Hail, Liberty
- When
- October 12, 4:35 PM EST to 4:36 PM EST
- Where
- Liberty County, Midway
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -81.430
The public reported penny size hail in Midway, Georgia.
Hail in Georgia, October 12, 2009
A warm front moved north through areas of southeast Georgia during the afternoon hours on October 12, 2009, which allowed warm and moist air to encompass the area. Several waves of low pressure progressed along the southern periphery of the front during the evening within the warm and moist air.
Where it happened
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- 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 CHS wrote it up.
A warm front moved north through areas of southeast Georgia during the afternoon hours on October 12, 2009, which allowed warm and moist air to encompass the area. Several waves of low pressure progressed along the southern periphery of the front during the evening within the warm and moist air. As a 500mb shortwave and developing low level jet swept through the area, a few strong thunderstorms were able to develop along areas of convergent boundaries near nightfall.
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Liberty
- When
- October 12, 4:43 PM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Liberty County, Hinesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -81.600
The public reported penny size hail in Hinesville, Georgia.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Mississippi, October 12 to 13, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 12 to 13, 2009
- Flood in Arkansas, October 12 to 31, 2009
- Flood in Louisiana, October 12 to 21, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, October 12 to 13, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, October 12 to 13, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, October 12, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Alabama, October 12 to 15, 2009
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, October 12, 2009
- Winter Weather in Michigan, October 12 to 13, 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 198507, 198506.