Georgia, 2002

Hail in Georgia, August 18, 2002

August 18, 2002 · 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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  • 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
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 Aug 18, 2:36 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:36 PM EST, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
336 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2002

NOT MUCH CHANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LEESIDE TROF REMAINS ACROSS
THE CAROLINAS WITH VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION.
COOL FRONT DROPS SOUTH BY MIDWEEK. WITH FLOW ALOFT ZONAL DONT THINK
IT WILL MAKE IT VERY FAR INTO SOUTH CAROLINA...PROBABLY SOMEWHERE
AROUND THE SC/NC BORDER. HAVE PUT IN 40 PERCENT EVENING POPS TO
COVER ONGOING CONVECTION...THEN 30 POPS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
BUMPED POPS UP A BIT FOR TUESDAY AS VORT AXIS MOVES OVER THE
AREA...AND ALSO ON WEDNESDAY AS FRONT MOVES INTO NORTHERN PART OF
STATE.

MARINE...ATLC RIDGE TO REMAIN S OF THE FCST AREA THRU AT LEAST TUE
OR WED...AS TROF REMAINS ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND GA. THE RESULT IS
A LIGHT TO MODERATE SW SYNOPTIC FLOW. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE THE
LOCAL SEA/LAND BREEZE EFFECTS EACH AFTRN/NIGHT NEAR SHORE. VERY WEAK
COOL FRONT MAY APPROACH SC WATERS WED OR THU WITH FIRST A SLACKENING
OF THE  WINDS TO 10 KT OR LESS...THEN SHIFTING TO MORE ONSHORE (E OR
SE) AS THE FRONT BECOMES DIFFUSE AND WEAK HI MOVES OFF THE NE STATES
THU/FRI.

CHS   78  91  79  91 /  40  30  30  50
SAV   75  94  75  94 /  40  30  30  50
CHL   78  91  79  91 /  40  30  30  50
NBC   78  91  79  91 /  40  30  30  50
RBW   74  94  76  94 /  40  30  30  50
MHP   75  94  75  94 /  40  30  30  50

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

HSA/PM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 3:08 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC
408 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2002

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

0404 PM    THUNDERBOLT               GA   .88 INCH HAIL
08/18/02   CHATHAM                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Chatham

When
August 18, 3:10 PM EST
Where
Chatham County, Savannah
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
32.050, -81.083

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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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: 5312404.