Hail in Bleckley County, Georgia

Hail March 31, 2015 · Bleckley County, Georgia

0.75 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The public reported penny size hail northeast of the Cochran airport.

The wider storm

A series of moderate short waves swept across Georgia in the persistent northwesterly upper-level flow interacting with a stationary front across Central Georgia. Moderate instability and steep mid-level lapse rates resulted in numerous reports of large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds during the afternoon and evening.

Began near Cochran Arpt (32.4042, -83.2614).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 579614. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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