Hail — Candler, Georgia

2019-03-03 · near Metter, Candler, Georgia

Event narrative

A member of the broadcast media relayed via social media a photo of pea to penny sized hail near Metter.

Wider weather episode

A strong cold front moved across southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia in the afternoon and evening. Isolated strong thunderstorms first developed ahead of the cold front in the early afternoon. Then the main line of thunderstorms along and near the cold front moved through in the late afternoon and evening hours. Several thunderstorms became strong enough to produce large hail, damaging wind gusts, and even isolated tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 810114. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.