Hail, Habersham
- When
- June 1, 4:25 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham County, 0.69 mi N of Batesville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 34.760, -83.600
Hail in Georgia, June 1, 2011
A few thunderstorms developed over the Blue Ridge and slowly drifted south into northeast Georgia. Large hail was reported with one of the storms.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- 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 thunderstorms developed over the Blue Ridge and slowly drifted south into northeast Georgia. Large hail was reported with one of the storms.
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 Jun 1, 3:50 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:50 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
450 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A VERY WEAK COOL FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH INCREASING DAILY
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND LOWERING TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL THEN STRENGTHEN AGAIN AND ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO WARM THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG WITH A SLIGHTLY WEAKER CAP...APPEARS TO
BE ALLOWING CONVECTION TO TRIGGER FIRST IN SW CWFA LOCATIONS. LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE SHOULD FILL IN ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT THROUGH LATE EVENING...ALLOWING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THERE AS WELL THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
LAPS CAPE VALUES EXCEED 5000 J/KG MOST AREAS WITH DCAPE VALUES
AROUND 1000 J/KG ALONG WITH HIGH EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMP LAPSES.
ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS AND EVEN LARGE HAIL DESPITE THE HIGH FREEZING LEVELS. THE
TSTMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AS A
BACKDOOR FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE UPSTATE INTO NE GA
OVERNIGHT.
A WEAK VEERING WIND FIELD WILL PRODUCE A SLIGHT UPSLOPE COMPONENT
AND CONVERGENCE OVER THE WESTERN UPSTATE/NE GA INTO FAR WESTERN NC
ON THU. ALL MODELS RESPOND WITH AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION THOSE
AREAS THU AFTERNOON. USED THE 3 HOURLY SREF POPS WITH SOME MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS FOR THU AFTERNOON. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL MANAGE TO
MOVE INTO THE NC FOOTHILLS/ PIEDMONT WHICH SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY
PRECIP CHANCES THERE ON THU. IT WILL REMAIN QUITE HOT ON THU...BUT
TEMPS SHOULD BE A COUPLE DEGREES LOWER THAN TODAY DUE TO CLOUDS AND
INCREASED CONVECTION OVER THE WESTERN AREAS...AND MARGINALLY LOWER
THICKNESSES EAST. USED A MOS BLEND FOR TEMP/DEWPOINT FIELDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 2 PM WEDNESDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON FRIDAY
WITH THE AXIS OF THE UPPER RIDGE ORIENTED NORTH/SOUTH OVER THE MISS
RIVER VALLEY AND SFC HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTING OVER THE SE CONUS. THE
UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO DEAMPLIFY LATE IN THE PERIOD SAT/EARLY
SUN...ASIDE FROM THIS NO OTHER MAJOR PATTERN CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED
THRU THE SHORT TERM. WE WILL CONTINUE A PATTERN OF ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S ON FRI AND A FEW DEGREES
WARMER ON SAT OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. I KEPT A WIDESPREAD SLIGHT
CHANCE POP OVER THE ENTIRE CWA FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN SH/TS ON FRI AND
A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE NC MTS AND NE GA FOR SAT AFTERNOON/EVENING.
THE MOST RECENT RECENT FCST SOUNDINGS ARE INDICATING BETTER OVERALL
INSTABILITY ON FRI AND POSSIBLY A BETTER LOW LVL CONVERGENCE FIELD
DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1245 PM WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE FAVORS A
BLOCKING PATTERN AT UPPER LEVELS ACROSS THE N ATLANTIC THROUGH THE
FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THE PERSISTENT PATTERN PLACES AN UPPER
RIDGE AXIS OVER THE MS RIVER WITH RELATIVELY LOW SPREAD AMONGST THE
GEFS ENSEMBLE...RAISING CONFIDENCE THAT OUR RECENT PERIOD OF WELL
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. SUNDAY
SHOULD BE THE WARMEST DAY WITH NEAR RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE.
THEREAFTER...THE GUIDANCE SHOWS HEIGHTS FALLING JUST A BIT TO BRING
TEMPS BACK DOWN TO MERELY 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. DEEP CONVECTION
IS HIGHLY DOUBTFUL SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN THIS PATTERN. BY TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...CONFIDENCE GOES DOWN SO CLIMO IS ALLOWED TO CREEP IN.
THAT MEANS A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE MTNS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND
THEN SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MTNS AND ISOLATED
STORMS ELSEWHERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
ATMOSPHERE HAS HIGH INSTABILITY...BUT NEEDS TO OVERCOME CONVECTIVE
INHIBITION LOWER LEVELS. BELIEVE THAT WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE
PROVIDED BY WEAK BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WILL BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM STORMS ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS/NORTHERN PIEDMONT. WILL INCLUDE A CB MENTION AT ALL TAF
SITES EXCEPT KAVL/KAND. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. OVERNIGHT...ALL GUIDANCE POINTS TO A
COUPLE HOURS OF MVFR FOG RESTRICTIONS 10Z-13Z MAINLY KAVL/MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS...BUT ALSO AT KCLT.
OUTLOOK...WHILE IT WILL REMAIN HOT...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
BECOME A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD INTO THE WEEKEND EACH AFTERNOON.
EARLY MRNG VALLEY FOG WILL BE PSBL EACH DAY...MAINLY MTN VALLEYS.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD MAX TEMPS FOR TODAY
GSP 96
CLT 98
AVL 93
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...HG/JPT
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...HG/LG
CLIMATE...JPTHazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:33 AM EST, 11 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 533 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 GAZ029-SCZ011>014-019-020945- ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 533 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>010-020945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-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- 533 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:45 PM EST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
NCZ063-064-012130-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
445 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOLF MOUNTAIN...OR 14 MILES WEST OF
BREVARD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE TOXAWAY...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3508 8315 3510 8316 3525 8310 3528 8298
3529 8294 3528 8286 3506 8287 3503 8298
3506 8317
ARKLocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:02 PM EST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
502 PM EDT WED JUN 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0454 PM HAIL WOLF MOUNTAIN 35.22N 82.99W
06/01/2011 E0.75 INCH JACKSON NC AMATEUR RADIO
DIME TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT WOLF MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR
&&
MOOREThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:23 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Massachusetts, June 1, 2011
- Flooding in Nebraska, June 1 to 30, 2011
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 2011
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, June 1 to 4, 2011
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 1 to 30, 2011
- Rip Current in American Samoa, June 1 to 10, 2011
- Tornado and Flood in Nebraska, June 1, 2011
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 2011
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 2011
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 1 to 3, 2011
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 1 to 25, 2011
- Flood in Washington, June 1 to 18, 2011
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2011
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: 318316.