Hail in Oconee County, Georgia
Hail March 21, 2017 · Oconee County, Georgia
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A report of quarter size hail on VFW Drive in Watkinsville was received over social media.
The wider storm
A large mesoscale convective complex developed along a cold front across central and southern Tennessee in response to a series of short waves sweeping through the region. These thunderstorms encountered an unstable and moderately-sheared atmosphere as they moved south into north Georgia producing numerous, widespread reports of large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds as well as two isolated tornadoes.
Began near Westbury (33.8608, -83.4156).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 690005. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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