Hail, Habersham
- When
- February 21, 5:49 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham County, Cornelia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.517, -83.517
Mainly dime sized hail with a few larger stones.
Hail in Georgia, February 21, 2005
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 Feb 21, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 255 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... LATEST SFC ANALYSIS REVEALS WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE RIDING NE ALONG THE FRONT DRAPED FROM WV TO CENTRAL TN. A SHARP DEWPOINT BOUNDARY HAS SET UP ACROSS NRN AL/GA AND WEAK FORCING ALOFT CONTINUES FROM THE SHEARING 500 MB SHORTWAVE AND SPURIOUS UPPER DIVERGENCE. DEWPOINTS WITHIN THE CURRENT SVR TSTM WATCH AREA HAVE RECOVERED TO 50 TO 55 DEGREES...AND ADDITIONAL RECOVERY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. 850 MB FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO VEER TO THE WEST AND THEN NW OVERNIGHT...WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW GRADUALLY ENDING CONVECTION EAST OF THE MTNS. THE GFS AND NAM DIFFER WITH THE HANDLING OF ADDITIONAL WAVES FORMING ALONG THE PASSING FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH THE NAM INDICATING LINGERING MOISTURE AND SPOTTY UPGLIDE LATE DAY. THE GFS IS PREFERRED WITH STRONGER DRYING AND LITTLE TO NO SFC BASED INSTABILITY FOR TUESDAY. COOLER AIR ARRIVES TUES NIGHT THROUGH WED ON NW FLOW...WITH SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BANKING UP INTO THE NRN MTNS AROUND DAYBREAK WED. 850 MB TEMPS SHOULD BE NO COLDER THAN -4 C AND MOISTURE IS VERY SHORT LIVED...SO ONLY SCHC FOR RAIN/SNOW INDICATED IN THE NRN MTNS. THU REMAINS THE LARGER QUESTION AS SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY GETS GOING...SOONER ON THE GFS AND LATER ON THE NAM. WILL CONTINUE TO RUN MAINLY SCHC TO VERY LOW CHC POPS ACROSS THE SRN TIER UNTIL THE EVENT COMES MORE INTO FOCUS. NRN TIER APPEARS THE DRIEST...BUT ALSO RUNS THE COLDEST WITH MARGINAL RA/SN ISSUES IF PRECIP CAN WORK FAR ENOUGH NORTH. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... SPLIT FLOW PATTERN REMAINS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SRN STREAM KEEPS PRECIPITATION VERY CLOSE TO THE CWA...HOWEVER...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY BASED ON A CONSENSUS OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE CHC THAT MOISTURE TAILING THE CLIPPER COULD RESULT IN A SCHC FOR SHSN OR FLURRIES OVER THE NRN MTNS...WILL PRESERVE SCHC FOR 06-12Z SAT. DY7...L/W TROF BEGINS TO DIG OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS RESULTING IN WAA AND GULF MOISTURE TO BUILD OVER THE SE US...WILL INTRODUCE A SCHC MON AFTERNOON FOR SHRA. OTHERWISE...FA SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND WILL FORECAST TEMPS CLOSE TO CLIMO. && .AVIATION... MAIN SHORT-TERM AVIATION CONCERN IS THE TIMING OF CURRENT MCS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. WILL HANDLE CONVECTION WITH FM AND TEMPOS THROUGH 22Z. FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME WILL EXPECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG AND LOW CLOUDS. BY LATE TONIGHT...WILL FORECAST THAT TERMINALS WILL SEE IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS. MIXING SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUICK AFTER SUNRISE...WILL BRING CONDITIONS TO VFR BY 15Z. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 6:00 AM EST, 11 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221100- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 600 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RWH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 21, 12:59 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1259 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1248 PM HAIL BRYSON CITY 35.43N 83.45W
02/21/2005 0.88 INCH SWAIN NC POST OFFICE
THE BRYSON CITY POST OFFICE REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL
WHICH WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE THE GROUND WHITE.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Feb 21, 1:23 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
123 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 NW FRANKLIN 35.28N 83.51W
02/21/2005 MACON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
MACON COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN IN
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY WHEN THE LINE OF STORMS
PASSED THROUGH BEFORE 1 PM.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Feb 21, 1:30 PM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
130 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM TSTM WND DMG ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 83.81W
02/21/2005 GRAHAM NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
GRAHAM COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY. A TRANSFORMER DOWN AT LOWER PANTHER
CREEK.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Feb 21, 5:09 PM EST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 509 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 GAZ010-017-212300- HABERSHAM-RABUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON 509 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THROUGH 6 PM... AT 505 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH ACROSS TOWNS AND WHITE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE VERY POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE THE TOWNS OF BATESVILLE...TURNERVILLE...AND TALLULAH FALLS THROUGH 6 PM. HG
Local storm report, Feb 21, 5:49 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
549 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0546 PM HAIL CORNELIA 34.51N 83.53W
02/21/2005 0.75 INCH HABERSHAM GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
&&
HGThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:49 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
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, February 21, 2005
- Flood in California, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, February 21, 2005
- Tornado in California, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flood in California, February 21, 2005
- Debris Flows and Flooding in California, February 21 to 22, 2005
- Flash Flood in California, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flood in California, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flood in California, February 21, 2005
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 21, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 21, 2005
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 2005
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: 5441940.