Hail, Appling
- When
- April 9, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Appling County, Baxley
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -82.350
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 9, 1998
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Appling
- When
- April 9, 2:05 AM EST
- Where
- Appling County, Baxley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -82.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Jeff Davis
- When
- April 9, 3:10 AM EST
- Where
- Jeff Davis County, Hazelhurst
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -82.600
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jeff Davis
- When
- April 9, 4:10 AM EST
- Where
- Jeff Davis County, Hazelhurst
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -82.600
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinch
- When
- April 9, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Clinch County, Fargo
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.680, -82.570
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Echols
- When
- April 9, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Echols County, Statenville
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -83.030
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Appling
- When
- April 9, 5:25 AM EST
- Where
- Appling County, Baxley
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -82.350
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
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
- Tornadoes in Georgia, April 9, 1998
- Tornadoes in Georgia, April 9, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, April 9 to 17, 1998
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 9, 1998
- Rip Current in Alabama, April 9, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, April 9 to 10, 1998
- Flooding in Michigan, April 9 to 10, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, April 9, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, April 9, 1998
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, April 9 to 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, April 9, 1998
- High Wind in Hawaii, April 9 to 11, 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: 5639519, 5639520, 5639521, 5639522, 5639523, 5639524, 5639525.