Hail, Elbert
- When
- April 25, 8:44 PM EST
- Where
- Elbert County, Elberton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.117, -82.867
Hail in Georgia, April 25, 2003
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 Apr 25, 8:42 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 8:42 PM EST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 942 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2003 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT AS THEY MOVED INTO MORE STABLE AIR OVER CWA. A FEW STRONG CELLS STILL EXPECTED AS BAND OF CONVECTION MOVES ACROSS AREA NEXT COUPLE HOURS...ESP WITH WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING NE. ADJUSTED TEMPS/DP/RH OVERNIGHT. REST OF FCST OK. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 4:45 AM EST, 15 hours 59 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-251145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 AM EDT FRI APR 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SOME HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...THOUGH IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE OUR SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE ACTIVITY ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MCAVOY
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:43 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, April 25 to 30, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 25, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Hail in Mississippi, April 25, 2003
- Tornado in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, April 25, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Strong Wind in Alabama, April 25, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, April 25, 2003
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2003
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: 5355156.