Name: Hail in Georgia, May 2, 2003
Start: 2003-05-02T14:20
End: 2003-05-02T14:20
Location: Georgia

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 1:49 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:49 PM EST, 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003

UPDATING FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 8 PM.

FCSTID =    7
GSP   82  58  77  51 /  70  40  20  20
AND   83  58  79  52 /  70  40  20  20
CLT   82  58  78  50 /  70  40  20  20
HKY   81  56  74  48 /  80  40  20  20
AVL   78  54  73  47 /  80  50  20  20

.GSP...
GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM.
NC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM.
SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM.

O7

Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:20 AM EST, 10 hours before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-021115-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND/OR EVENING.

LANE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 8:47 AM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-022000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
947 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA FROM THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A WARM
AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

07

Local storm report, May 2, 10:20 AM EST, 4 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1120 AM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003

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

530 PM     TALLULAH FALLS            GA   .88 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   HABERSHAM                      BETWEEN DIME AND QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL AT STATE PARK
                                          AND POST OFFICE AREA.

645 PM     7 SW CLAYTON              GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03   RABUN                          HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
                                          ON BRIDGE CREEK ROAD NEAR
                                          LAKE BURTON REPORTED BY
                                          911 CENTER.

630 PM     6 N TOCCOA                GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03   STEPHENS                       HAIL DIME TO QUARTER
                                          COVERED THE GROUND  3
                                          INCHES DEEP ON BLACK MTN
                                          ROAD AT EOC DIRECTORS
                                          HOME.  DESTROYED GARDEN.

630 PM     TALLULAH FALLS            GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03   HABERSHAM                      HAIL FROM DIME TO QUARTER
                                          SIZE COVERED THE GROUND
                                          REPORTED BY STORE
                                          EMPLOYEE.

TJB

Local storm report, May 2, 1:41 PM EST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003

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

231 PM     CORNELIA                  GA   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/02/03   HABERSHAM                      EOC REPORT.

JAT

Local storm report, May 2, 1:56 PM EST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003

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

352 PM     BRYSON BRANCH             NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03   SWAIN                          2 TO 3 TREES DOWN AT
                                          NEEDMORE ROAD.

354 PM     FRANKLIN                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03   MACON                          1 TREE ON HOUSE.  SEVERAL
                                          TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROAD
                                          IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
                                          COUNTY.

KRENTZ

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:18 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Franklin

When: May 2, 2:20 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, 5 mi NNW of Carnesville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.433, -83.267

Hail fell along highway 106.

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

More

Every storm in Georgia in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, May 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: 5357391.