South Carolina, 2001

Hail in South Carolina, August 29, 2001

August 29, 2001 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 1:20 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 1:20 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
220 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001

S/W ENERGY PUSHING EASTWARD AND OFFSHORE TNGT...HENCE TSTM CHC
DECREASING WITH LOSS OF HEAT AND ENERGY LATER THIS EVENING.
ALTHOUGH... WEAK TROUGH REMAINS ALONG COAST/SLIGHTLY OFFSHORE. THIS
ALSO PROVIDING FOCUS FOR ACTIVITY THIS AFTN. WILL INCLUDE A SMALL
CHC EVENING POP.

MODELS SHOWING ATMOSPHERE REMAINING FAIRLY MOIST THROUGH THE PERIOD.
SO...EXPECTING TO SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN. ETA DOWNPLAYS S/W
ACTIVITY AFTER TNGT WITH H5 RIDGE REMAINING OVER GULF. AVN REMAINS
FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE THROUGHOUT AND WOULD IMPLY GREATER CHC OF RAIN.
WITH ATMOSPHERE REMAINING MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE...PLAN TO
ACCOUNT FOR DIURNAL ACTIVITY...CLOSER TO ETA THINKING...AS AVN LOOKS
OVERDONE. FCST WILL REFLECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND MORE DIURNAL/CHC
POPS.

LATER IN THE FCST...FRONT APPROACHES FROM NW AND APPEARS TO MOVE
THROUGH LATE SAT AND OFFSHORE BY EARLY SUN. FRONT STALLS SOUTH OF
AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOME PCPN FOCUS. HIGH PRESSURE
TRIES TO BUILD SOUTH OVER CAROLINAS AND WORK IN DRY AIR.

CWF: FLOW GENERALLY TO REMAIN OUT OF THE S/SW THROUGH FRI AND
APPEARS MOSTLY 15 KT OR BELOW. FRONT APPROACHES SAT AND GRADIENT
TIGHTENS WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 KT. SCA A POSSIBILITY
NRN WATERS SAT AFTN/EVG.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
FCSTID = 30
ILM   75  90  75  90/  30  30  20  30
LBT   72  91  72  90/  30  30  20  30
FLO   73  91  73  89/  30  30  20  30
MYR   74  88  74  87/  30  30  20  30

.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

PJN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 2:08 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
308 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    LONGWOOD                  NC   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
08/29/01   BRUNSWICK                      TREES KNOCKED DOWN ALONG
                                          ASH LITTLE RIVER RD.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

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The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Horry

When
August 29, 4:58 PM EST
Where
Horry County, 6 mi NW of Myrtle Beach
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
33.770, -78.950

Public reported quarter size hail.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5263662.