South Carolina, 2001

Hail in South Carolina, May 25, 2001

May 25, 2001 · NWS GSP · 3 events in 1 county or zone

3 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 7:50 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 7:50 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
850 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001

SHOWERS NOW EXITING EASTERN COUNTIES OF CWA.  RUC MAINTAINS
PERSISTENT BAND OF HIGH RH ACROSS EASTERN PART OF AREA OVERNIGHT.
WITH ADVANCE OF SHORT WAVE TROF ALOFT... PRUDENT TO MAINTAIN LOW
CHANCE POPS EASTERNMOST COUNTIES DURING FIRST PERIOD. REMAINDER OF
CWA WILL HAVE CLEAR SKY WITH SOME MORNING FOG... ESPECIALLY MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS. NO MAJOR CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO LOW TEMPERATURES IN ZONE
FORECASTS THAT WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 8:55 PM EST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
955 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001

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

945 PM     UNION                     SC   MARBLE SIZE HAIL
05/25/01   UNION                          REPORT FROM COUNTY EPD
                                          DIRECTOR AND 911 DISPATCH

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:19 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, York

When
May 25, 9:20 PM EST
Where
York County, 5 mi S of York
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.933, -81.233

Two separate storm spotters reported dime-sized hail outside the York city limits. Minutes later, nickel-sized hail was reported from Rock Hill.

Hail, York

When
May 25, 9:20 PM EST
Where
York County, 5 mi E of York
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.000, -81.150

Hail, York

When
May 25, 9:30 PM EST
Where
York County, Rock Hill
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.917, -81.033

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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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: 5244982, 5244983, 5244984.