Hail, Horry
- When
- August 26, 12:18 PM EST to 12:45 PM EST
- Where
- Horry County, Conway to Longs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -79.050
Hail in South Carolina, August 26, 1996
Thunderstorms dropped hail during the afternoon, and lightning caused scattered power outages in North Myrtle Beach and Aynor after sundown.
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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Thunderstorms dropped hail during the afternoon, and lightning caused scattered power outages in North Myrtle Beach and Aynor after sundown.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:22 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 26 to 27, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, August 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 26, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, August 26 to 27, 1996
- Hail in Vermont, August 26, 1996
- Hail in Texas, August 26, 1996
- Hail in Vermont, August 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 26, 1996
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5573506.