Hail, Habersham
- When
- June 12, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham County, Cornelia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.517, -83.517
Hail in Georgia, June 12, 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 Jun 12, 5:00 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 5:00 PM EST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 WILL PREPARE UPDATE OF PUBLIC FORECAST TO BE ISSUED AT 7 PM AS SVR TSTM WATCH EXPIRES. WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS EVERYWHERE THROUGH THE EVENING DUE TO ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IN LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AXIS UPSTREAM OVER GA. 18Z GFS CONTINUES TO FEATURE SHORTWAVE LATE TONIGHT POSSIBLY PUSHING ANOTHER MCS INTO THE NC MTNS FROM THE SW OVERNIGHT. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS GOING IN THE NC MTNS THROUGH THE NIGHT. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:48 AM EST, 12 hours 52 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-121145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 548 AM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH DAY 7. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:22 PM EST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ001>014-019- 121825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 122 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 120 PM... SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND APPROACHING THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY CROSS THE LAKE HARTWELL AREA. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD BE ALERT. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARILY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG AREA. LOCATIONS IN LAURENS... UNION... CHEROKEE... YORK... AND CHESTER COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING... AND MAYBE SOME GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT COUNTIES FROM MECKLENBURG AND UNION NORTHWARD TO DAVIE WERE NOT EXPERIENCING WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AT 120 PM. HOWEVER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BEFORE 300 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT PART OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 700 PM. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING... DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND... AND LARGE HAIL. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LGL
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:40 PM EST, 5 hours before
NCZ069>071-SCZ009-121809- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 140 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA... AT 135 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM YORK COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST TO UNION AND LAURENS COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA BEFORE 230 PM. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA... ESPECIALLY FROM THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE WEST TO GASTONIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS ON LAKES WYLIE AND NORMAN ARE ADVISED TO BE PARTICULARLY ALERT FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING BETWEEN 200 PM AND 300 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LGL
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 1:36 PM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-121920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 236 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 235 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. BECAUSE SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE SAME GENERAL TRACK FOLLOWED BY STORMS EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON... EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MIGHT CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS... PARTICULARLY IN URBAN LOCATIONS SUCH AS METRO CHARLOTTE... ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO MINOR FLOODING. SOME OF THE TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE ABBEVILLE... GREENWOOD... UNION... CHESTER... AND ROCK HILL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IN NORTH CAROLINA... CHARLOTTE... GASTONIA AND NEARBY AREAS WILL HAVE SEVERAL PERIODS OF RAIN... SOME OF WHICH COULD BE HEAVY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LGL
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:31 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ026-028-SCZ010-122005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 331 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING LAKE HARTWELL AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 330 PM... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY GEORGIA... OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN... HART... AND ANDERSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WIND... AND SMALL HAIL. IF THE THUNDERSTORM PERSISTS... IT WILL BE IN NEAR THE CITY OF ANDERSON AROUND 430 PM. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS ON LAKE HARTWELL ARE ADVISED TO BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND AS THE THUNDERSTORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LGL
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ003-006>009-011>014-019-122030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 350 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 350 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOST NUMEROUS IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOCKSVILLE IN DAVIE COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH ROWAN AND CABARRUS COUNTIES TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY. CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY AND LAURENS COUNTY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WEST OF GREENVILLE AND WEST OF ANDERSON. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT UNTIL 700 PM. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG NWS OFFICE THROUGH 350 PM. HOWEVER... THERE WERE REPORTS EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON OF WATER IMPEDING TRAFFIC ON INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD IN CHARLOTTE. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED BY THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN CAUSES PONDING OF WATER AND HIGH WATER LEVELS IN URBAN LOCATIONS WHERE THE DRAINAGE CANNOT HANDLE THE RAPID RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LGL
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:07 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>012-019-122140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 507 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 505 PM... AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED FROM PICKENS COUNTY INTO GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF GREENVILLE BEFORE 530 PM WITH A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND. A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AND WILL CROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY BEFORE 600 PM. ANOTHER SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN FRANKLIN AND HART COUNTIES OF GEORGIA. ANOTHER SMALL STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF ANDERSON. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST... SO THEY COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE SHOWERS WILL BECOME LESS NUMEROUS AROUND SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. BOATERS...SWIMMERS... AND OTHER PEOPLE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LGL
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 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 and Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, June 12, 2003
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 12, 2003
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2003
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 5363605.