Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- July 22, 1:58 PM EST
- Where
- Hall County, Flowery Branch
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -83.930
Hall county 911 reported trees were knocked down on a mobile home.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22 to 28, 1998
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $30,000
- 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 Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:56 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- July 22, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Maysville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -83.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 22, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Maysville
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -83.570
The public reported golf ball size hail and 3 trees down.
Lightning, Wilkinson
- When
- July 23, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkinson County, Mc Intyre
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.802, -83.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A lightning strike started a fire in the ceiling of a building that houses training center facilities at the Englehard's Edgars plant.
Hail, Dade
- When
- July 23, 2:40 PM EST
- Where
- Dade County, Trenton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Peach
- When
- July 24, 1:30 PM EST to 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Peach County, Byron
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -83.750
WMAZ TV in Macon reported thunderstorm winds damaged outbuildings in a mobile home park on White Road. The winds also blew a hole in a storage shed and damaged trees.
Hail, Henry
- When
- July 24, 6:32 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, 2 mi NE of Stockbridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -84.220
Lightning, Coweta
- When
- July 27, 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Coweta County, 2 mi N of Newnan
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.354, -84.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning hit a home on highway 29 and knocked a hole in the roof. There was no fire, just damage from the force of the lightning.
Hail, Laurens
- When
- July 27, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, 4 mi W of Dublin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -82.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Dade
- When
- July 28, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Dade County, 7 mi NE of Trenton
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -85.420
A Trenton fire station reported several trees blown down.
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
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 22, 1998
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 22, 1998
- Heat in North Carolina, July 22 to 23, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 22, 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: 5657394, 5657393, 5657395, 5657472, 5657396, 5657397, 5657398, 5657473, 5657474, 5657475.