Hail in Georgia, April 8, 2006

Name: Hail in Georgia, April 8, 2006
Start: 2006-04-08T17:34
End: 2006-04-08T17:34
Location: Georgia

April 8, 2006 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Golf ball size hail broke a windshield just south of Glynco Airport. Winds were estimated at 50 mph and bending pine trees.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.

Golf ball size hail broke a windshield just south of Glynco Airport. Winds were estimated at 50 mph and bending pine trees.

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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 1:39 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 1:39 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
239 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM EDT...

.SHORT TERM...SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW LINES OF CONVECTION MOVING
EWD ALONG THE NRN GULF COAST AND FL PANHANDLE. INDIVIDUAL CELLS
ARE TRAVELING NEWD ALONG THE LINES. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF STORMS
WILL REACH THE NWRN COUNTIES BY MID AFTERNOON. BREAKS IN THE
CLOUDS THROUGH THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO ALLOW
TEMPS TO SOAR INTO THE MID 80S. JUICY 70 DEG DEWPOINTS ARE
BEGINNING TO INVADE THE SUWANNEE VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE AFTN/EVENING AS THE LLVL CAP ERODES. MLCAPES
ARE AROUND 2000 AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE QUITE STEEP. THE
SUWANNEE VALLEY THROUGH SE GA WILL BE INITIAL AREA OF FOCUS. THEN
AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO NE FL BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SHIFT TO NORTH FLORIDA.

EXPECT LINGERING SHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST PORTION SUNDAY MORNING THEN
CLEARING SKIES THROUGH THE DAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH OF
THE AREA FORMING A WEDGE MON/TUE ALONG THE EAST COAST. THIS WILL
PROVIDE COOL NORTHEAST WINDS WITH PERIODIC MARITIME CLOUDS ALONG
THE COAST. UNSEASONABLY COOL MAX TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S ARE
EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST WITH MID 70S FARTHER INLAND SUN/MON WITH
TEMPS RETURNING TO NEAR CLIMO ON TUESDAY. MIN TEMPS SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY NIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE 40S IN SE GA SWD INTO SUWANNEE
VALLEY WITH LOWER/MID 50S ELSEWHERE. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED THROUGH MID WEEK EXCEPT MON/TUE WHEN CONVERGENCE BANDS
MAY FORM OFFSHORE BRINGING A FEW COASTAL SHOWERS ONSHORE IN NE FL.

.LONG TERM...CUTOFF LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN BASE OF DEEP
LAYER TROUGH NEAR THE BAHAMAS THE TRAVEL EWD THROUGH END OF THE
WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP COOL NELY FLOW ALONG THE COAST WITH MAINLY
SEASONABLE TEMPS WED/THU. THEN A SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD OVER THE
AREA FRI/SAT ALLOWING TEMPS TO WARM BACK INTO THE 80S WITH
NIGHTTIME LOWS IN THE 50S.

&&

.MARINE...WILL CONTINUE SCEC TONIGHT WITH SW WINDS BECOMING NW AND N
BY MORNING AND INCREASING TO SCA CONDITIONS.  WINDS WILL VEER TO
THE NE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK AS STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND LOW . THUS SCA
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR AWHILE AIDED BY RISING SEAS AND
EVENTUALLY SWELLS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG CONDITIONS REACHED OVER SE PART OF AREA
THIS AFTERNOON.  BUNNELL REPORTING 31 PERCENT RH WITH 20 MPH WINDS.
HAVE ISSUED RED FLAG WARNING FOR FLAGLER...MARION...AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM.  NORTHEAST FLOW SHOULD PRECLUDE CRITICAL
RHS THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  55  70  45  73 /  60  10   5   5
SSI  57  66  51  67 /  60  20   5   5
JAX  59  69  49  70 /  50  20   5  10
SGJ  63  69  56  69 /  50  30  10  10
GNV  62  75  51  75 /  50  20   5  10
OCF  64  77  54  76 /  50  30  10  10

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ALACHUA...BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...COLUMBIA...DUVAL...
     FLAGLER...GILCHRIST...HAMILTON...MARION...NASSAU...PUTNAM...
     ST JOHNS...SUWANNEE...AND UNION.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     FLAGLER...PUTNAM...MARION.

GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     APPLING...ATKINSON...BACON...BRANTLEY...CHARLTON...CLINCH...
     COASTAL CAMDEN...COASTAL GLYNN...COFFEE...ECHOLS...INLAND
     CAMDEN...INLAND GLYNN...JEFF DAVIS...PIERCE...WARE...AND
     WAYNE.

MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR
THE      FOLLOWING ZONES: ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL
     20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE...ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA
     BEACH FL OUT 20 NM...FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20
     NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE...FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL
     OUT 20 NM...ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
     OFFSHORE...AND ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM.

&&

PUBLIC...TRABERT
MARINE/FIRE WX...ZIBURA

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 12:45 PM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
145 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-091100-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-
COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-
GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
145 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM EDT...

...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING INTO THE REGION.
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE MAIN
CONCERNS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
POSSIBLE.

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL THE AREA. REFER TO THE URGENT
WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

AN ABOVE NORMAL RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE AREAS BEACHES
IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

PP/MKT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:21 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
521 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

GAZ162-163-082200-
CLINCH-ECHOLS-
521 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN CLINCH
AND ECHOLS COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 521 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 13 MILES WEST OF NEEDMORE...OR ABOUT 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND NEEDMORE AND FARGO THROUGH
600 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. IF THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER INCREASES...A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

ZAPPE

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:31 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
531 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

GAZ163-082215-
CLINCH-
531 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CLINCH
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 531 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
16 MILES WEST OF COGDELL TO 27 MILES WEST OF COGDELL...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEARSON TO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAKELAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND COGDELL THROUGH 615 PM
EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

ZAPPE

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:57 PM EST, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
557 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

GAZ150-164-082245-
CHARLTON-WARE-
557 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN WARE AND
CHARLTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 557 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEVEN FOSTER STATE
PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND STEVEN
FOSTER STATE PARK THROUGH 645 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN
DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45
TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

ZAPPE

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:59 PM EST, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
559 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

GAZ152>154-165-082245-
BRANTLEY-COASTAL GLYNN-INLAND CAMDEN-INLAND GLYNN-
559 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN
BRANTLEY... NORTHERN CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 559 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTH OF TARBORO...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WAVERLY...TARBORO...
THALMANN...DOCK JUNCTION AND COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES THROUGH 645 PM EDT.
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

DEESE

Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:23 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
623 PM EDT SAT APR 08 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0622 PM     TSTM WND GST     HOMERVILLE              31.04N 82.75W
04/08/2006  E45 MPH          CLINCH             GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            30 TO 45 MPH WINDS IN HOMERVILLE.

&&

MZ

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 5:32 PM EST, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
632 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

FLZ024-082315-
NASSAU-
632 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN NASSAU
COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID
UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 632 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLIARD...OR
ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOLKSTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND HILLIARD THROUGH
715 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. IF THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER INCREASES...A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

ZAPPE

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Glynn

When: April 8, 5:34 PM EST
Where: Glynn County, Brunswick
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 31.183, -81.500

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, April 2006

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: 5491279.