Hail and tornadoes in Spalding County, GA
Since October 2020, radar estimated hail somewhere in Spalding County, GA on 30 days. The biggest estimate: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball), on Wed, Jun 15, 2022. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 3 days.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
Radar estimates are NOAA's MESH: the largest hail the radar estimates aloft, on cells about 0.7 mile across, shown as the lower bound of a size band (“1.5+”). They often run larger than what reached the ground, and they aren't evidence of damage at any address.
Hail on record since 1955
NOAA's Storm Events database lists 45 hail reports in Spalding County, GA on 40 days, 0 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 1.75 in, near Digbey, on Sat, Mar 26, 2011.
By decade: 1990s: 13 · 2000s: 21 · 2010s: 7 · 2020s: 4
Tornadoes since 1950
21 tornadoes have touched Spalding County, GA since 1950, 2 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger. They killed 4 and injured 33.
Strongest
- Wed, Apr 27, 2011 · EF3 · 15.64 mi long, 880 yd wide · near Blantons Mill · 2 deaths
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF3 · 30.98 mi long, 2,200 yd wide · near Blantons Mill · 18 injuries
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF2 · 31.44 mi long, 1,400 yd wide · near Rio · 2 deaths, 10 injuries
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF2 · 8.35 mi long, 1,000 yd wide · near Blantons Mill
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF2 · 8.35 mi long, 1,000 yd wide · near Zetella
Most recent
- Wed, May 21, 2025 · EF0 · 2.02 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Towalaga
- Mon, Apr 7, 2025 · EF0 · 4.28 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Sunny Side
- Mon, Apr 7, 2025 · EF1 · 7.87 mi long, 250 yd wide · near Digbey
- Mon, Apr 7, 2025 · EF0 · 3.23 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Blantons Mill
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF2 · 31.44 mi long, 1,400 yd wide · near Rio · 2 deaths, 10 injuries
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF1 · 5.39 mi long, 800 yd wide · near Zetella
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF1 · 2.53 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Zetella
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF2 · 8.35 mi long, 1,000 yd wide · near Zetella
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF1 · 2.53 mi long, 300 yd wide · near Blantons Mill
- Thu, Jan 12, 2023 · EF3 · 30.98 mi long, 2,200 yd wide · near Blantons Mill · 18 injuries
By decade: 1990s: 1 · 2000s: 4 · 2010s: 4 · 2020s: 12
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 1995 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since October 2020
- Mon, Jun 22, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, May 17, 2026
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Aug 1, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 15, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 1, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jun 25, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Apr 10, 2025
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1 in (Griffin, GA)
- Sun, Aug 18, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Aug 11, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 23, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, May 25, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Sep 14, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Aug 15, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 2, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Mar 26, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Mar 25, 2023
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sat, Aug 6, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Aug 3, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, Jul 19, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jul 13, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Wed, Jun 15, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1.5 in or larger (ping-pong ball)
Reported in the county- 1 in (1 S GRIFFIN, GA)
- 1 in (2 SSW GRIFFIN, GA)
- Thu, Jun 2, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, May 30, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, May 3, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jun 14, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, May 11, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Tue, May 4, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, May 3, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported in the county- 1 in (4 S WALKER MILL, GA)
- Mon, Apr 5, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Radar estimates and reports are for anywhere inside the county's boundary. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim. From NOAA's Storm Events Database (NCEI), which records tornadoes from 1950, hail and thunderstorm wind from 1955, and every kind of storm from 1996. A tornado that crossed county lines is counted in each county it touched. Recent months are added as NCEI publishes them, a few months behind. Damage is in the dollars of its year and is often an estimate.