Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 13, 2:24 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, Anderson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.519, -82.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Five cows killed by lighning on farm eight miles west of Anderson
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 13, 1993
7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 13, 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County to Southeastern
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.519, -82.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Abbeville
- When
- May 13, 2:37 PM EST
- Where
- Abbeville County, Northern & Central
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.223, -82.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail reported in Antreville in northern part of County. Wind caused $12,000 damage in Abbeville.
Hail, Greenwood
- When
- May 13, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood County, Greenwood Co to Greenwood
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.154, -82.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golf ball-size hail east side of Greenwood. Lots of pea and marble-size hail around Greenwood.
Hail, Laurens
- When
- May 13, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, Clinton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.484, -82.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Allendale
- When
- May 13, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Allendale County, Martin & Millett
- Measured
- 1.6 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.988, -81.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Barnwell
- When
- May 13, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Barnwell County, Kline
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.266, -81.435 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down in southern part of Barnwell County
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- May 13, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, Reidville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.931, -81.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- May 13, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Gaffney
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several thunderstorms became severe during the afternoon. A couple of storms became quite strong producing golf ball-size hail at Greenwood and near Clinton. This was the second major hail event of the season for both of these communities, although these storms did not affect as large an area as the earlier storms. As the storms moved east they produced more gusty winds than hail. The tin was torn off some barns near Reidville along with downed trees and in Cherokee County a number of trees were downed causing scattered power outages. The hail there, although plentiful, had decreased to less than severe size.
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
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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: 10346662, 10346663, 10347335, 10347222, 10346702, 10347519, 10347086, 10346510, 10347414.