Hail, McIntosh
- When
- May 27, 12:50 PM EST to 12:53 PM EST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Darien
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.367, -81.433
Hail in Georgia, May 27, 2001
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
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 May 27, 9:09 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:09 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1009 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001 S/WV CURRENTLY MOVG THRU THE MIDLANDS OF SC AND ERN GA WILL BE OFF THE COAST BY MID-AFTN. VIS SATLT SHOWING PATCHY AC MOVG THRU THE CWA. WILL UPDATE FCST TO GO P/CLOUDY. BLV SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTN. TEMPS LOOK FINE. WILL TWEAK WINDS SLIGHTLY BASED ON CURRENT OBS. SCATTERED LIGHT SHRA OVER THE MIDLANDS EARLIER HAVE DISSIPATED AND WILL KEEP POPS OUT AS 12Z CHS SOUNDING NOT VERY CONDUCIVE FOR PCPN WITH PLENTY OF DRY AIR IN PLACE AND A DECENT CAP JUST ABV H7. IF AN ISOLD SHRA POPS...WILL COVER WITH A SHORT TERM FCST. CWF...LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME S TO SW OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA WATERS AND S TO SE GEORGIA WATERS. WITH THE TIGHTER PRES GRADIENT REMAINING INLAND TDA...WILL CONTINUE TREND OF SPEEDS BLO 15 KT WITH 1 TO 3 FT SEAS. FCSTID = 20 CHS 89 66 88 67 / 10 10 30 30 SAV 90 65 89 66 / 10 10 20 30 CHL 88 73 86 75 / 10 10 30 30 NBC 88 67 87 67 / 10 10 30 30 RBW 88 65 86 64 / 10 10 30 30 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. TJR
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:52 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 27 to 28, 2001
- Tornado in New Jersey, May 27, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 27 to 28, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Maryland, May 27, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 27, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 27 to 28, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27 to 28, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 27, 2001
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 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: 5244301.