Hail, Lexington
- When
- July 16, 11:11 AM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.080
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 16, 1988
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- July 16, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- July 16, 1:58 PM CST
- Where
- Oconee County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -83.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Florence
- When
- July 16, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Florence County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -79.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington
- When
- July 16, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Darlington County
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -79.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- July 16, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -80.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- July 16, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -80.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- July 16, 2:32 PM CST
- Where
- Oconee County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -83.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- July 16, 2:32 PM CST
- Where
- Oconee County
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -83.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- July 16, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Oconee County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -83.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville
- When
- July 16, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Greenville County
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -82.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville
- When
- July 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greenville County
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -82.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- July 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -82.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- July 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -82.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- July 16, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -80.350
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 16, 1988
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 1988
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 1988
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: 10109917, 10109918, 10109919, 10109920, 10109921, 10109922, 10109923, 10109924, 10109925, 10109926, 10109927, 10109928, 10109929, 10109930, 10109931.