Georgia, 2003

Hail in Georgia, April 26, 2003

April 26, 2003 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Apr 26, 5:30 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 5:30 AM EST, 2 hours 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, 4 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:50 AM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC
850 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2003

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

0820 AM    SYLVANIA                  GA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/26/03   SCREVEN                        REPORTED BY WARNING POINT.

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Effingham

When
April 26, 8:20 AM EST
Where
Effingham County, Springfield
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.367, -81.317

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: 5348638.