Hail — Treutlen, Georgia

2011-05-14 · near Lothair, Treutlen, Georgia

Event narrative

The Treutlen County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail near Soperton.

Wider weather episode

A deep, closed low continued to move grudgingly through the southeast United States. An associated nearly occluded front was located from middle Tennessee to the central Alabama Gulf Coast. A warm, unstable air mass continued across Georgia in advance of the front. Earlier convection had pushed a pre-frontal trough into central Georgia. This trough served as a focus for scattered afternoon and early evening thunderstorms across east central and middle Georgia. Several of these became severe producing damaging wind gusts. All hail reported with these thunderstorms was penny-size or less.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 311535. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.