Hail in Georgia, April 25, 2010

Name: Hail in Georgia, April 25, 2010
Start: 2010-04-25T15:55
End: 2010-04-25T16:10
Location: Georgia

April 25, 2010 · NWS JAX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A pre-frontal line of convection strengthened across southeast Georgia during the late afternoon when a 40-50 kt 850mb jet from the southwest phased with the line across a moderately unstable and sheared atmosphere.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 JAX wrote it up.

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 Apr 25, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
235 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

.SHORT TERM...MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES THE FRONT IS STILL WEST
OF OUR AREA. SATELLITE SHOWS CLEARING SKIES WILL SOON REACH NW
PORTION. THE ORIGINAL SQUALL LINE THIS MORNING SPLINTERED INTO A
HORIZONTAL LINE OVER SE GA AND ANOTHER LINE IN THE GULF. AS
EXPECTED THE SE GA STORMS MOVED NE AND WEAKENED. IN MEANTIME A
SQUALL LINE HAS REDEVELOPED ACRS NE FL WITH STRONG STORMS IN
GILCHRIST AND ALACHUA COS...AND A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR OUR SOUTHERN EIGHT COUNTIES. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONT BTWN
THE SQUALL LINE AND DRIER AIR.

TONIGHT...STORMS MOVE OFF TO SE AND FAR SRN PORTION WILL HAVE
LINGERING CHANCE THRU THE EVENING ALTHO SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL
DIMINISH. WILL KEEP ONLY SLGT CHANCE FOR SHRA ACRS SE CORNER OF
FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN 60S AS MEAN
LAYER TROUGH REMAINS TO OUR WEST PROVIDING SWLY FLOW.

MONDAY WILL BE DRY...SUNNY AND SEASONABLE WITH MAX TEMPS IN LOW
80S. A STRONG STACKED LOW PRESSURE WILL TRANSFER FROM OHIO TO
DELMARVA. THE DEEP LOW WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS LOCALLY. BOSTON TECHNIQUE IS
HIGHLIGHTING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN SPOTS.

ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WITHIN THE BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL DROP INTO
THE SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY WITH AN ATTENDANT COLD FRONT MOVING THRU
IN THE AFTN WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS. GULF MOISTURE WILL NOT BE
MUCH OF A FACTOR AND RAIN CHANCES WILL BE LOW. EXPECT COOLER TEMPS
IN MID 70S N TO LOW 80S S...THEN COOLER NWLY FLOW WILL BRING MIN
TEMPS 5-10 DEG BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY NIGHT.

.LONG TERM...THE DIGGING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONT TO BRING
DOWN SOME UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR THRU MID WEEK WITH INLAND LOW
TEMPS 10 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO
BUILD ALONG ERN SEABOARD LATE IN WEEK. A SFC HIGH OVER THE WRN
ATLANTIC WILL BRING SLY FLOW AND WARMER TEMPS. GFS SHOWS A FEW
DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER FLOW AND POSSIBLY DIURNAL CONVECTION.

&&

.AVIATION...LINE OF STORMS SPLIT AS THEY ARRIVED TO EAST COAST
TERMINALS. EXCEPTION WAS GNV WHERE LINE OF TSRA OFF THE GULF
RESULTED IN WIND GUSTS TO 41 KNOTS. MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY HAS
SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS AND EXPECT RESIDUAL MVFR CONDITIONS
WITH -RA AND PASSING SHRA FOR THE BALANCE OF THE EVENING HOURS.
MVFR CIGS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 06Z WITH VFR CONDITIONS
THEN TAKING HOLD. STRONG WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST EXPECTED ON MON
WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS LIKELY.

&&

.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE OFFSHORE PORTION
WITH CURRENT EXPIRATION TIME THROUGH MON MORNING REMAINING ON
TARGET. NEXT SYSTEM DIVING DOWN IN NORTHWEST FLOW ON TUESDAY WILL
INCREASE WINDS ONCE AGAIN IN ITS WAKE AND ALLOW FOR A SECONDARY
SURGE. WILL LIKELY NEED ANOTHER SCA ISSUANCE WITH SUBSEQUENT
FORECASTS FOR THIS EVENT. NAM12 CERTAINLY NOT AS STRONG WITH WINDS
TUE NIGHT INTO WED BUT USING A BLEND STILL YIELDS 20 TO 25 KNOT
FLOW FOR THE OFFSHORE PORTION.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...ONLY GETTING 32% TO 36% VALUES FOR MON...BUT GIVEN
THE WIND GUST POTENTIAL TO 35 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH VERY HIGH
DISPERSION...FELT AN UPGRADE TO RED FLAG WAS IN ORDER. BORDERLINE
CONDITIONS IN STORE FOR TUE AS WELL BUT NOT SURE WE WILL HAVE
SUFFICIENT WINDS TO MEET RED FLAG. WILL HOLD OFF ON A WATCH FOR NOW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  61  83  54  76 /   0   0   0  20
SSI  65  82  59  76 /  10   0   0  20
JAX  65  85  58  80 /  20   0   0  10
SGJ  68  84  60  81 /  40   0   0  10
GNV  64  85  56  81 /  30   0   0  10
OCF  67  85  57  82 /  60   0   0  10

