Hail — Mcintosh, Georgia

2018-03-20 · near Townsend, Mcintosh, Georgia

Event narrative

Penny sized hail was reported at the Townsend Bombing Range.

Wider weather episode

A large area of thunderstorms develop upstream of the southeast Georgia region and moved through during the early morning hours in the vicinity of a warm front. A few of these thunderstorms became strong enough to produce damaging wind gusts across interior portions of southeast Georgia. Then in the afternoon, additional thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front, mainly impacting coastal areas of southeast Georgia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 744470. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.