Hail in Charlton County, Georgia

Hail April 26, 2023 · Charlton County, Georgia

1.75 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple sizes of hail were reported near Homeland. The largest observed was golf ball size in diameter.

The wider storm

A quasi-stationary frontal zone was meandering near the I-10 corridor in the afternoon under zonal flow aloft and passing weak short wave PVA. Cold temperatures aloft combined with shear and CAPE in the hail growth zone combined with diurnal instability and mesoscale boundary collisions to produce large hail in scattered severe afternoon and evening storms.

Began near Homeland (30.8700, -81.9900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1092165. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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