Thunderstorm Wind, Allendale
- When
- May 3, 12:15 PM EST to 12:18 PM EST
- Where
- Allendale County, Allendale
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -81.300
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 1997
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across the area and downed numerous trees and powerlines. Also, there were scattered reports of hail (dime size to golfball size).
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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 CHS wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across the area and downed numerous trees and powerlines. Also, there were scattered reports of hail (dime size to golfball size).
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:16 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton
- When
- May 3, 1:00 PM EST to 2:03 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, Ruffin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -80.800
Hail, Dorchester
- When
- May 3, 1:05 PM EST to 1:08 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Grover
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -80.580
Hail, Berkeley
- When
- May 3, 1:25 PM EST to 1:27 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, Moncks Corner
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -80.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton
- When
- May 3, 1:53 PM EST to 1:56 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, Islandton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -80.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- May 3, 2:00 PM EST to 2:04 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, 1 mi S of Beaufort
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -80.680
A house was damaged on Harbour Island and several trees down.
Hail, Colleton
- When
- May 3, 2:05 PM EST to 2:08 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, Walterboro
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -80.650
Hail, Charleston
- When
- May 3, 2:14 PM EST to 2:17 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, Charleston Afb
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -80.030
Hail, Charleston
- When
- May 3, 2:36 PM EST to 2:39 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, Charleston
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -79.930
Golfball sized hail covered the ground at the 18th green at Legends Oak golf course.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- May 3, 2:40 PM EST to 2:43 PM EST
- Where
- Jasper County, Ridgeland
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -81.020
Hail, Charleston
- When
- May 3, 2:50 PM EST to 2:53 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 3 mi SE of Ladson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -80.070
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, May 3, 1997
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- Flash Flooding in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 3 to 28, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 3, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, May 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 3, 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: 5601140, 5601141, 5601142, 5601143, 5601150, 5601149, 5601147, 5601145, 5601148, 5601144, 5601146.