Hail, Polk
- When
- May 9, 10:50 PM EST to 10:53 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Cedartown to 5 mi E of Cedartown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -85.250
Hail in Georgia, May 9 to 10, 1998
5 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
- None recorded
- 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bartow
- When
- May 9, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bartow County, 4 mi SE of Cartersville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -84.750
Hail, Cobb
- When
- May 9, 11:50 PM EST
- Where
- Cobb County, Vinings
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -84.470
Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 9, 11:50 PM EST to 11:55 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Sandy Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -84.380
Several public reports indicated dime size hail fell. One said it covered the ground.
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- May 9, 11:55 PM EST to May 10, 12:05 AM EST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Brookhaven to Dunwoody
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -84.320
What these are
- 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
- Heat in Texas, May 9, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 9, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, May 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 9, 1998
- Tornadoes in Alabama, May 9, 1998
- Hail in Missouri, May 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 9, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, May 9, 1998
- Flooding and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, May 9 to 16, 1998
- Flood in Iowa, May 9, 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: 5646154, 5646155, 5646156, 5646157, 5646158.