Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 8, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Appling
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -82.320
County EPD reports dime size hail.
Hail in Georgia, April 8, 1998
8 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
- 8
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
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 8, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, 5 mi ESE of Appling
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -82.230
Sheriff reports 3/4 inch hail on I-20.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 8, 9:09 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Appling
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -82.320
Sheriff reports dime size hail.
Hail, McDuffie
- When
- April 8, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- McDuffie County, Dearing
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -82.380
Spotter reports golf ball size hail.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 8, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Harlem
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -82.320
Spotter reports dime size inch hail.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 8, 10:40 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Grovetown
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -82.200
SKYWARN reports 1 inch hail.
Hail, Richmond
- When
- April 8, 10:46 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, Augusta
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -81.970
Spotters and Sheriff report 1 inch hail.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 8, 10:50 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Grovetown
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -82.200
TV 12 weather reports golf ball 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.
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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: 5633021, 5633022, 5633023, 5633024, 5633025, 5633026, 5633028, 5633027.