South Carolina, 1988

Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 17, 1988

May 17, 1988 · NWS CAE · 34 events in 21 counties and zones

23 hail, 11 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
34

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

23 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Spartanburg

When
May 17, 11:18 AM CST
Where
Spartanburg County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.180, -82.000

Hail, Oconee

When
May 17, 11:20 AM CST
Where
Oconee County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.770, -83.070

Hail, Calhoun

When
May 17, 11:30 AM CST
Where
Calhoun County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.670, -80.780

Hail, Spartanburg

When
May 17, 11:40 AM CST
Where
Spartanburg County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.150, -81.970

Hail, Cherokee

When
May 17, 12:05 PM CST
Where
Cherokee County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.170, -81.750

Hail, Pickens

When
May 17, 12:15 PM CST
Where
Pickens County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.680, -82.830

Hail, Oconee

When
May 17, 12:15 PM CST
Where
Oconee County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.680, -82.850

Hail, Anderson

When
May 17, 12:20 PM CST
Where
Anderson County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.650, -82.770

Hail, Cherokee

When
May 17, 12:25 PM CST
Where
Cherokee County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.150, -81.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter

When
May 17, 12:25 PM CST
Where
Sumter County
Coordinates
33.730, -80.470

Thunderstorm Wind, Allendale

When
May 17, 12:30 PM CST
Where
Allendale County
Coordinates
33.000, -81.300

Hail, Anderson

When
May 17, 12:35 PM CST
Where
Anderson County
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
34.620, -82.480

Hail, Darlington

When
May 17, 12:40 PM CST
Where
Darlington County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.300, -79.870

Thunderstorm Wind, Hampton

When
May 17, 1:00 PM CST
Where
Hampton County
Coordinates
32.750, -81.230

Thunderstorm Wind, Bamberg

When
May 17, 1:05 PM CST
Where
Bamberg County
Coordinates
33.100, -81.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton

When
May 17, 1:10 PM CST
Where
Colleton County
Coordinates
33.070, -80.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton

When
May 17, 1:30 PM CST
Where
Colleton County
Coordinates
32.900, -80.650

Hail, Newberry

When
May 17, 1:45 PM CST
Where
Newberry County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.320, -81.720

Hail, York

When
May 17, 1:45 PM CST
Where
York County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.100, -81.230

Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester

When
May 17, 1:48 PM CST
Where
Dorchester County
Coordinates
33.180, -80.570

Hail, Colleton

When
May 17, 1:50 PM CST
Where
Colleton County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.770, -80.450

Hail, Union

When
May 17, 1:54 PM CST
Where
Union County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.720, -81.620

Hail, Union

When
May 17, 2:00 PM CST
Where
Union County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.630, -81.770

Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester

When
May 17, 2:00 PM CST
Where
Dorchester County
Coordinates
33.020, -80.180

Thunderstorm Wind, Charleston

When
May 17, 2:10 PM CST
Where
Charleston County
Coordinates
33.020, -80.150

Hail, Union

When
May 17, 2:15 PM CST
Where
Union County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.720, -81.580

Hail, Berkeley

When
May 17, 2:20 PM CST
Where
Berkeley County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.070, -80.130

Hail, Newberry

When
May 17, 2:20 PM CST
Where
Newberry County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.500, -81.620

Hail, Berkeley

When
May 17, 2:30 PM CST
Where
Berkeley County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.200, -80.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Charleston

When
May 17, 2:50 PM CST
Where
Charleston County
Coordinates
32.750, -80.350

Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken

When
May 17, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Aiken County
Coordinates
33.520, -81.870

Hail, Richland

When
May 17, 3:48 PM CST
Where
Richland County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.150, -81.270

Hail, Lexington

When
May 17, 4:13 PM CST
Where
Lexington County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.920, -81.380

Hail, Lexington

When
May 17, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Lexington County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.980, -81.120

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

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 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: 10111822, 10111823, 10111824, 10111825, 10111826, 10111827, 10111828, 10111829, 10111830, 10111831, 10111832, 10111833, 10111834, 10111835, 10111836, 10111837, 10111838, 10111839, 10111840, 10111841, 10111842, 10111843, 10111844, 10111845, 10111846, 10111847, 10111848, 10111849, 10111850, 10111851, 10111852, 10111853, 10111854, 10111855.