South Carolina, 2001

Hail in South Carolina, August 31, 2001

August 31, 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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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 31, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
240 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001

H5 TROUGH MOVES EAST TOWARD REGION TONIGHT. ETA MUCH LESS
AGGRESSIVE  WITH SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY ROUNDING BASE OF TROUGH AND
MOVING INTO CWA. AVN REMAINS FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN BRINGING SERIES OF
S/W THROUGH OVERNIGHT AND SAT.

SOME SHOWERS AND TSTMS FORMING IN MOIST SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
THIS AFTN. WILL CARRY CHC POPS TNGT. TEMPS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF LAST
NIGHT.

FRONT NEARS REGION SAT AND FINALLY CROSSES CWA SAT NIGHT AND SUN
MORNING. STILL LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS. WILL
CONTINUE WITH LIKELY...60% POPS. SHOWER/TSTM POTENTIAL CONTINUES SAT
NIGHT AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH ILM CWA...SO WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS.

FRONT PUSHES OFFSHORE EARLY SUN. MODELS...ESPECIALLY MRF TRYING TO
DRASTICALLY DRY ATMOSPHERE OUT. PLAN TO RETAIN SLIGHT CHC POP SUN
MORNING COASTAL ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR LEFTOVER MOISTURE AND POSSIBLE
SHOWER AS FRONT EXISTS TO COASTAL WATERS. AFTER THAT...ATMOSPHERE
COOLER AND DRIER AND FCST WILL REMAIN DRY SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED. AS
AIRMASS BEGINS TO MODIFY AGAIN...WILL ACCOUNT FOR DIURNAL SHOWER AND
TSTM ACTIVITY WITH CHC/SLIGHT CHC POPS.

CWF: GRADIENT TO GRADUALLY INCREASE AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AND HENCE
WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE SW WINDS AS WELL AS SEAS TNGT AND SAT.
WINDS SAT WILL BE HELD AT 20 KT AND GUSTY WITH 5 FT SEAS...JUST
BELOW SCA LEVELS. WINDS SLOWLY TRANSITION TO W OVERNIGHT SAT. SUN
WIND DIRECTION DEPENDANT ON AVN SOLUTION OF WEAK LOW DEVELOPING
ALONG FRONT AND PUSHING OFF. MAY INITIALIZE SUN WITH VARIABLE
BECOMING NE.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
FCSTID = 30
ILM   74  87  71  85/  30  60  40  20
LBT   72  88  68  83/  30  60  40  10
FLO   73  87  69  84/  30  60  40  10
MYR   75  86  72  84/  30  60  40  20

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

PJN

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Marion

When
August 31, 3:40 PM EST
Where
Marion County, Rains
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.100, -79.317

Public reported dime 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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5263663.