Hail, Rabun
- When
- July 1, 1:09 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun County, Lakemont
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -83.420
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 1, 2007
A few severe storms affected extreme northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours.
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
- 5
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 GSP wrote it up.
A few severe storms affected extreme northeast Georgia during the afternoon hours.
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 1, 10:24 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:24 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1124 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND BECOME THE FOCUS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. MEANWHILE...COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH DOWN THE ATLANTIC COAST FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE HIGH MOVES OFF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD TUESDAY NIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... RECENT OBSERVATIONS SHOW DEWPOINTS FALLING ACROSS THE CWA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE I-40 CORRIDOR. 12Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF THE CWA. SREF CAPE FIELDS SHOW LITTLE TO KNOW CHC FOR 1000 J/KG OR GREATER NORTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. IT APPEARS THAT JUST GENERAL TSRA ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND THE EASTERN SLOPES ALONG THE NC/SC STATE LINE. ELSEWHERE...I WILL NOT ADVERTISE ANY SHRA/TSRA. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE...LITTLE CHANGE NEEDED. I WILL UPDATE FOR OBSERVATIONS AND FORECAST TRENDS IN SKY AND TEMP. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... MONDAY...SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS...WITH RIDGING TAKING PLACE EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE SITUATED SOUTH OF THE CWFA...WITH EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW SETTING UP. LATEST GFS SHOWS MORE MOISTURE POOLING UP ALONG THE MTNS THAN THE NAM. RESPECTIVELY...THE GFS HAS MORE INSTABILITY IN THE MTN ZONES. HAVE ADJUSTED POP FOR MONDAY AFTN UP A BIT...WHICH IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE MAV AND MET MOS GUIDANCE. WITH ALL THE MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER ADVERTISED BY THE GFS...MAV MAX TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE LOW (80 F AT GSP AND CLT). ONLY TRENDED TEMPS DOWN A COUPLE DEG FOR NOW...WHICH IS ALREADY A FEW DEG BELOW NORMAL (LOWER TO MID 80S). MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...SKIES RAPIDLY CLEAR OUT WITH MIN TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S (50S IN MTNS). LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES INCREASE TUESDAY...WITH TEMPS LOOKING TO BE GENERALLY 5 DEG F WARMER THAN MONDAY. SFC RIDGE AXIS WILL BE ORIENTED E-W ACROSS CWFA...AND CAPE LOOKS LIMITED TO JUST THE HIGH TERRAIN. LEFT SLIGHT CHC POP FOR THE MTNS ONLY. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... LITTLE CHANGE IN THE 00Z/01 MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN WILL PERSIST...WITH A LARGE WESTERN RIDGE...AND AN EASTERN TROUGH. UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...A COLD FRONT IS FCST TO ENTER THE CWFA THURSDAY NIGHT AND SLOW DOWN AS IT CROSSES THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND VICINITY. INHERITED POP/WX GRIDS LOOK GOOD. TEMPS STILL LOOK TO BE AT OR A FEW DEGREES F ABOVE NORMAL FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A DECENT CHC OF AFTN SHOWERS AND TSTMS. && .AVIATION /16Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... PATCHY MVFR FOG SHOULD END AROUND 13Z. MODEL CONSENSUS STILL SHOWS VFR CONDITIONS TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHC OF CONVECTION NEAR THE SC AND KAVL TAF SITES. HAVE ONLY INCLUDED CB FOR NOW GIVEN THE POP IS MUCH LOWER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. MDLS STILL SHOW GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SELY UPSLOPE FLOW OVERNIGHT. EXPECT VFR CIGS TO DEVELOP AS MDLS SHOW MOISTURE AROUND THE 800 MB LEVEL. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME BRIEF GUSTINESS WITH MIXING THIS MORNING. WITH THE VFR CIGS AND LOWER DEW POINTS TONIGHT...FOG CHANCES ARE ALSO LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. DO NOT HAVE ANY VSBY RESTRICTIONS AFTER THIS MORNING/S FOG DISSIPATES. AVIATION OUTLOOK...CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN EASTERLY FLOW BANKS MOISTURE UP AGAINST HIGHER TERRAIN. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE SUFFICIENT EACH NIGHT FOR FOG PRODUCTION...HOWEVER WINDS MAY REMAIN UP ENOUGH IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS TO PRECLUDE FOG AT SOME LOCATIONS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ARK NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...ARK LONG TERM...ARK AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:00 AM EST, 9 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-020900- 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 SUN JUL 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ARK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:08 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 108 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 NCZ064-011800- TRANSYLVANIA- 108 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM EDT... AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BREVARD. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSMAN... LITTLE RIVER...CEDAR MOUNTAIN AND BREVARD. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:24 PM EST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 124 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 GAZ010-SCZ001-011815- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN- 124 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN RABUN AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TALLULAH FALLS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE RABUN...TIGER...LAKEMONT...CLAYTON AND LONG CREEK. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:33 PM EST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 133 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 GAZ010-011815- RABUN- 133 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RABUN COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 133 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN CITY...OR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIGER...SKY VALLEY...MOUNTAIN CITY...LAKEMONT...DILLARD AND CLAYTON. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:07 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rabun
- When
- July 1, 1:09 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun County, Lakemont
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -83.420
Several trees and power lines blown down.
Hail, Rabun
- When
- July 1, 1:15 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun County, 3 mi SSE of Lakemont
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.740, -83.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens
- When
- July 1, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stephens County, Eastanollee
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -83.250
Numerous trees blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- July 1, 2:30 PM EST to 2:32 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, 2.5 mi SW of Lavonia to 4 mi W of Lavonia
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.404, -83.131
A tree was blown down on Clark’s Creek Rd and another was blown down on Stone Bridge Rd.
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
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- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 4, 2007
- Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 3, 2007
- Flooding in Missouri, July 1 to 7, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 1, 2007
- Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 8, 2007
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 1, 2007
- Flood in Oklahoma, July 1 to 9, 2007
- Drought in Mississippi, July 1 to 4, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, July 1 to 3, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 1, 2007
- Drought in California, July 1 to 31, 2007
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: 49198, 49199, 49203, 49206, 49224.