Hail — Ware, Georgia

2023-08-16 · near Dixie Union, Ware, Georgia

Event narrative

A resident along Telmore Dixie Union Road experienced quarter size hail. A child's playhouse was blown across the yard due to strong wind gusts.

Wider weather episode

Unsettled southwest flow continued rounds of showers and thunderstorms with a surface trough lingering over Georgia and passing mid-level short wave troughs from the

WSW enhancing rounds of convection near low level convergence. Deep layer moisture with PWAT 2+ inches was under fairly weak WSW steering flow of < 10 kts and continued the localized heavy rainfall threat, especially during the afternoon toward the Atlantic

coast where the east coast sea breeze developed and across SE GA near the meandering surface front.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1124052. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.