Hail, Screven
- When
- April 26, 7:20 AM EST
- Where
- Screven County, Sylvania
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -81.633
Hail in Georgia, April 26, 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 26, 5:30 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 5:30 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 630 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2003 MARINE...JUST UPDATED MARINE ZONES. OBS SHOW SEAS ARE LESS THAN EXERCISE CAUTION CRITERIA FOR SC/GA COASTAL WATERS SO REVISED SEAS AND DROPPED WORDING. FOR THE GEORGIA OFFSHORE...REPLACED ADVISORY WITH EXERCISE CAUTION. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. AUSTIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:41 AM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>050-261800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 441 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN AND THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN AND THE SAVANNAH RIVER NEAR CLYO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ST
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:17 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
- Flash Flood in Florida, April 26, 2003
- Wildfire in Michigan, April 26, 2003
- Hail in North Carolina, April 26, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, April 26, 2003
- Hail in Georgia, April 26, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, April 26, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, April 26, 2003
- Hail in South Carolina, April 26, 2003
- Winter Weather in Idaho, April 26, 2003
- Hail in North Carolina, April 26, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, April 26, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, April 26, 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: 5348632.