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Hail in Forsyth County, Georgia

Hail April 11, 2013 · Forsyth County, Georgia

1.75 in
Hail diameter
$4.8M
Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Broadcast media and the public reported golf ball sized hail northwest of Cumming.

The wider storm

A well-defined upper shortwave pushed through the Deep South in late on the 11th. A strong surface low over the Central Plains early in the day began lifting to the northeast toward the Great Lakes, dragging the associated cold front moved into northwest Georgia late in the day. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front, with several reports of large hail, including a couple of reports of up to baseball sized hail and several reports of golfball sized hail. Three weak tornadoes occurred as well, two EF-1s and an EF-0.

Began near Heardville (34.2900, -84.2400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 444559. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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