Hail, Burke
- When
- May 7, 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Burke County, 5 mi S of Waynesboro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -82.020
EOC reported 3/4 inch hail.
Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1998
7 hail, 4 tornado, 1 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 6:14 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Lincolnton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -82.480
Sheriff reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 6:24 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Lincolnton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -82.480
Sheriff reported golf ball size hail.
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 6:33 PM EST to 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Lincolnton to 2 mi WSW of Lincolnton
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -82.520
An F1 tornado destroyed two chicken sheds, tore a roof off a home, and turned a home 90 degrees and moved it off its foundation.
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 6:41 PM EST to 6:43 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 1 mi SE of Lincolnton
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -82.470
An F2 tornado hit the Pine Woods subdivision destryoing 12 homes and causing major damage to 15 homes and minor damage to 8 homes.
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 6:47 PM EST to 6:49 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, New Hope
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -82.380
An F1 tornado did major damage and minor damage to several homes and mobile homes.
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 6:53 PM EST to 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 5 mi ESE of New Hope
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -82.300
An F2 tornado destroyed 7 homes and did major and minor damage to about a dozen others at Indian Cove.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Amity
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -82.480
Sheriff reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- May 7, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Leah
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -82.330
Sheriff reported golf ball size hail.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 10:10 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Lincolnton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -82.480
Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- May 7, 10:50 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Pollards Corner
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -82.280
Sheriff reported nickel size hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- May 7, 11:05 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, 5 mi E of Pollards Corner
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -82.200
EOC reported trees down near Industrial Dr.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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 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
- 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
- Tornado in Alabama, May 7, 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: 5639086, 5639087, 5639088, 5639178, 5639352, 5639353, 5639354, 5639355, 5639356, 5639357, 5639358, 5639359.