Hail — Cobb, Georgia

2012-03-02 · near Acworth, Cobb, Georgia

Event narrative

The public reported golf ball sized hail in Acworth, south of Interstate 75 toward Sugar Maple Lane.

Wider weather episode

The cold front that stalled across central Georgia on March 1st began advancing back north as a warm front the morning of March 2nd. A secondary, and stronger, cold front moved across the Tennessee Valley late on Friday, advancing into Georgia Friday evening and into central Georgia early Saturday morning. Very warm and moist air ahead of the cold front provided for sufficient instability to produce widespread strong to severe thunderstorms across the region. One supercell produced two tornadoes in north Georgia - an EF3 in Haralson and Paulding Counties and an EF1 in Cobb County. Large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding also occurred with these storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 365176. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.