Hail, Whitfield
- When
- June 30, 9:15 AM EST to 9:20 AM EST
- Where
- Whitfield County, 0.74 mi W of Beaverdale
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.922, -84.843
The public reported quarter sized hail in Beaverdale.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 30, 2015
A moderate short wave sweeping through the region pushed a weak cold front through North Georgia and into Central Georgia, resulting in numerous thunderstorms. A few reports of damaging thunderstorm winds and large hail were received from late morning through the evening.
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
- $19,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 FFC wrote it up.
A moderate short wave sweeping through the region pushed a weak cold front through North Georgia and into Central Georgia, resulting in numerous thunderstorms. A few reports of damaging thunderstorm winds and large hail were received from late morning through the evening.
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 Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 9:01 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:01 AM EST, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1001 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 .UPDATE... CONVECTION IN ALABAMA HAS GRADUALLY BEEN WEAKENING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AS IT PUSHES EAST. HOWEVER...EXPECT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY WITH HEATING COMMENCING AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...SO THEY BEAR WATCHING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 731 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 429 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... STORMS RETURN TO THE GEORGIA TODAY AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL TRAVERSE THROUGH THE BROAD TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THROUGH THE WEEK...RESULTING IN MORE ACTIVE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ORIENTED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND BACK INTO NORTHERN AL AND MS /AHEAD OF A WEAK BOUNDARY/ HAS MAINTAINED ITS STRENGTH OVERNIGHT...AND ANTICIPATE THIS BAND OF CONVECTION TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. UNFORTUNATELY MODELS DO NOT HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON HOW CONVECTION WILL EVOLVE TODAY. SHORT TERM HI-RES REFLECTIVITY MODELS ALL DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE LOCATION AND TIMING OF THE STRONGEST CONVECTION THROUGH THE DAY. FOR EXAMPLE...ONE OF THE LOCAL WRF RUNS SUGGESTS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH LATE MORNING...THEN INTENSIFY SOUTH OF THE ATL METRO AREA BY MID AFTERNOON. ANOTHER SUGGESTS THAT CURRENT RADAR ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH INTO NORTH GEORGIA...WITH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CONVECTION IMPACTING THE AREA UNTIL MID-LATE AFTERNOON WHEN MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT WILL BEGIN OVER THE ATL METRO AREA AND CONTINUE SOUTHWARD. FOR NOW HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH GOOD CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...ALIGNING WITH MORE OF THE LATTER SCENARIO. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASINGLY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND CAPES APPROACHING 2500 J/KG ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. SPC DOES HAVE ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA HIGHLIGHTED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. EXPECT THE MAIN CONCERN TO BE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS...IN ADDITION TO THE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HAIL ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. PRECIPITABLE WATER INCREASES THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AS MOISTURE ADVECTS INTO THE REGION. SOME MODELS ARE INDICATING VALUES COULD REACH THE 90TH PERCENTILE...SUGGESTING EFFICIENT RAIN PROCESSES. AS A RESULT...EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO BE A CONCERN IN STORMS TODAY...WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY SMALL CREEKS/STREAMS AND LOW LYING/ FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LARGELY DIURNAL CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY. HAVE GONE WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS EARLY...THEN RAMP THEM UP TO LIKELY QUICKLY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 31 LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH HOLDING THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THROUGH THE WEEK. THERE IS SOME STRENGTH DIFFERENCES IN THE SHORT WAVES AS THEY ROTATE THROUGH THE FLOW AND OVER THE CWA BUT BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF AGREE ON TIMING AND THIS HAS GIVEN MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE SOLUTION. HOWEVER BY THE WEEKEND DIFFERENCES IN THE UPPER TROUGH SOLUTION OCCUR WITH THE ECMWF FLATTENING OUT THE TROUGH WHILE THE GFS MAINTAINS A TROUGH. THE GFS SOLUTION ALSO KEEPS MOISTURE OVER THE CWA WHICH IS BEING MORE CONSISTENT FROM RUN TO RUN WHILE THE ECMWF IS NO LONGER PROGGING A STRONG H5 HIGH OVER THE CWA. FOR THESE REASONS HAVE LEANED MORE TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION AND HAVE KEPT POPS IN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 17 AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH BEST COVERAGE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO 19-23Z FOR TSRA WITH VRB GUSTS TO 25KT. SOME CLEARING EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SCT IFR TO LOW MVFR POSSIBLE AFTER 06Z WEDNESDAY. