Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- May 4, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Pierce County, Blackshear
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -82.250
Large trees were blown down.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 4, 1998
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 4, 12:35 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Screvan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.480, -82.020
Hail, Ware
- When
- May 4, 12:40 PM EST
- Where
- Ware County, Dixie Union
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -82.470
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 4, 1998
- Flash Flood in Maryland, May 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 4, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, May 4 to 5, 1998
- Hail in Virginia, May 4, 1998
- Hail in Virginia, May 4, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, May 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 4, 1998
- Hail in South Carolina, May 4, 1998
- Hail in North Carolina, May 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 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: 5650540, 5650482, 5650481.