Hail, Hart
- When
- July 9, 5:35 PM EST
- Where
- Hart County, Hartwell
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -82.930
Hail in Georgia, July 9, 2008
A few severe storms affected extreme northeast Georgia during the evening 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
- 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 GSP wrote it up.
A few severe storms affected extreme northeast Georgia during the evening 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 9, 3:47 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:47 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 447 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR...WHERE EASTWARD MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENCOUNTER EVEN GREATER INSTABLITY. WIND GUSTS TO 37 KNOTS HAVE BEEN REPROTED A TWO AIRFILEDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. POPS WILL BE RAISED TO LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACRS THE MTNS AND INTO THE FTHLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS BROADLY CONVERGENT LLVL FLOW LINGERS. LOCALLY HVY RAIN IS LIKELY AS OBSERVED PWATS ARE RUNNING ABOUT 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL. HIGH FREEZING LVLS/WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS SHOULD LIMIT LARGE HAIL THREAT TO ISOLATED PENNIES...BUT 20-25 KTS OF WESTERLY MID-LVL FLOW COULD PROMOTE MULTICELL DEVELOPMENT AND A WET MICROBURST THREAT. DESPITE WEAK AND SUBTLE SOURCES OF FORCING FOR TONIGHT...WITH BAND OF INCREASING LAYER RH SAGGING SWD INTO THE CWFA...WILL KEEP SHOTGUN CHANCE POPS GOING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FCST SNDGS ON THURSDAY INDICATING LITTLE CHANGE TO THE CURRENT MOIST AIRMASS. AS PERTURBATIONS RIPPLE EASTWARD WITHIN THE WEAK TO MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT... EXPECT ANOTHER DAY OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS...WITH A FEW OF THESE MARGINALLY SEVERE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 245 PM WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY EVENING WILL BEGIN WITH WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH AND WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE JUST TO OUR NORTH. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS INTO THE EVENING... BUT DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO CWA FROM THE NORTH WILL RESULT IN DECREASING POPS WITH TIME OVERNIGHT. BUT SUFFICIENT MOISTURE REMAINS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES... TO RETAIN LOW CHANCES IN THAT AREA. DURING DAY FRIDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO MID ATLANTIC REGION. HOWEVER... FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DEEPER MOISTURE AND FAIRLY HIGH CAPES PRIMARILY SOUTHERN SECTIONS PER THE GFS. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS SOUTH AND WEST WITH SLIGHT CHANCE IN NORTHEAST. ON SATURDAY... DRY AND FOR THE MOST PART STABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SOUTHWEST ZONES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 345 PM WEDNESDAY...MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE AND HPC CONTINUE TO INDICATE FAST WESTERLIES AND SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BE CONFINED TO CANADA AND NORTHERN TIER STATES. PRIMARY FEATURE AFFECTING CWA WILL BE COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWARD FROM DEEP LOW MOVING INTO EASTERN CANADA. POPS WILL BE INCREASED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT TO ACCOMPANY FRONT AND FRONTAL PASSAGE. DURING MONDAY... SIGNIFICANT DRYING EXPECTED AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER MIDWEST BUILDS INTO EASTERN STATES. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EASTERN GREAT LAKES EXTENDING INTO SOUTHEASTERN U.S. && .AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM FROM KCLT BUILDING...AND MVFR LOKKING MORE LIKELY THERE. SC TAF SITES GETTING BEHIND WORST WEATHER...BUT ANOTHER ROUND FROM GA POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING. KHKY ALSO GETTING BEHIND WORST WEATHER. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROAHCING KAVL FROM THE WEST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS ARE EXPECTED ACRS THE FA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL ADVERTISE CB/VCTS AT ALL TERMINAL LOCATIONS AND AMEND AS NECESSARY TO RAISE THREAT. MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND A LINGERING SHOWER/TSTM CHANCE TO REMAIN INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...BUT HIGH LVLS OF UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO PROBABILITIES AT ANY SPECIFIC POINT WILL PREVENT INCLUSION OF VCTS/CB PAST LATE EVENING. SPOTTY MVFR VSBY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE SEEN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK...NMRS SHOWERS/STORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY WITH ACTIVITY BECOMING MORE DIURNAL AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...CSH/JAT SHORT TERM...LGL LONG TERM...LGL AVIATION...CSH/JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101000- 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- 340 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MORE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LGL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:54 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NW GAFFNEY 35.13N 81.73W
07/09/2008 CHEROKEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE ON HOUSE.
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 S GAFFNEY 34.93N 81.66W
07/09/2008 CHEROKEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES ON POWER LINES.
&&
07Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:13 PM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE EASLEY 34.79N 82.55W
07/09/2008 PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB DOWN NEAR CAMBRIDGE COURT
IN EASLEY.
&&
JSIEGELLocal storm report, Jul 9, 5:15 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE EASLEY 34.78N 82.54W
07/09/2008 ANDERSON SC EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREE DOWN ON SITTON HILL ROAD IN EASLEY
&&
JSIEGELSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 5:21 PM EST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 621 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 GAZ026-028-029-SCZ001-004-005-010-092245- ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-HART-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- 621 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HART...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN... NORTHWESTERN ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF WESTMINSTER TO VANNA...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE HARTWELL...WHITWORTH...VANNA...ROYSTON...REED CREEK...NUBERG... LAVONIA...HARTWELL...CANON...BOWMAN...BOWERSVILLE...WESTMINSTER... TOWNVILLE...SENECA...SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK...OAKWAY...FAIR PLAY AND CLEMSON. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RB
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:30 PM EST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 630 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 SCZ011-092330- ABBEVILLE- 630 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHOUN FALLS...OR 11 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWNDESVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS AND ABBEVILLE. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RB
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:32 PM EST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 632 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 SCZ010-092300- ANDERSON- 632 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BROADWAY LAKE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BROADWAY LAKE...HONEA PATH AND BELTON. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RB
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 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
- Heat in California, July 9, 2008
- Excessive Heat in California, July 9 to 10, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, July 9, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, July 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, July 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 9 to 10, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, July 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 2008
- Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, July 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 9, 2008
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2008
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: 128255.