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Atlanta hail season 2006
33 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 45 miles, across 13 storm days, max 2.75". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2006 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2006, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 2006 | 7 | 2.75" | MONROE, WASHINGTON, PIKE, JONES |
| April 19, 2006 | 6 | 2.75" | COWETA, CARROLL, HARALSON, COBB |
| May 25, 2006 | 5 | 1.00" | MADISON, GILMER, WHITE, HALL |
| April 8, 2006 | 3 | 1.75" | TELFAIR, WHEELER, TOOMBS |
| September 28, 2006 | 2 | 1.00" | SPALDING, HENRY |
“The public reported golf ball to softball-sized hail in the southwest part of Pike county near Molena. This hail was caused by a different thunderstorm from the one that spawned the F3 tornado in northern Pike southeast of Hollenville earlier. The thunderstorm that caused the large hail in southwest and south central Pike county was a separate supercell thunderstorm moving east across the southern part of the count”
— NWS event narrative, January 2, 2006 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Jan 7 · Feb 1 · Apr 12 · May 5 · Jun 4 · Jul 1 · Aug 1 · Sep 2
Wind context: the record also holds 29 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2006 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Atlanta claim from 2006?
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Provenance
Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 45 miles of the Atlanta anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.