Hail — Hancock, Georgia

2011-09-27 · near Linton, Hancock, Georgia

Event narrative

The Hancock County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of quarter-sized hail from just east-northeast of Beulah in the far south central part of the county.

Wider weather episode

A deep closed upper low continued to meander about the southern Appalachians, as it had for nearly a week. As the upper low was finally beginning to shift east, a significant short wave rotated through the base of the upper low. Warm, moist air remained in place across east central and southeast Georgia. The combination of unusually cold temperatures aloft and the warm, moist, unstable air mass across the southeast part of the state combined to produce scattered afternoon severe thunderstorms. As would be expected with cold air aloft, large hail was the main concern. However, there were a few incidents of damaging downburst winds as well.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 349804. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.