Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- May 4, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Oconee County
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -82.980
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 4, 1987
8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 4, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -82.650
Hail, Greenville
- When
- May 4, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Greenville County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -82.430
Hail, Pickens
- When
- May 4, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -82.630
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 4, 1:47 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -82.580
Hail, Pickens
- When
- May 4, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -82.600
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 4, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -82.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- May 4, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -82.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Kershaw
- When
- May 4, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kershaw County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -80.530
Hail, Lee
- When
- May 4, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -80.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- May 4, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Spartanburg County
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -81.820
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 4, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -81.630
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10114018, 10114019, 10114020, 10114021, 10114022, 10114023, 10114024, 10114025, 10114026, 10114027, 10114028, 10114029.