Hail, Saluda
- When
- May 25, 9:35 PM EST
- Where
- Saluda County, Saluda
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -81.767
Sheriff reported 1 inch hail in Saluda.
Hail in South Carolina, May 25, 2001
5 hail, 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
- 5
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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 8:43 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 8:43 PM EST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 943 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001 WL UPDATE AND CONT CHC PCPN OVR NGT AS RUC40 KEEPING DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WITH APPROACHING S/WV. TEMPS LK RSNBL WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. FCSTID = 25 CAE 63 84 55 86 / 30 30 0 20 AGS 60 84 54 87 / 30 30 0 20 SSC 62 84 55 86 / 30 30 0 20 OGB 64 84 55 86 / 30 30 0 20 .CAE... GA...NONQE. SC...NONE. CDL
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:36 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Newberry
- When
- May 25, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Newberry County, 10 mi S of Pomaria
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 34.117, -81.417
Dreher Is. State Park reported 3/4 inch hail.
Hail, Lexington
- When
- May 25, 10:12 PM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, Chapin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.167, -81.350
Fire Dept reported 3/4 inch hail in Chapin.
Hail, Richland
- When
- May 25, 10:15 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Ballentine
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.117, -81.233
Public reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Lancaster
- When
- May 25, 10:22 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 11 mi N of Van Wyck
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -80.833
Public reported dime size hail near Pleasant Valley.
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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 25, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, May 25, 2001
- Hail in Ohio, May 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 25, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, May 25 to 26, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, May 25 to 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 25, 2001
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 25, 2001
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 2001
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: 5243514, 5243515, 5243516, 5243517, 5243518.