Hail, Atkinson
- When
- May 8, 2:27 PM EST
- Where
- Atkinson County, Pearson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -82.867
Hail in Georgia, May 8, 2006
Dime to penny size hail was reported in Pearson.
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 happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Dime to penny size hail was reported in Pearson.
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 May 8, 1:04 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 1:04 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 204 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON... .SHORT TERM...STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED EARLY TODAY ALONG PRESSURE TROUGH STRETCHING THROUGH THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA STATE LINE. ALOFT...RUC IS INDICATING A BROAD AREA OF DIFFERENTIAL PVA STRENGTHENING OVER THE AREA AND LIKELY PROVIDING IMPETUS FOR STORMS TO REACH LEVEL OF FREE CONVECTION. ACCORDING TO THE SOUNDING...AREAS ABOVE THIS POINT HAVE PLENTY OF ENERGY FOR CONTINUED STORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INTO THE EVENING. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE HAIL POTENTIAL AND TO A LESSER EXTENT DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SHOULD ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT TILT TO KEEP HAIL SEPARATED FROM SATURATED UPDRAFT. IN ADDITION...MODERATE LAPSE RATES IN THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE SHOULD LEAD TO SCATTERED STRONG STORMS AND ISOLATED SEVERE. LIMITING FACTOR THUS FAR HAS BEEN GETTING THE UPDRAFT WELL ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL BUT FEEL POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AS INSTABILITY INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT...MODEL DISPARITIES CONTINUE AS NOTED BY PREVIOUS FORECASTER. FOR THE SHORT TERM...WILL MAINLY GO WITH RADAR TRENDS FOR THE 6 HOUR POPS AND THEN TAPER TO LOW END SCATTERED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THIS IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE GFS WHICH SENDS THE MAJORITY OF THE MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE AREA WHILE THE NAM DEVELOPS A SECONDARY LOW OFF THE FLORIDA COAST WITH A SECONDARY MOISTURE SURGE SOUTHWARD. FOR TUESDAY...AGAIN A BLEND GENERALLY USED WITH PRESSURE TROUGH BECOMING ORIENTED NORTH SOUTH ALONG THE SPINE OF THE PENINSULA. HAVE GONE WITH SCATTERED POPS FOR MOST AREAS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD. AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...DYNAMICS TAKE A RESPITE ON WEDNESDAY AND WITH MID LEVEL MOISTURE...SHOULD SEE ONE OF OUR FIRST PURELY SEABREEZE DRIVEN CONVECTION DAYS. COLLISION LOOKS TO BE RIGHT ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR AND WITH LOWER PWATS...LOW END SCATTERED POPS SHOULD SUFFICE. LARGE SCALE MID-LATITUDE TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST BEGINS A PUSH SOUTH AND EAST BY THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS SUCH FRONTS HAVE FAILED TO MATERIALIZE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL...THIS ONE LOOKS TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE AVAILABILITY. WILL GO WITH SCATTERED POPS FOR NOW WITH THE PASSAGE WHICH MAY NEED TO BE TWEAKED UP WITH LATER SHIFTS. .LONG TERM...FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY AND VERY GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GFS AND DGEX WITH A SIGNIFICANT DRYING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. EARLY TUESDAY MORNING A NELY SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATERS AND WILL GO WITH 15 KT WINDS. BY WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SE THEN VEER TO SW THURSDAY AS NEXT FRONT APPROACHES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 64 81 64 86 / 40 30 20 40 SSI 65 78 65 82 / 50 30 20 20 JAX 65 81 64 85 / 60 40 30 20 SGJ 67 79 66 83 / 60 40 30 20 GNV 66 86 64 88 / 50 40 30 30 OCF 67 87 65 89 / 40 40 30 30 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PUBLIC...DEESE MARINE/FIRE WX...TRABERT
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 200 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-091000- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 200 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER... A STATIONARY FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE AREA...WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...AND AFTERNOON SEABREEZES WILL INTERACT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO RECEIVE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE THOSE ALONG THE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA BORDER WITH THIS AXIS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SCATTERED STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE THURSDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. CARROLL/DEESE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 8, 12:30 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
130 PM EDT MON MAY 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0127 PM HAIL YULEE 30.63N 81.57W
05/08/2006 E0.25 INCH NASSAU FL TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NASSAUVILLE.
&&
PKEEGANLocal storm report, May 8, 12:42 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
142 PM EDT MON MAY 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM HAIL 3 S FERNANDINA BEACH 30.61N 81.45W
05/08/2006 M1.00 INCH NASSAU FL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER AT THE
AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION.
&&
PKEEGANSpecial weather statement, May 8, 12:49 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 149 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 FLZ022-023-081830- BAKER-COLUMBIA- 149 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BAKER AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 149 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 20 MILES WEST OF TAYLOR...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITE SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND SANDERSON AND TAYLOR THROUGH 230 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. 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. WOLF
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 220 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 FLZ024-GAZ164-081900- CHARLTON-NASSAU- 220 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NASSAU AND SOUTHERN CHARLTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 220 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 14 MILES WEST OF ST. GEORGE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ST. GEORGE...HILLIARD AND CALLAHAN THROUGH 300 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. 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. WOLF
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:31 PM EST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 231 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 GAZ150-163-081930- CLINCH-WARE- 231 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLINCH AND WARE COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 231 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN CLINCH AND CENTRAL WARE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. 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. WOLF
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:59 PM EST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 259 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 GAZ149-082000- ATKINSON- 259 PM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ATKINSON COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 259 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEARSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND PEARSON AND AXSON THROUGH 400 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. 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. WOLF
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 8 to 9, 2006
- Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, May 8, 2006
- Hail in Kansas, May 8 to 9, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 8, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, May 8 to 9, 2006
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: 5496410.