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY FOR ALACHUA-BAKER-
     BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-
     MARION-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION.

GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND GA
     TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-FERNANDINA
     BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-ST
     AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.

&&

TRABERT/DEESE

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 9:36 AM EST, 6 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1036 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-252100-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-
COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-
GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
1036 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING...

A COLD FRONT...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER
THIS MORNING IS OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY
OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH
OVER NORTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LATER IN THE DAY A SECOND
AREA OF LOW LEVEL ENERGY MAY COME OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR THE
MAXIMUM DAYTIME HEATING WITH A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING
NEAR AND SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 16. THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS
ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THROUGH 7 PM TODAY FOR
WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE
DANGER ON MONDAY. DRY AND UNSEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP
INTO MID WEEK WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR 10 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL VALUES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND OTHER INTERESTS SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE
EVOLVING WEATHER SITUATION AND SELF ACTIVATE SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
DEVELOP IN THEIR LOCATION.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.

SANDRIK/MKT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
335 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

FLZ020>022-252015-
COLUMBIA-HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-
335 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE...
CENTRAL COLUMBIA AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 335 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWLING PARK...OR 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND LURAVILLE...DOWLING
PARK...NEWBURN...OBRIEN...MCALPIN...LIVE OAK...SUWANNEE SPRINGS...
HOUSTON...WELLBORN AND WHITE SPRINGS THROUGH 415 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO
THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3033 8321 3053 8257 3000 8258 2998 8296
      3006 8304 3010 8312 3011 8316 3010 8319
      3011 8323 3018 8325 3023 8324 3026 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 254DEG 49KT 3019 8322

PETERSON

Local storm report, Apr 25, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
336 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0313 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 E GAINESVILLE         29.67N 82.20W
04/25/2010                   ALACHUA            FL   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR NEWMANS LAKE

&&

AWALKER

Local storm report, Apr 25, 2:51 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
351 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E MCINTOSH            29.45N 82.14W
04/25/2010                   ALACHUA            FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE ORANGE LAKE
            REGION.

&&

DEESE

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:13 PM EST, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
413 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

FLZ022-030-031-035-036-252045-
ALACHUA-BRADFORD-COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST-UNION-
413 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN
ALACHUA...WESTERN BRADFORD...UNION...SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AND GILCHRIST
COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 414 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF
BELL TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BELL...FORT
WHITE...TRENTON...OLENO STATE PARK...HIGH SPRINGS...NEWBERRY...
SAMPSON...RAIFORD...NEW RIVER AND LAKE BUTLER THROUGH 445 PM EDT.
HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2993 8282 3015 8230 3014 8208 2975 8225
      2955 8274 2958 8278 2960 8296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 245DEG 43KT 2990 8274 2957 8288

HESS

Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:21 PM EST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
421 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WNW OCALA AIRPORT     29.19N 82.29W
04/25/2010                   MARION             FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG NORTHWEST 27TH AVENUE.

&&

DEESE

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:48 PM EST, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
448 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

FLZ036-037-040-252115-
ALACHUA-MARION-PUTNAM-
448 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALACHUA...NORTHERN MARION AND WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 448 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROMEO...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ROMEO...OCALA AIRPORT...
FLEMINGTON...REDDICK...OCALA...MCINTOSH...LOWELL...ANTHONY...SPARR
AND LOCHLOOSA THROUGH 515 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN
DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2922 8247 2923 8240 2936 8240 2965 8185
      2919 8169 2916 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 254DEG 44KT 2929 8229

HESS

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:55 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Charlton

When: April 25, 3:55 PM EST
Where: Charlton County, 1.5 mi SSE of Newell
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 30.910, -82.010

Hail, Camden

When: April 25, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Camden County, 1.38 mi S of White Oak
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 31.010, -81.720

Quarter size hail was reported near White Oak by local business.

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

Every storm in Georgia in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, April 2010

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: 218722, 218723.