Hail, Dade
- When
- September 20, 9:50 PM EST
- Where
- Dade County, Trenton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.867, -85.500
A trained spotter reported dime size hail in Trenton.
Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, September 20, 2000
2 lightning, 1 hail, 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
- $85,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
2 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Walker
- When
- September 20, 9:58 PM EST
- Where
- Walker County, La Fayette
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.736, -85.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Walker county 911 center reported that lightning set a house on fire. The extent of the damage was unknown.
Lightning, Fannin
- When
- September 20, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Fannin County, 3 mi SE of Blue Ridge
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.864, -84.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Blue Ridge News Observer reported that lightning struck the county's 911 emergency radio repeater tower on Brawley Mountain completely knocking out the normal emergency communications system.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 20, 2000
- Rip Current in Florida, September 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, September 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, September 20, 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: 5158509, 5158510, 5158511.