Hail in Cherokee County, Georgia

Hail September 3, 2015 · Cherokee County, Georgia

1.75 in

Hail diameter

$2.3M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Woodstock Police Department reported quarter to golf ball sized hail at Towne Lake Parkway and Running Deer Parkway.

The wider storm

A weak surface low moving across southern Georgia swept deep moisture across North and Central Georgia during the day providing moderate instability over the region. A strong short wave associated with an upper-level trough digging into the southeastern U.S. produced scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across North and Central Georgia during the afternoon and early evening.

Began near Woodstock (34.1063, -84.5448).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 599265. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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