Thunderstorm Wind, Haralson
- When
- May 21, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Haralson County, Buchanan
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -85.183
Haralson county 911 reported several trees knocked down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 21, 2000
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- May 21, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Sand Hill
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.633, -84.967
Carroll county 911 reported power lines blown down between Villa Rica and Carrollton.
Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 21, 2:54 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Carrollton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.583, -85.083
The public reported dime size hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gordon
- When
- May 21, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Gordon County, Calhoun
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.483, -84.933
Gordon county 911 reported several trees down in Calhoun, and power lines knocked down between Sugar Valley and Resaca. Hail was also reported, but the size was not given.
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 21, 7:06 PM EST to 7:38 PM EST
- Where
- Douglas County, Douglasville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -84.750
Dime size hail was reported by a Fire Station in Douglasville and by the public in Lithia Springs.
Hail, Fulton
- When
- May 21, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, 4 mi N of Atlanta
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.817, -84.400
The public reported dime size hail in Buckhead.
Funnel Cloud, Fulton
- When
- May 21, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, 2 mi NE of Union City
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.790, -84.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Union City Police reported a funnel cloud near Feldwood Road moving to the northeast.
Funnel Cloud, Clayton
- When
- May 21, 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Clayton County, Riverdale
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.542, -84.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Riverdale City Police reported a funnel cloud.
Hail, Coweta
- When
- May 21, 8:58 PM EST to 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Coweta County, Newnan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.367, -84.800
Numerous reports of dime size hail to slightly larger than a dime were received from the general public and the Coweta county 911 center.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coweta
- When
- May 21, 8:58 PM EST to 9:12 PM EST
- Where
- Coweta County, Newnan
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.367, -84.800
Coweta county 911 center and the public reported trees down in Newnan. In one case, they were down in the road.
Hail, Fayette
- When
- May 21, 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Brooks
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.283, -84.467
The public reported dime size hail in Brooks.
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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind and Waterspout in Florida, May 21 to 22, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 21, 2000
- Heat in California, May 21 to 23, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Heat in California, May 21 to 23, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 21, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, May 21, 2000
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: 5148079, 5148080, 5148081, 5148154, 5148155, 5148156, 5148157, 5148158, 5148159, 5148428, 5148429.