Hail, Habersham
- When
- October 6, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham County, Turnerville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.683, -83.417
Hail in Georgia, October 6, 2002
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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 6, 8:27 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 8:27 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 927 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2002 JUST TWEAKS TO THE GRIDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS PLAN ON STAYING THE COURSE ADVERTISING A GRADUAL INCREASE IN DEEPER MOISTURE AND LARGE SCALE LIFT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. WILL MOVE UP TIMING OF PCPN CHCS FOR SW NC MTNS/NE GA MTNS BASED ON ISOLATED DEEP CONVECTION WHICH HAS SPREAD INTO SW NC. FCSTID = 55 GSP 63 79 52 72 / 10 30 10 0 AND 64 79 53 73 / 10 30 10 0 CLT 63 80 53 72 / 10 30 20 0 HKY 61 77 50 71 / 10 30 10 0 AVL 58 73 46 69 / 20 30 10 0 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 4:46 AM EST, 18 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-061145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 546 AM EDT SUN OCT 6 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RB
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:29 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
- Heavy Rain in Georgia, October 6 to 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, October 6, 2002
- Flash Flood and Flood in Texas, October 6, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 6, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, October 6, 2002
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 6, 2002
- Hail in Kansas, October 6, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 6, 2002
- Hail in Kansas, October 6, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 6, 2002
- Hail in Kansas, October 6, 2002
- Hail in Kansas, October 6, 2002
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, October 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5318466.