Hail, Worth
- When
- May 7, 4:10 AM EST
- Where
- Worth County, Bridgeboro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -83.980
Dime sized hail in Bridgeboro reported by WALB-TV Albany.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 7, 1998
4 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
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Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Worth
- When
- May 7, 4:15 AM EST
- Where
- Worth County, Bridgeboro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -83.980
Dime sized hail 5 miles southeast of Bridgeboro near Ticknor.
Hail, Colquitt
- When
- May 7, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Colquitt County, Moultrie
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -83.800
Nickel sized hail reported by storm spotter three miles north of Moultrie.
Hail, Brooks
- When
- May 7, 5:35 AM EST
- Where
- Brooks County, Morven
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.930, -83.500
Quarter sized hail accumulated four inches deep in Morven.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- May 7, 5:40 AM EST to 6:10 AM EST
- Where
- Lowndes County, Valdosta
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -83.280
Straight-line winds destroyed three mobile homes, a wood frame house, and a church in Valdosta. Numerous trees and power lines downed throughout Valdosta. Dime sized hail reported in northeast Valdosta.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 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: 5645230, 5645231, 5645232, 5645233, 5645234.