Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 2, 9:06 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 3 mi SW of Gaffney
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -81.670
Hail in South Carolina, June 2, 1997
A lone severe thunderstorm developed late in the evening following the numerous storms earlier. This storm again caused large hail as it moved north through Cherokee county.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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 GSP wrote it up.
A lone severe thunderstorm developed late in the evening following the numerous storms earlier. This storm again caused large hail as it moved north through Cherokee county. A small amount of large hail fell across the Spartanburg county line.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:05 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 2, 9:34 PM EST to 9:44 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Gaffney
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -81.630
Hail, Spartanburg
- When
- June 2, 9:38 PM EST to 9:48 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, Mayo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -81.870
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in South Dakota, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
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: 5603066, 5603067, 5603068.