Hail, Lexington
- When
- June 2, 8:15 AM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, Irmo to Lexington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -81.180
Public and police reported 3/4 inch hail from Irmo to Lexington along highway 6.
Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, June 2, 1998
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- 10
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- June 2, 8:15 AM EST to 8:20 AM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, Irmo to Lexington
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -81.180
Strong straightline winds took down trees and powerlines between Irmo and Lexington.
Hail, Lexington
- When
- June 2, 8:20 AM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, Lexington to 3 mi of Lexington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.300
SKYWARN spotter reported 3/4 inch hail on highway 378.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- June 2, 8:20 AM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, Lexington to 3 mi of Lexington
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.300
SKYWARN spotters reported trees down...some on houses.
Hail, Lexington
- When
- June 2, 8:25 AM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, Lexington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.250
SKYWARN spotters reported 1 inch hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- June 2, 8:28 AM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, 3 mi S of Gilbert
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -81.380
Two large steel bilboards torn apart by intense winds along I-20.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orangeburg
- When
- June 2, 8:45 AM EST
- Where
- Orangeburg County, North
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -81.100
Police reported trees and powerlines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orangeburg
- When
- June 2, 8:50 AM EST
- Where
- Orangeburg County, 3 mi E of North
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -81.050
SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on highway 178.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orangeburg
- When
- June 2, 9:07 AM EST
- Where
- Orangeburg County, Norway
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -81.130
County EPD reported trees and powerlines down along highway 321.
Tornado, Saluda
- When
- June 2, 10:28 AM EST to 10:31 AM EST
- Where
- Saluda County, 5 mi SE of Saluda
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -81.700
A small F0 breifly touched down in a cluster of trees on highway 432. Well defined convergent path.
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5638008, 5638009, 5638010, 5638011, 5638012, 5638013, 5638014, 5638015, 5638016, 5638017.