Thunderstorm Wind, Bacon
- When
- May 8, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bacon County, Alma
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -82.470
Large trees were blown down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 1998
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- May 8, 1:32 PM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, Nicholls
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -82.650
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- May 8, 1:55 PM EST
- Where
- Pierce County, Blackshear
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -82.250
Large trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 8, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Jesup
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -81.880
Large trees were blown down.
Hail, Coffee
- When
- May 8, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, Mora
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -82.970
Hail, Camden
- When
- May 8, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Camden County, Spring Bluff
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -81.730
Hail, Brantley
- When
- May 8, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Brantley County, Hoboken
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -82.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Brantley
- When
- May 8, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Brantley County, Hickox
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -82.000
Large trees were 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 1998
- Strong Wind in Kansas, May 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Utah, May 8, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 8 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 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: 5650464, 5650465, 5650466, 5650467, 5650468, 5650469, 5650470, 5650471.