Hail, Hart
- When
- May 12, 3:42 PM EST
- Where
- Hart County, 9 mi SW of Hartwell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.258, -83.041
Reported on Hanley Rd.
Hail in Georgia, May 12, 2007
Severe storms produced large hail over northeast Georgia during the late 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
- 2
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.
Severe storms produced large hail over northeast Georgia during the late 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 May 12, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 230 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF OUR REGION ON SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE OVER THE CAROLINAS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...BEFORE MOVING OFF THE COAST. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST IN MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SUPPORTED BY WEAK DIFFLUENCE ALOFT AND SHORT WAVE WAS TRIGGERING DEEP CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NC PIEDMONT AND PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND NE GEORGIA. THESE AREAS RECEIVED THE MOST INSOLATION TODAY WHICH BOOSTED SURFACE BASED CAPES INTO THE 1000-2000J RANGE. 12Z NAM/GFS PUSH MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z AS BACKDOOR FRONT MOVES BY. WILL FORECAST NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS ALL BUT MOUNTAINS REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT AFTER 00Z WILL ONLY CARRY CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NC/SC PIEDMONTS UNTIL 03Z. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES IS FORECAST TO MOVE SE AND BUILD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC AND SOUTRHERN APPALACHIANS ON SUNDAY. MOS AND MODEL OUTPUT INDICATES THAT SKIES SHOULD CLEAR FROM N TO S OVERNIGHT WITH CLEAR CONDTIONS EXPECTED ALL AREAS BY ABOUT 2 AM. SUNNY/MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS FOR SUN. USED A BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE FOR MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY/... TEMPS WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER MON...CLOSER TO AVG...AS COOL...DRY HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE COAST MON NIGHT-TUE... PUTTING AREA IN S FLOW AND TEMPS WILL WARM INTO THE 80S FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT..MAINLY 70S MTNS. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE MTNS FROM THE NW TUE NIGHT SO HAVE BROUGHT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS TO NW FLANK OF MTNS DURING THE NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... HPC FCST USES BLEND OF GFS AND ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE EXTENDED AND HAVE STAYED PRETTY CLOSE TO THIS SCENARIO. HI PRESSURE MOVES FARTHER SE OFF THE COAST WED WHICH INCREASES WARM...MOIST S FLOW OVER REGION. THE COLD FRONT IS FCST TO MOVE INTO AREA FROM THE NW WED AFTN WHILE UPPER TROF DIGS OVER GREAT LAKES INTO MIDWEST AND EVENTUALLY OVER AREA BY THU. STILL ADVERTISING INCREASING CHANCE SHOWERS/TSTMS WED INTO THU WITH BELOW AVG TEMPS. HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS OVER REGION FROM THE N ON FRI...KEEPING TEMPS ON THE COOL SIDE OF NORMAL. HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO MOVE OFF COAST SAT AND TEMPS BEGIN TO WARM TO NEAR AVG FOR THE EARLY WEEKEND AS SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS OVER REGION. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE CONVECTION THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE EVERY AIR FIELD WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS AT LEAST IN THE VICINITY....WITH KCLT HAVING THE HIGHEST CHACCE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OPERATIONS. DEEP CONVECTION ALREADY DEVELOPING IN THE NC PIEDMONT TO THE NW OF KCLT...AND THIS SHOULD DRIFT SE OVER THE AIRPORT BY 20Z. COULD SEE SOME BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS IN CIG/VSBY...BUT ELECTED TO KEEP TEMPO GROUP IN MVFR RANGE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DIMINISH RAPIDLY FROM N TO S AS UPPER VORT MAX MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THREAT OF THUNDER ENDS ALL TAF SITES BY 00Z. ALL GUIDNACE INDICATES MID LEVEL CEILINGS AFTER THE STORMS CLEARING BY 06Z. DID NOT FORECAST ANY FOG AS IT LOOKS LIKE MIXING WILL BE SUFFICIENT BEHIND BACKDOOR FRONT TO PRECLUDE IT. FOR THE EXTENDED...VFR SUNDAY THROUGH MOST OF WED AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE MID ATLANTIC. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY/WED NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...LG SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...LG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:03 AM EST, 10 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 603 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-131015- 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- 603 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 40-50 MPH WIND GUSTS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAIL...GUSTY WIND OR HIGH WATER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 2:49 PM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
349 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL 4 E EASLEY 34.82N 82.52W
05/12/2007 E0.75 INCH PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER STATED THAT HE WAS RECEIVING PEA TO DIME SIZED
HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF THE GREENVILLE-PICKENS SPEEDWAY.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, May 12, 2:49 PM EST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 349 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 SCZ008-009-122045- CHEROKEE-YORK- 349 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLOVER TO MAYO... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. *LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YORK... THICKETTY...SMYRNA...KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...HICKORY GROVE... GAFFNEY...CLOVER AND BLACKSBURG. ALTHOUGH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS...BRIEF PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. LANE
Local storm report, May 12, 3:08 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0404 PM HAIL SIMPSONVILLE 34.73N 82.26W
05/12/2007 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR DOWNTOWN
&&
LANESpecial weather statement, May 12, 3:17 PM EST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 417 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 GAZ029-122100- ELBERT- 417 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF FORTSONIA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT RURAL AREAS EAST OF FORTSONIA. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. LANE
Special weather statement, May 12, 3:24 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 424 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 GAZ028-122100- HART- 424 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN HART COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CANON...OR 8 MILES WEST OF HARTWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT RURAL AREAS NORTH OF VANNA AND WEST OF HARTWELL. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. LANE
Special weather statement, May 12, 3:24 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 424 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 SCZ012-122130- LAURENS- 424 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOUNTAIN INN...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COUNTY. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF GRAY COURT...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. GMS
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Elbert
- When
- May 12, 4:23 PM EST
- Where
- Elbert County, Fortsonia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -82.780
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
- Rip Current in North Carolina, May 12, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 12, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Texas, May 12, 2007
- Heat in Missouri, May 12 to 13, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, May 12, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 12 to 14, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 12, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 12, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 12, 2007
- Hail in North Carolina, May 12, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, May 12, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Washington, May 12, 2007
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2007
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: 35266, 35267.