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -84.650
Quarter to golfball size hail was reported in Sharpsburg.
Hail, Fayette
- When
- April 30, 11:30 PM EST to 11:40 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Starrs Mill to Woolsey
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -84.520
Dime to nickel size hail covered the ground.
Hail, Spalding
- When
- April 30, 11:30 PM EST to 11:35 PM EST
- Where
- Spalding County, Sunny Side
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -84.300
Several public reports indicated dime to quarter size hail.
Hail, Henry
- When
- April 30, 11:45 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, Hampton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -84.280
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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: 5638339, 5638335, 5638336, 5638343, 5638349, 5638340, 5638341, 5638342, 5638337, 5638338, 5638344, 5638345, 5638346, 5638347, 5638348.