Georgia, 1998

Flash Flood and Flood in Georgia, August 7 to 14, 1998

August 7 to 14, 1998 · NWS FFC · 11 events in 8 counties and zones

3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$255,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
11

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.

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Event by event

3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Laurens

When
August 7, 2:50 PM EST
Where
Laurens County, 2 mi E of Dublin
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
32.530, -82.870

Laurens county 911 reported quarter to golf ball size hail.

Hail, Johnson

When
August 7, 3:05 PM EST
Where
Johnson County, Wrightsville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
32.730, -82.720

Funnel Cloud, Carroll

When
August 8, 7:50 PM EST
Where
Carroll County, 5 mi SW of Villa Rica
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.583, -85.080 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Carroll county 911 received numerous reports of a funnel cloud between Carrollton and Villa Rica along highway 61.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When
August 8, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Carroll County, Carrollton
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.580, -85.080

Carroll county 911 reported numerous trees down, some falling on a house.

Hail, Cobb

When
August 8, 8:12 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
Where
Cobb County, Austell to Marietta
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
33.800, -84.630

Numerous public reports indicated hail ranged from dime to quarter size. One report was of golf ball size hailstones.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cobb

When
August 8, 8:15 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
Where
Cobb County, Austell to Marietta
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
33.800, -84.630

A severe thunderstorm caused damage from near Austell to Marietta. Trees were uprooted or snapped off, falling on houses, vehicles, and power lines. One man was pinned for 3 hours by a tree that crashed through his home's roof. He sustained injuries but nothing was broken. Part of a Cobb county fire station's engine bay roof was peeled off. A chimney was knocked off of a house. Downed power lines left thousands without power into the next day.

Lightning, Coweta

When
August 9, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Coweta County, Newnan
Property damage
$80,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
33.354, -84.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning started a fire at a house on Evergreen causing extensive damage. Two other homes in the Newnan area were struck by lightning also, but no serious damage occurred.

Lightning, Spalding

When
August 9, 2:20 PM EST
Where
Spalding County, Griffin
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
33.261, -84.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck an electrical sub-station setting fire to a bank of capacitors.

Flood, Clarke

When
August 9, 4:30 PM EST
Where
Clarke County, Athens
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
33.951, -83.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Over 3 inches of rain in an hour caused flooding of part of the Baxter Street area. The water rose to door level in areas with poor drainage. Water surged through the street, closing the road to traffic. Minor damage occurred from the rapidly rising water.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When
August 12, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Pulaski County, Hawkinsville
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
32.280, -83.470

A sudden downburst from a thunderstorm peeled the roof off a high school gymnasium. Georgia Emergency Agency reported numerous trees and power lines were downed as well.

Flash Flood, Spalding

When
August 14, 6:45 PM EST
Where
Spalding County, Griffin
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.261, -84.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3 to 5 inches of rain in Griffin and parts of eastern Spalding county. Flooding of some streets and highways resulted.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Funnel Cloud
A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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.
Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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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: 5660689, 5660690, 5660691, 5660692, 5660693, 5660694, 5660695, 5660696, 5660781, 5660782, 5660783.