Georgia, 2001

Hail in Georgia, June 21, 2001

June 21, 2001 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 2:00 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:00 PM EST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
300 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

S/WV OVER SE GA WILL MOVE SLOWLY E-NE AND THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE
CWA BY LATE TNGT. WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN THRU THE EVE AND MAYBE TIL
AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE SC ZONES.

STRUNG OUT AREA OF WEAK VORTICITY CONTINUES OVER THE CWA FRI WITH
ANOTHER S/WV APPROACHING FOR THE AFTN. CD FNT WILL ALSO BE MOVG INTO
THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NE GA. GUIDANCE POPS FOR FRI ARE BETTER THAN
TDA. PLAN TO GO WITH 40 POPS ACROSS THE BOARD MAINLY FOR THE AFTN.
BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN APPEAR TO BE FROM FRI AFTN THRU SAT AFTN. CD
FNT WILL MAKE ITS BEST PUSH AT THAT TIME. AFTER SAT AFTN...UPPER LOW
WEAKENS AND BEGINS TO RETROGRADE.

EXTENDED...PLAN TO GO WITH CHC POPS DURING THE DAY AND SLGT CHC AT
NIGHT THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH LITTLE CHG EXPECTED IN THE
PATTERN. SW FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT WITH HIGH PRES RIDGE OFF THE SE
COAST. WILL STAY PRETTY CLOSE TO CLIMO FOR TEMPS/POPS THRU THE PD.

CWF...HIGH PRES RIDGE SETTING UP OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. PG IS
STILL WEAK BUT WILL BECOME S-SW TNGT AS WEAK LOW JUST N OF THE SC
WATERS PULLS OUT. H8 JET PASSES BY TO OUR N FRI NIGHT INTO SAT. SFC
PG APPEARS TO BE AT ITS BEST FRI AFTN INTO SAT. PLAN ON INCREASING
WINDS PERHAPS TO 15-20 KT FOR SC WATERS AND ABT 15 KT FOR GA PTN. PG
WILL RELAX LATER SAT INTO SUN. NO FLAGS EXPECTED THRU THE WEEKEND.

FCSTID = 20
CHS   72  89  72  87 /  30  40  40  50
SAV   70  91  70  87 /  30  40  40  50
CHL   74  87  74  87 /  30  40  40  50
NBC   72  89  72  87 /  30  40  40  50
RBW   70  90  70  86 /  30  40  40  50

.CHS...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

TJR

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Effingham

When
June 21, 2:30 PM EST
Where
Effingham County, 10 mi SW of Rincon
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
Coordinates
32.180, -81.350

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: 5253545.