Hail, Abbeville
- When
- April 8, 7:42 PM EST
- Where
- Abbeville County, 1 mi NW of Calhoun Falls
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -82.620
Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, April 8, 1998
Showers and thunderstorms developed during the evening and produced dime size hail across the far southern portion of the Upstate. Flooding developed in the southern portion of Greenwood county where Wilson Creek rose well out its banks and many ponds overflowed.
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
- 4
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.
Showers and thunderstorms developed during the evening and produced dime size hail across the far southern portion of the Upstate. Flooding developed in the southern portion of Greenwood county where Wilson Creek rose well out its banks and many ponds overflowed. Some roads were blocked by high water until around midnight.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:43 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Abbeville
- When
- April 8, 7:42 PM EST
- Where
- Abbeville County, Lowndesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -82.650
Flash Flood, Greenwood
- When
- April 8, 8:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood County, South Portion
- Coordinates
- 34.154, -82.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Greenwood
- When
- April 8, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood County, 7 mi NE of Greenwood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -82.080
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5637986, 5637987, 5637988, 5637989.