Hail, Hampton
- When
- May 9, 5:30 PM EST to 5:34 PM EST
- Where
- Hampton County, Hampton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -81.120
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 9, 1997
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton
- When
- May 9, 5:30 PM EST to 5:33 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, Walterboro
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -80.650
Trees down across Highway 63.
Hail, Colleton
- When
- May 9, 5:45 PM EST to 5:53 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, Ruffin to 2 mi of Walterboro
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -80.830
Hail reports ranging from nickel size to quarter size obseved.
Thunderstorm Wind, Charleston
- When
- May 9, 5:50 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, Charleston to 5 mi of Charleston
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -80.020
Trees and powerlines down several locations.
Hail, Charleston
- When
- May 9, 5:52 PM EST to 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, Charleston
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -79.930
Nickel sized hail broke a weather service employee's automobile window.
Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton
- When
- May 9, 5:55 PM EST to 5:58 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, 5 mi W of Jacksonboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -80.530
Trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampton
- When
- May 9, 6:00 PM EST to 6:03 PM EST
- Where
- Hampton County, Varnville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -81.070
Trees and powerlines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Charleston
- When
- May 9, 6:10 PM EST to 6:13 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 5 mi NE of Mt Pleasant
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -79.800
Three aircraft were overturned at the East Cooper Airport.
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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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5601152, 5601153, 5601156, 5601157, 5601158, 5601155, 5601160, 5601159.