Georgia, 2001

Hail in Georgia, June 27, 2001

June 27, 2001 · NWS JAX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 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
2

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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 12:30 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 12:30 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
130 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

CURRENT...STRONG LINE OF SEA BREEZE FORCED CONVECTION
CURRENTLY WEST OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ENTERING INLAND GA
COUNTIES.  STRONGEST CELLS MOVING ALONG THE FL/GA BORDER AND
INTO OCALA NF.  MOST AREAS HAVE RECEIVED LESS THAN HALF AN
INCH OF RAINFALL SO FAR...EXPECT AN INCH OR MORE IN OCALA NF.

FORECAST...DEEP TROPICAL FLOW AND MOISTURE INDICATE SUBSTANTIAL
RAINFALL POTENTIAL. MERGER OF TROPICAL WAVE FROM ATLANTIC
WITH DEEP TROPICAL UPPER FEED FROM THE GULF WILL IMPEDE THE
WAVES FORWARD PROGRESS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. TODAY VERY
HIGH INSTABILITY WILL KEEP CELLS GENERATING AS SEA BREEZE FOCUS
MOVES INLAND.  HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS...RUC/MESO...INDICATING
THAT HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING AND
COASTAL RAINFALL WILL REGENERATE EARLY THURSDAY AM...WITH EVEN
HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS LIKELY TOMORROW AND UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION
REMAINING OVER MUCH OF THE CWA...WITH EMPHASIS ALONG THE EAST COAST.
FRIDAY RAINFALL TAPERING OFF BY PM EXCEPT IN SUWANNEE VALLEY AREA
AND WEST GA CWA.

EXTENDED...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOW SLOW CLEARING AND IMPROVEMENrT.
MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY NEAR CLIMATOLOGY.

PRELIM...
AMG 70/87/73/85   4646
SSI 74/84/74/83   5733
JAX 73/85/74/84   5846
GNV 72/87/74/85   6857 13

.JAX...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.

WELSH

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wayne

When
June 27, 4:59 PM EST
Where
Wayne County, Jesup
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.600, -81.883

Hail, Wayne

When
June 27, 5:25 PM EST
Where
Wayne County, Gardi
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.533, -81.800

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: 5255816, 5255817.