TornadoLookup

Home / Georgia / Clayton

Hail in Clayton County, Georgia

Hail January 2, 2006 · Clayton County, Georgia

1.75 in
Hail diameter
$2.0M
Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous reports of large hail were received from the public in Jonesboro, Morrow, Rex, and Lovejoy. Golf ball-sized hail was reported by a storm spotter and also by the Clayton County 911 Center in Jonesboro. The public reported quarter-sized hail in Morrow and Jonesboro. A storm spotter reported quarter-sized hail in the Rex area near the intersection of U.S. Highway 23 and Interstate-675 and the public reported quarter-sized hail in Lovejoy. Another individual reported observing penny-sized hail on Interstate-285 just south of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Began near Riverdale (32.8500, -82.4000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5492214. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.