Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 30, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 30, 2002
Start: 2002-04-30T17:35
End: 2002-04-30T20:35
Location: Georgia

April 30, 2002 · NWS TAE · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
300 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2002

CURRENTLY: PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH MANY SITES REPORTING 5-7 MILES
IN HAZE. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO NRN FLA FROM ADJ GEORGIA.

DISCUSSION:AT UPPER LEVELS...UPPER TROF MOVING OFF ERN CANADA...
UPPER LOW MOVING ENE FROM CNTRL CALIF..EWD TOWARDS GREAT BASIN AND
THEN NE TOWARDS GREAT LAKES. HIGH MOVED OFF OLD MEX TOWARDS GULF WITH
PERSISTENT AND FAST WNW FLOW ACROSS THE SE CONUS. SEVERAL VORTS
ROLLING AROUND THE RIDGE AND ACROSS MAINLY NRN SXNS OF CWFA NEXT FEW
DAYS. AT SURFACE...NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM AROUND FERNANDINA
BEACH W THRU NCNTRL ALA. LATEST GUIDANCE LESS BULLISH ON SEVERE OR
EVEN STRONG STORMS THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. STILL...RADAR SHOWS
CONVECTION JUST N AND W OF CWFA. QUESTION IS HOW FAR S CONVECTION
WILL DRIFT. LAPS GUIDANCE STILL SHOWS UNSTABLE LIFTED INDICES AND
CAPE SOUTH OF BOUNDARY IN WARM SECTOR AND SELS HOLDING ON TO SLIGHT
RISK FOR ALL OUR CWFA. WITH LATE DEVELOPING SEA BREEZES AND ANY
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT KEEP TOGETHER WILL KEEP SCT EVENING
SHWRS/TSTMS N HALF AND WDLY SCT CONVECTION S HALF.

FORECAST:WILL USE 4 ZONE ZFP WITH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
SUBDIVIDED TO ACCOUNT FOR ABOVE CONVECTION.

AS SURFACE LOW NE OKLAH MOVES EWD...FRONT WILL DRIFT NWD TO
MISS-TENN VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND UPPER HIGH BUILDS EWD INTO NE GULF SO
NEXT FEW DAYS LOOK WARM AND DRY. AGAIN...APRIL 2002 WILL GO DOWN AS
THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR TALLAHASSEE.

WITH SW FLOW PERSISTING...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPS AND A DRY AIRMASS
CONT WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPS NEXT FEW DAYS. MODELS IN VERY GOOD
AGREEMENT AND WILL BLEND.

RECORD HIGHS FOR WEDNESDAY

TLH 95 1990
ABY 94 1990
DHN 92 1990
AQQ 89 1943
PFN 92 1959

EXTENDED:ABOVE MENTIONED CALIFORNIA LOW WILL HELP DRAG NEXT COLD
FRONT SEWD..NOW ACROSS PLAINS STATES...AND WILL APPROACH SE ALA
PREDAWN HOURS OF FRIDAY AND MOVE ACROSS REST OF CWFA ON FRIDAY B4
STALLING AND DISSIPATING ACROSS MARINE AREA FRI NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
THUS SCT POPS FOR FRIDAY. THIS WILL USHER IN COOLER TEMPS FRI INTO
WEEKEND.

MARINE:ONE ZONE FITS ALL WITH LIGHT SW FLOW AND SEAS AOB 2 FEET NEXT
FEW DAYS B4 SLOWLY INCREASING AHEAD OF THE NEXT BOUNDARY.

FIRE WX:FIRE WX WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WED AFTN DUE TO HIGH
DISPERSION.

PRELIM NUMBERS:

TLH 067/093 068/093 2-0-
PFN 072/085 074/086 2-0-
DHN 069/091 070/092 3-0-
ABY 068/091 069/092 4-0-
VLD 067/093 067/092 3-0-

.AL...NONE.
.GA...NONE.
.FL...FIRE WX WATCH WED AFTN FOR HIGH DISPERSION.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Calhoun

When: April 30, 5:35 PM EST to 5:40 PM EST
Where: Calhoun County, Oak Hill
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.600, -84.483

Numerous reports of nickel size hail by the Calhoun County Sheriff.

Thunderstorm Wind, Baker

When: April 30, 6:00 PM EST to 6:10 PM EST
Where: Baker County, Countywide
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.250, -84.417

Downed trees reported by the Baker County Sheriff.

Thunderstorm Wind, Colquitt

When: April 30, 7:05 PM EST
Where: Colquitt County, Moultrie
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.183, -83.800

Downed trees on U.S. Highway 319 reported by the Colquitt County Sheriff.

Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph

When: April 30, 8:35 PM EST
Where: Randolph County, Cuthbert
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.767, -84.800

Several downed trees and power lines reported by the Randolph County Sheriff.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, April 2002

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: 5293575, 5293573, 5293576, 5293574.