Hail, Elbert
- When
- July 22, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Elbert County, 5 mi SE of Elberton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.067, -82.800
Nickel size hail along Lincoln Rd.
Hail in Georgia, July 22, 2006
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 Jul 22, 1:51 PM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:51 PM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 251 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... CONVECTIVE STORMS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP VICINITY MOUNTAINS IN AXIS OF MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND MODERATELY HIGH CAPE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS PIEDMONT SECTIONS OF THE CWA THIS EVENING. EARLY EVENING POPS WILL RANGE FROM LIKELY IN WEST TO CHANCE IN EAST. DURING OVERNIGHT PERIOD... POPS WILL BE DECREASED TO CHANCE IN WEST WITH LIKELY IN EXTREME EAST. THIS PATTERN FITS EXPECTED EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY INFILTRATION OF MORE STABLE AIR IN WEST FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF WEAK FRONT. DURING SUNDAY... POPS WILL DROP TO SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS WEST BUT WILL HOLD ON TO CHANCE POPS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ZONES. NAM INDICATES FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS EASTERN NC EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL SC WITH AREA OF MODERATELY HIGH CAPES AFFECTING EAST AND SOUTHEAST PART OF CWA. NAM ALSO HINTS AT PRESENCE OF WEAK WAVE ON FRONT WHICH WOULD ENHANCE POSSIBILITY OF CONVECTION DURING AFTERNOON. FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF FRONT... LIGHT SURFACE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THEN NORTHEAST DURING TOMORROW. HOWEVER... VARIABLE OR LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND WILL PERSIST SUNDAY AFTERNOON EXTREME SOUTHERN ZONES NEAR FRONTAL BOUNDARY. FOLLOWED GFS MOS TEMPERATURES FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FORECAST. TOKEN CHANCE POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA FOR SUNDAY EVENING...IN ASSOCIATIONS WITH PROGGED LOCATION OF DEEP LAYER RH AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSITION. BY LATE MONDAY...THE MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT A NORTHWARD SHIFT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING SW TROUGH. HOWEVER...THEY DIFFER ON HOW FAR NORTH AND WEST DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL ADVECT. THE GFS HAS BEEN VERY PERSISTENT IN SURGING DEEP LAYER RH AS FAR WEST AS THE TENN/NC BORDER...WHILE THE NAM IS QUITE A BIT FURTHER EAST. AT THIS POINT FEEL THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA MON AND MON EVENING... 30S WEST...40S SOUTH AND EAST. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THERE HAS BEEN SOME DEVIATION IN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS FROM PRIOR SOLUTIONS...MAINLY IN ALLOWING A MEAN TROUGH TO LINGER ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS A BIT LONGER THAN PREVIOUSLY PROGGED. THIS MAY PROVIDE FOR A SLIGHTLY WETTER EXTENDED PERIOD THAN WAS EXPECTED EARLIER. IN FACT...THE GFS MAINTAINS A QUITE MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AT THIS POINT...DON/T FEEL IT IS NECESSARY TO GET TOO CUTE WITH POPS...AND WILL MAINLY ADVERTISE DIURNAL CHANCES FOR DEEP CONVECTION IN THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... MID AFTERNOON MOISTURE CONVERGENCE FAVORS AREA EAST OF MOUNTAINS FOR CONVECTIVE STORM DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. VCTS WILL BE INCLUDED AT ALL TAF SITES UNTIL EARLY EVENING. STABLE AIR WILL MOVE INTO AVL AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AND SPREAD SLOWLY EASTWARD TO CLT AREA BY MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD LOW CEILINGS NOT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EAST OF MOUNTAINS... BUT MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 06Z AND 13Z. GUIDANCE INDICATES LOWER CONDITIONS AT AVL SO A PERIOD OF STRATUS AND FOG AFTER 06Z DISSIPATING BY 14Z. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED EXCEPT STRONG AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF FRONT DURING THE NIGHT... WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR LIGHT NORTHWEST. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LGL/LANE LONG TERM...LANE AVIATION...LGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:00 AM EST, 14 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-230900- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) HAS BEEN ISSUED TO HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT IN MORE DETAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM TSTM WND DMG 12 W ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 84.02W
07/21/2006 GRAHAM NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED A FEW TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. TIME
WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AS LINE OF STORMS MOVED IN FROM
THE WEST.
0428 PM TSTM WND DMG WEAVERVILLE 35.70N 82.56W
07/21/2006 BUNCOMBE NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
THE WEAVERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN ON
A POWER LINE. LOCATION WAS AT INTERSECTION OF CLARKS
CHAPEL ROAD AND HIGH COUNTRY ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
0432 AM TSTM WND DMG TRAVELERS REST 34.97N 82.44W
07/22/2006 GREENVILLE SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TRAVELERS REST FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN IN THREE SUBDIVISIONS...GREEN VALLEY...NORTH CLIFF
AND POPLAR FOREST...ALL OFF HIGHWAY 25. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Jul 22, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME ON THE LAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM TSTM WND DMG 12 W ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 84.02W
07/21/2006 GRAHAM NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED A FEW TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. TIME
WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AS LINE OF STORMS MOVED IN FROM
THE WEST.
0428 PM TSTM WND DMG WEAVERVILLE 35.70N 82.56W
07/21/2006 BUNCOMBE NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
THE WEAVERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN ON
A POWER LINE. LOCATION WAS AT INTERSECTION OF CLARKS
CHAPEL ROAD AND HIGH COUNTRY ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
1232 AM TSTM WND DMG TRAVELERS REST 34.97N 82.44W
07/22/2006 GREENVILLE SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TRAVELERS REST FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN IN THREE SUBDIVISIONS...GREEN VALLEY...NORTH CLIFF
AND POPLAR FOREST...ALL OFF HIGHWAY 25. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 4:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 NCZ508-222215- GREATER RUTHERFORD- 545 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING RUTHERFORD COUNTY... AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOREST CITY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HARRIS BY 555 PM EDT. CLIFFSIDE BY 610 PM EDT. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CSH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:22 PM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 622 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 NCZ509-510-222245- EASTERN POLK-POLK MOUNTAINS- 622 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING POLK COUNTY... AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AND WILL EFFECT LAKE ADGER AND MILL SPRING. CSH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:25 PM EST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 625 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 NCZ065-222300- HENDERSON- 625 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING HENDERSON COUNTY... AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... FLAT ROCK BY 640 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CSH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 640 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 NCZ508-222315- GREATER RUTHERFORD- 640 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING RUTHERFORD COUNTY... AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEARING RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... RUTHERFORDTON BY 645 PM EDT. SPINDALE BY 700 PM EDT. FOREST CITY BY 715 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CSH
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 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
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 22, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 22, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22, 2006
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, July 22, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 22, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 22, 2006
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 22, 2006
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 22, 2006
- Wildfire in California, July 22 to 23, 2006
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 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: 5524152.