Hail, Allendale
- When
- May 4, 12:30 PM EST to 12:35 PM EST
- Where
- Allendale County, Sycamore
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -81.220
Hail in South Carolina, May 4, 1998
10 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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.
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dorchester
- When
- May 4, 1:10 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Summerville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -80.180
Hail, Berkeley
- When
- May 4, 1:15 PM EST to 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, Ladson to 7 mi NE of Ladson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -80.100
Hail, Berkeley
- When
- May 4, 2:05 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, Jamestown
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -79.700
Hail, Dorchester
- When
- May 4, 2:14 PM EST to 2:19 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Summerville to 1 mi of Summerville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -80.170
Hail, Charleston
- When
- May 4, 2:45 PM EST to 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, North Charleston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -79.980
Funnel Cloud, Charleston
- When
- May 4, 2:45 PM EST to 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 3 mi W of (Chs)charleston Afb
- Coordinates
- 32.749, -79.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several reports of a funnel cloud in the area, but no damage.
Hail, Charleston
- When
- May 4, 2:45 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 3 mi W of (Chs)charleston Afb
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -80.080
Hail, Dorchester
- When
- May 4, 2:50 PM EST to 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, 10 mi SE of Summerville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -80.070
Hail, Charleston
- When
- May 4, 3:14 PM EST to 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, North Charleston
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -79.980
Hail, Berkeley
- When
- May 4, 3:25 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, 2 mi W of Wando
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -79.850
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Virginia, May 4, 1998
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 4, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636537, 5636539, 5636538, 5636628, 5636633, 5636629, 5636630, 5636635, 5636634, 5636632, 5636631.