Hail — Troup, Georgia

2005-12-28 · near La Grange, Troup, Georgia

Event narrative

Numerous reports of very large hail were received from the public across a large part of central Troup county from west of LaGrange near West Point Lake east to Mountville along the eastern border of the county. Many of the hail reports were of golf ball to baseball-sized hail. Hail the size of quarters to golf balls completely covered the ground at one shopping center in La Grange. Dozens of car windshields were broken during the hailstorm. The most significant damage occurred at a Toyata dealership in LaGrange, where 240 vehicles were damaged.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5483083. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.