Hail, Early
- When
- April 8, 9:55 AM EST to 10:03 AM EST
- Where
- Early County, Blakely
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -84.950
Golfball sized hail reported by Eraly County Sheriff.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8 to 30, 1998
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $90,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:56 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Early
- When
- April 8, 10:05 AM EST
- Where
- Early County, Blakely
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -84.950
Baseball sized hail damaged 8 to 10 homes in Blakely.
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- April 8, 10:55 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Decatur County, 2 mi NNE of Bainbridge
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.930, -84.550
Several large trees blown into power poles with numerous power lines ablaze (approximately two miles NNE of Bainbridge).
Hail, Tift
- When
- April 8, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Tift County, Tifton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -83.520
Dime sized hail reported at Industrial Park in Tifton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tift
- When
- April 8, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Tift County, 8 mi W of Tifton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -83.650
Thunderstorm winds split a double wide mobile home near the Tift-Worth county line (approximately 8 miles west of Tifton).
Thunderstorm Wind, Colquitt
- When
- April 8, 3:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Colquitt County, Norman Park
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -83.700
Thunderstorm winds damaged several mobile homes, snapped numerous pine tree tops, and downed power lines in Norman Park.
Hail, Tift
- When
- April 9, 12:50 AM EST to 12:55 AM EST
- Where
- Tift County, Tifton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -83.520
Marble to dime sized hail covering the ground.
Hail, Irwin
- When
- April 9, 1:10 AM EST to 1:15 AM EST
- Where
- Irwin County, Ocilla
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -83.250
Nickel sized hail reported by the Irwin County Sheriff.
Hail, Lee
- When
- April 30, 4:45 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Leesburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.730, -84.170
Marble to dime sized hail reported by the Lee County Sheriff.
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- April 30, 6:30 PM EST to 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Morgan
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -84.600
Nickel sized hail reported at the Calhoun County Jail.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 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: 5637186, 5637187, 5637188, 5637189, 5637190, 5637191, 5637192, 5637193, 5637194, 5637195.