Hail in Georgia, July 9, 2001

Name: Hail in Georgia, July 9, 2001
Start: 2001-07-09T15:50
End: 2001-07-09T15:50
Location: Georgia

July 9, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that crossed northeast Georgia on the afternoon of the 9th, with a few storms producing damaging winds.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that crossed northeast Georgia on the afternoon of the 9th, with a few storms producing damaging winds.

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 9, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001

SW HALF OF THE CWA IS CURRENTLY UNDER A SVR TSTM WATCH. A COUPLE
CLUSTERS OF TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE THETA-E AXIS OVER SE TN...NE
GA AND WRN SC. THE ETA SEEMS TO HAVE A REASONABLY GOOD HANDLE ON
LOCATION OF H5 VORT CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL KY. THIS FEATURE IS
PROGGED TO DROP ALMOST DUE S AROUND THE RETROGRADING H5 RIDGE. IN
FACT...BEST FORCING MAY MISS THE CWA TO THE W. THIS MAKES SENSE AS
THE BEST H8 THERMAL RIDGE WAS LOCATED A LITTLE SW OF CWA BASED ON
12Z HAND ANALYSIS. STILL...THERE SHOULD BE GOOD COVERAGE OVER THE
WRN ZONES UNTIL THE VORT SWINGS BY.

AFTER THAT THINGS BEGIN TO SLOWLY DRY OUT AS A L/W TROF BEGINS TO
DEEPEN OVER THE E. LOOKS LIKE TUE WL BE THE FIRST DAY IN A WHILE
WHERE WE WON/T HAVE MCS DEBRIS OVER MOST OF THE CWA. WHILE THE WND
FIELDS BECOME EVEN WEAKER THAN TDA...AND H5 TEMPS RISE TO AROUND
-4...DWPTS WL REMAIN HIGH...AND ADDED SUN MEANS JUST ABOUT ANYONE
COULD SEE SOME TSRA...JUST NOTHING ORGANIZED OR VERY LONG LIVED.
HENCE...30 POPS.

DRIER YET ON WED AS FRONT COMES THROUGH THE AREA. PRETTY GOOD
THICKNESS PACKING ON THE ETA...AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN THE BNDRY
LAYER DRIES OUT BY AFTN. HOWEVER...WED MAY BE OUR HOTTEST DAY OF
THIS WHOLE RECENT STRING OF DAYS. AT LEAST M90S...AND MAYBE A DEGREE
OR TWO MORE.

A VERY IFFY...BUT DRY...EXTENDED. FRONT STALLS QUITE CLOSE TO THE
AREA WED NGHT AND THU. SOME SIGN THAT AN MCS WL JUST CLIP THE WRN
ZONES WED NGHT...AND MAYBE AGAIN LATE THU. AFTER THAT LOOKS LIKE THE
TROF DEEPENS AND COOLER...DRY CONDITIONS WL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL DAYS
(STILL NEVER A COMPLETELY SAFE BET W/NW FLOW IN JULY).

FCSTID = 14
GSP   71  93  70  94 /  40  30  20  20
AND   71  93  70  94 /  60  30  30  20
CLT   71  93  70  94 /  30  30  20  20
HKY   67  90  67  91 /  30  30  20  20
AVL   65  86  65  86 /  490  30  20  20

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

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:47 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1147 AM EDT MON JUL 09 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

230 AM     BRYSON CITY               NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01   SWAIN                          4 REPORTS OF TREES ON
                                          ROADS IN BRYSON CITY BY
                                          SWAIN EOC.

605 PM     MARSHALL                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   MADISON                        TREE FELL ON HOUSE OFF
                                          US-23 NEAR TN BORDER.
                                          NUMEROUS TREES ON ROADS
                                          ACROSS COUNTY.  REPORTED
                                          BY MADISON EOC.

715 PM     3 S CANTON                NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   HAYWOOD                        2 TRrEES BLOCKING ROADWAYS
                                          REPORTED BY HAYWOOD EOC.

LAMB

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:58 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>066-SCZ001>007-
010>012-019-092245-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1258 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. IN PARTICULAR...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE WEST OF
GREENVILLE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY. AREAS FARTHER TO THE
NORTH AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE TOO MUCH CLOUD COVER TO BECOME
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON.

WINDS IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE STRONGER THAN
ORIGINALLY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...AN ORGANIZED
COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP SOMEWHERE OVER THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON. IF THE COMPLEX DOES DEVELOP...A RATHER LARGE AREA OF
DAMAGING WINDS WOULD RESULT.

EVEN IF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE SCATTERED...INDIVIDUAL CELLS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE. IN ADDITION
TO STRONG WINDS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...PARTICULARLY
IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOR THE MOST PART...LARGE HAIL IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE A PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:41 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

140 AM     SPRING CREEK              NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01   MADISON                        GAS STATION REPORTED
                                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ON
                                          ROADWAYS.

240 AM     FONTANA VILLAGE           NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01   GRAHAM                         MURPHY DISPATCH REPORTED
                                          SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED ON ROADS IN
                                          FONTANA VILLAGE.

LAMB

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:50 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stephens

When: July 9, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Stephens County, 4 mi W of Toccoa
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.583, -83.383

Nickel-sized hail fell in Toccoa.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, July 2001

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: 5261283.