Hail — Crawford, Georgia

2019-03-03 · near Sandy Point, Crawford, Georgia

Event narrative

An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail near around the intersection of Jordan Road and Boy Scout Road.

Wider weather episode

A powerful storm system moved across the mid-south and southeast United States producing widespread severe weather and numerous tornadoes. In middle Georgia, significant damage from fourteen separate tornadoes was observed. Thousands of trees were snapped or uprooted and numerous homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Across central Georgia, incredibly, no deaths were reported, with only around a dozen minor injuries.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 805563. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.