Hail, Banks
- When
- June 26, 4:27 PM EST
- Where
- Banks County, 3 mi SE of Baldwin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.450, -83.530
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26 to 27, 1998
4 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
- $11,000
- 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
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oconee
- When
- June 26, 5:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oconee County, Watkinsville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -83.400
Several public reports of dime to quarter size hail were received from in and around the Watkinsville area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- June 26, 5:35 PM EST to 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Oconee County, Watkinsville
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -83.400
The public reported several trees were blown down and uprooted.
Hail, Hancock
- When
- June 26, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Mayfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -82.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Toombs
- When
- June 27, 4:18 PM EST to 4:25 PM EST
- Where
- Toombs County, Lyons to 3 mi S of Lyons
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -82.320
Toombs county 911 reported power lines and trees knocked down and an onion shed destroyed. Hail of unknown size also fell.
Hail, Laurens
- When
- June 27, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, Cedar Grove
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -82.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Emanuel
- When
- June 27, 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Emanuel County, Nunez
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -82.350
Emanuel county 911 reported trees down and power outages.
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 and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, June 26 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 1998
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: 5651544, 5651545, 5651546, 5651547, 5651548, 5651549, 5651550.