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON TIMING OF TSRA. HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS. 31 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 90 67 89 69 / 70 30 50 50 ATLANTA 87 69 87 71 / 70 40 50 50 BLAIRSVILLE 80 64 81 66 / 50 30 70 70 CARTERSVILLE 85 67 87 70 / 50 30 60 60 COLUMBUS 89 71 90 73 / 60 60 40 30 GAINESVILLE 86 67 86 69 / 50 30 60 60 MACON 92 68 91 71 / 60 60 40 30 ROME 87 68 87 71 / 50 30 70 70 PEACHTREE CITY 87 67 88 69 / 70 50 40 50 VIDALIA 93 71 92 72 / 50 50 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...RW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:29 AM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 429 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-010830- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 429 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...PARTICULARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN STORMS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE UPPER TROUGH WILL HOLD OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEK WITH SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW AND OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL KEEP THE RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH THE BEST CHANCES THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:57 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 757 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 GAZ006-008-301230- UNION GA-FANNIN GA- 757 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN UNION AND FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EDT... AT 757 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUCKTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED SIZED HAIL... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS UNION AND FANNIN COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BLUE RIDGE...MORGANTON...LOVING...EPWORTH...COLWELL...MINERAL BLUFF...NOTTELY DAM...HIGDON...JONES MILL...IVY LOG...COHUTTA WILDERNESS...HEMP...CULBERSON AND COPPERHILL. LAT...LON 3499 8402 3488 8400 3487 8461 3499 8461 TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 260DEG 29KT 3497 8444
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:08 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
908 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
GAZ008-009-016-301345-
TOWNS GA-WHITE GA-UNION GA-
908 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN TOWNS...WHITE AND
UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM EDT...
AT 907 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BLAIRSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS TOWNS...WHITE AND UNION
COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
HIAWASSEE...BLAIRSVILLE...YOUNG HARRIS...HELEN...UNICOI STATE PARK...
BRASSTOWN BALD...PLUM ORCHARD GAP SHELTER...OWLTOWN...ANNA RUBY
FALLS...TRACK ROCK...VOGEL STATE PARK...MACEDONIA...MOUNTAIN SCENE...
BLUE MOUNTAIN SHELTER...LOW GAP SHELTER...TITUS...TATE CITY AND
BATESVILLE.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
LAT...LON 3495 8355 3494 8360 3492 8359 3491 8363
3490 8363 3488 8366 3482 8365 3480 8368
3476 8363 3473 8362 3469 8364 3479 8405
3494 8398 3499 8378 3499 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 277DEG 25KT 3485 8392
DJNSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 8:49 AM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
949 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
GAZ003>005-301430-
MURRAY GA-CATOOSA GA-WHITFIELD GA-
949 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN MURRAY...CATOOSA AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM EDT...
AT 949 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUNNEL HILL...OR NEAR RINGGOLD...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT
MOVES ACROSS MURRAY...CATOOSA AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM
EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DALTON...RINGGOLD...VARNELL...ETON...TUNNEL HILL...COHUTTA...
DAWNVILLE...CRANDALL...CISCO...TENNGA...CONASAUGA LAKE...
BEAVERDALE...GREGORY...SUMAC...ROCKY FACE...RED CLAY S.P....INDIAN
SPRINGS AND APISON.
LAT...LON 3499 8465 3492 8462 3486 8462 3483 8460
3479 8510 3496 8515 3498 8507 3499 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1349Z 258DEG 29KT 3490 8504The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:13 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- June 30, 11:45 AM EST to 11:55 AM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, 0.48 mi E of Roswell
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.021, -84.362
An Atlanta area television news station reported power lines blown down on Atlanta Street between Oak Street and Magnolia Street in Roswell. Atlanta Street was closed for some time while the power lines were cleared from the roadway.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- June 30, 1:30 PM EST to 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Dodge County, 0.69 mi N of Empire
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.340, -83.300
A trained spotter reported trees and power lines blown down near the intersection of Highway 257 and Highway 87 in the community of Empire.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- June 30, 5:35 PM EST to 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, 0.9 mi NE of Sparta
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -82.970
The Hancock County Emergency Manager reported a couple of large pecan trees blown down in Sparta.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 591326, 591336, 591339, 591343.