Georgia, 2002

Hail in Georgia, July 20, 2002

July 20, 2002 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • 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
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 20, 1:18 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:18 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
218 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002

CURRENTLY...SURFACE TROUGH FROM THE CAROLINAS TO ACROSS SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. SHORT WAVE TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHEAST
ACROSS CENTRAL GA. THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY ERUPTING ALONG I-10 IN NORTH
FLORIDA.

MODELS/ZFP...UNMODIFIED MORNING SOUNDINGS ALREADY SHOWED CAPE OF
4100+J AND LIFTED INDEX -8 WITH CAP OF 3 DEGREES. AFTER CAP IS BROKEN
SHOULD SEE A ROUND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE THE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING (FROM HIGH CAPE AND PW) AND POSSIBLE PULSE SEVERE STORMS.
SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WITH SHORT WAVE DROPPING
SOUTHEAST THRU SUNDAY...AND CLOSING OFF ACROSS GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT
MOISTURE AND LIFT TO SEE NUMEROUS MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AT
LEAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WITH MEAN 1000-500 MB WIND FLOW
GENERALLY WEST OR SOUTHWEST...WILL SEE ACTIVITY FIRST FORM NEAR GULF
COAST AND SPREAD EAST...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY NEAR EAST COAST IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVE. HEAT INDICES ARE RUNNING 105 TO
110 DEGREES TODAY AND WILL SEE AT LEAST 105 SUNDAY. WILL HEADLINE
THIS.

PRELIM
AMG TT 075/093 072/094 074 08464
SSI TT 078/090 077/092 076 08464
JAX TT 076/093 073/093 075 08464
SGJ TT 077/090 075/093 077 08464
GNV TT 074/093 073/093 074 08363
OCF TT 074/092 074/093 074 08353=

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

PP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:45 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
545 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002

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

0325 PM    JACKSONVILLE              FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02   DUVAL                          TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
                                          NEAR ATLANTIC AND SOUTHSIDE

0255 PM    LAKE CITY                 FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02   COLUMBIA                       TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

0400 PM    1NE   KEYSTONE HEIGHTS    FL   WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02   CLAY                           BARN DESTROYED. ROOF BLOWN
                                          OFF 2 SHEDS

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The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:19 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Camden

When
July 20, 5:20 PM EST
Where
Camden County, St Marys
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
30.733, -81.550

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

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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: 5306723.