Hail, Whitfield
- When
- May 22, 12:35 PM EST
- Where
- Whitfield County, Rocky Face
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -85.030
A spotter reported dime size hail.
Hail in Georgia, May 22, 1999
15 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
- 15
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 Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:37 UTC.
Event by event
15 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Murray
- When
- May 22, 1:30 PM EST to 1:33 PM EST
- Where
- Murray County, Chatsworth
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -84.770
Murary county 911 and the public reported dime to quarter size hail.
Hail, Pickens
- When
- May 22, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pickens County, Jasper
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -84.420
The public reported dime size hail.
Hail, Emanuel
- When
- May 22, 2:15 PM EST to 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Emanuel County, Norristown to Swainsboro
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -82.500
There were a few reports of hail, ranging from dime to half dollar size.
Hail, Dawson
- When
- May 22, 2:42 PM EST
- Where
- Dawson County, Dawsonville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -84.120
The public reported dime to almost quarter size hail.
Hail, Coweta
- When
- May 22, 3:05 PM EST
- Where
- Coweta County, Sharpsburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -84.650
The public reported quarter size hail.
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- May 22, 3:07 PM EST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Lithonia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -84.120
The public reported dime size hail.
Hail, Fayette
- When
- May 22, 3:08 PM EST to 3:49 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Fayetteville to Inman
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -84.450
The public reported dime to nickel size hail. An NWS employee also reported 4 trees down.
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- May 22, 3:15 PM EST to 3:21 PM EST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Lithonia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -84.120
The public reported dime to quarter size hail.
Hail, Clayton
- When
- May 22, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Clayton County, Lovejoy
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -84.320
The sheriff's department reported quarter size hail.
Hail, Henry
- When
- May 22, 3:25 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, Hampton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -84.280
The public reported dime size hail.
Hail, Rockdale
- When
- May 22, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Rockdale County, Conyers
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -84.020
The public reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Toombs
- When
- May 22, 8:10 PM EST to 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Toombs County, Lyons
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -82.320
Toombs county 911 reported dime size hail.
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 22, 9:25 PM EST
- Where
- Johnson County, 5 mi E of Scott
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -82.580
The fire department reported dime size hail.
Hail, Emanuel
- When
- May 22, 9:35 PM EST
- Where
- Emanuel County, Adrian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -82.600
The fire department reported dime size hail.
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
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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: 5694558, 5694559, 5694560, 5694561, 5694562, 5694565, 5694566, 5694563, 5694567, 5694564, 5694569, 5694568, 5694637, 5694636, 5694570.