Georgia, 2001

Hail in Georgia, July 3, 2001

July 3, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 2:14 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:14 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001

SUNSHINE OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALLOWED THE AREA TO BECOME VERY
UNSTABLE. A WEAK WAVE MOVING INTO THE AREA HAS KICKED OFF NUMEROUS
SH/TSRA. LOTS OF CONVECTION TO OUR SOUTH AS WELL WHERE MORE SUNSHINE
HAS OCCURRED. A LITTLE LESS UNSTABLE IN THE CWFA OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS
WHERE CLOUDS LINGERED. HOWEVER CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE AS WAVE AND
BOUNDARIES FROM CURRENT ACTIVITY MOVE IN. WILL GO CATEGORICAL OVER
THE MTNS AND NC FOOTHILLS WHERE CONVECTION ONGOING OR IMMINENT...
LIKELY ELSEWHERE. FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES WITH HEAVY RAINERS AND SLOW
MOVEMENT. BUT THREAT NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH FOR SHORT TERM FFA ATTM.
CONVECTION COULD CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT...BUT SHOULD BECOME MORE
SCATTERED. A REMINDER...FIRST PERIOD POP BELOW IS CCF AND NOT
CURRENT COVERAGE.

ATMOS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE THRU THE PERIOD WITH WEAK WAVES
MOVING THRU THE UPPER TROF. LEE TROF AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING WILL
HELP INITIATE CONVECTION WED. APPROACHING SFC FNT AN ADDITIONAL
TRIGGER THU/THU NITE. AFTER TONIGHT...ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE MORE
OF THE AFT/EVE VARIETY...BUT HAVE LEFT OUT OF ZONES FOR BREVITY.

SFC FNT MOVES THRU THU NITE. SHORT LIVED DRIER COOLER HIGH MOVES IN.
ATMOS QUICKLY MODIFIES INTO WARM HUMID SUMMERTIME AIR MASS. GUIDANCE
INDICATES A POSSIBLE REPEAT OF WX FROM MONDAY AND TODAY ON DAYS 6/7.
TIMING OF FRONT COULD BE PROBLEMATICAL. SINCE POPS DO NOT GO ABOVE
CLIMO UNTIL TUE...HAVE LEFT OUT OF FCST UNTIL THEN.

GSP   70  88  70  88 /  50  50  40  40
AND   70  88  70  88 /  50  50  40  40
CLT   70  87  70  87 /  50  50  40  40
HKY   67  86  68  85 /  50  50  40  40
AVL   65  84  65  83 /  50  50  40  40

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Franklin

When
July 3, 5:05 PM EST
Where
Franklin County, Lavonia
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.433, -83.100

Dime-sized hail reported at Interstate 85 exit number 173.

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.

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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: 5261052.