Hail, Decatur
- When
- March 31, 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Decatur County, Bainbridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -84.567
Penny size hail reported by the public.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 31, 2005
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 130 PM EST THU MAR 31 2005 .SYNOPSIS...LARGE MCS WHICH FORMED OVER AL/MS/GA LAST NIGHT ALONG A STATIONARY BOUNDARY...HAS BECOME LESS ORGANIZED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TODAY...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST. HOWEVER...NEW SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP WELL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BOUNDARY WHERE SOME INSOLATION HAS OCCURRED AND PUSHED TEMPS TO THE 80 DEGREE MARK. IT IS STILL IN QUESTION HOW FAR EAST THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED AND THE BOUNDARY IS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE AND FURTHER PROGRESS TO THE SE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS GENERALLY CONTINUE OUT OF THE S-SE AT 10 TO 15 KTS. && .SHORT TERM...THE STAGE APPEARS TO BE SET FOR ANOTHER WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA DURING THE NEXT 24-36 HRS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCH STORM TOTALS LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH AND WEST. THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THE POP FCST WILL BE TONIGHT...AS THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY SHOULD LIFT BACK FURTHER N AS A WARM FRONT...WHICH SHOULD TEMPORARILY STOP THE SPREAD OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE SE. HOWEVER...THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING WELL OUT AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY WHICH MAY VERY WELL OCCUR IN THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE S AND E. THEREFORE...WILL HAVE A NW TO SE POP GRADIENT FOR TONIGHT...AND MAY GO SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE MAV TO THE SE. GENERALLY CATEGORICAL POPS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...AS A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND MOVES EAST THROUGH THE CWA. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED AS WELL...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. && .LONG TERM... A SFC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AND REMAIN DOMINANT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY GIVING RATHER BENIGN WEATHER FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD. A SHORT WAVE WILL PUSH A SFC FRONT THROUGH THE CWA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AND BRING WITH IT CHANCE POPS AND ISOLD TSTMS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL BE MONITORED AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. WEATHER SHOULD CLEAR QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT BY FRIDAY MORNING. && .MARINE...EXPECT THE RELATIVELY QUIET CONDITIONS TO QUICKLY COME TO AN END BY LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS AND SEAS INCREASE OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TO AT LEAST SCEC LEVELS. BEHIND THE FRONT...AN SCA APPEARS VERY LIKELY AT THIS TIME. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS UNTIL SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CWA. && .HYDROLOGY...WIDESPREAD RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF THE CWFA...AND WILL LIKELY BE EXACERBATED BY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SEE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 64 78 57 71 / 40 90 60 05 PANAMA CITY 66 76 53 69 / 50 80 50 05 DOTHAN 63 76 51 66 / 70 99 30 05 ALBANY 65 75 52 67 / 70 99 50 05 VALDOSTA 64 79 56 68 / 40 80 70 10 CROSS CITY 64 82 58 70 / 30 70 70 10 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. GA...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING. FL...NONE. && SHORT TERM: GOULD LONG TERM: HICKS
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:22 AM EST, 9 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 522 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-312300- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 522 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND TODAY AND TONIGHT AND A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA AND ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS FRONT WILL STALL JUST NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT AS A MUCH STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED DEVELOP AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND MOVE TOWARD OUR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ZONES BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS THE SQUALL LINE ADVANCES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION FRIDAY. THE LINE OF STORMS MAY CONTAIN BOW ECHOES PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END LATE ON FRIDAY OVER ALL BUT THE EASTERNMOST ZONES AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD END OVER THE VALDOSTA REGION AND THE EASTERN BIG BEND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WILL BE DRY WITH RAIN CHANCES RETURNING ON WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SENDS ANOTHER COLD FRONT OUR WAY. LOWERING AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAY ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES THAT DEVELOP. .RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...WADE SIDEWAYS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF ITS PULL. TO ESCAPE...RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TO SHORE OUTSIDE THE NARROW CURRENT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SPOTTERS WILL BE CONSIDERED ACTIVATED UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A CONVECTIVE WATCH FOR OUR AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 22-BARRY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 1:31 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 131 PM EST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ065>067-GAZ120>122-124-126-311931- CLAY GA-COFFEE AL-DALE AL-HENRY AL-LEE GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA- TERRELL GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE... DAWSON...ELBA...ENTERPRISE...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LEESBURG AND OZARK 131 PM EST THU MAR 31 2005 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST THURSDAY AFTERNOON (300 PM CST) FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. 17-GOULD
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:34 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Decatur
- When
- March 31, 2:43 PM EST
- Where
- Decatur County, Bainbridge
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -84.567
Marble to golfball size hail reported by a local radio station.
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- March 31, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Decatur County, 2 mi SW of Bainbridge
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.883, -84.583
A metal storage building was damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were snapped off on State Road 253. Reported by the public.
Hail, Grady
- When
- March 31, 3:07 PM EST
- Where
- Grady County, Cairo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 30.867, -84.200
Marble to quarter size hail reported by NWS Peachtree City.
Hail, Thomas
- When
- March 31, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Thomas County, Ochlocknee
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 30.983, -84.050
Penny size hail reported along Highway 3 by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
Hail, Thomas
- When
- March 31, 3:25 PM EST to 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Thomas County, Countywide
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.833, -83.933
Marble to golfball size hail reported by the Thomas County EMA.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 31, 2005
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- Strong Wind in Alabama, March 31, 2005
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 31, 2005
- Flash Flooding in Florida, March 31, 2005
- Hail in Mississippi, March 31, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 31, 2005
- Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in Indiana, March 31, 2005
- High Wind in California, March 31, 2005
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 31, 2005
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 31, 2005
More
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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: 5439727, 5439728, 5439731, 5439729, 5439732, 5439730.