South Carolina, 2001

Hail in South Carolina, May 28, 2001

May 28, 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
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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 May 28, 1:10 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:10 PM EST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
210 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

...CONCERNED WITH POPS 1ST 2 PERIODS...

PRETTY ACTIVE SVR WX EVENT GOING HERE BUT AIR MASS FINALLY STARTING
TO LOOK WORKED OVER.  WV IMAGERY AND LTG DATA SHOWS 2 SEPARATE
CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS IN DEEP SOUTH AS UPPER S/W TROF DIVES IN THERE.
ANOTHER S/W TROF DIVING DOWN BACK SIDE OF CUTOFF LOW IN ERN GREAT
LAKES.

ETA/AVN/NGM ALL REFLECT ONGOING ACTIVITY IN CAROLINAS QUITE NICELY.
NONE SHOWS MUCH OF A VORT PATTERN TO HANG ONES HAT ON...BUT AVN
OMEGA FIELD SEEMS TO HAVE BETTER GRASP ON DEEP SOUTH ACTIVITY.
THIS CONVECTION MOVES E OVERNIGHT AND TRACKS ACROSS CAROLINAS BY TUE
AM.  REAL TRICK TO TUE FCST IS TIMING IT THRU HERE.

MODELS LOOK SLOWER TO BRING CONVECTION THRU...HINTING AT SOME
PHASING BETWEEN AFOREMENTIONED TWO S/W TROFS.  AVN WANTS TO DEVELOP
1008 SFC LOW NR HATTERAS BY 18Z TUE.  PREFERRED AVN INITIALLY BUT
THIS SEEMS A LITTLE BULLISH...SO WILL TAKE MIDDLE GROUND HERE.  WILL
STICK WITH LIKELY OVERNITE...AND HOLD 30-40 CHC POPS INTO TUE.  HIGH
PRES BUILDS IN TUE NIGHT AND FINALLY SETTLES THINGS DOWN.  TEMPS ON
COOL SIDE OF GUID...ESP WITH LIMITED INSOLATION TUE AND THEN DRIER
AIR FILTERING IN TUE NIGHT.

EXTENDED:  NO CHANGES PLANNED.  LOOKS LIKE PATTERN CHANGE IN THE
WORKS AS DEATH RIDGE BUILDS OVER ERN HALF OF U.S. BEGINNING OF NEXT
WK.

CWF...MINIMAL CHANGES FORESEEN.  SW WILL CLOCK AROUND TO NW/W BY
LATE TUE.  FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS WHETHER SFC LOW DEVELOPS AND HOW
STRONG IT IS.  IF THAT LOW GETS CRANKING COULD SEE SCA BRIEFLY TUE
AFTERNOON.  WILL COORD WITH MHX ON THIS SHORTLY.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
FCSTID = 35
ILM   68  83  60  83 /  70  40  10   0
LBT   66  81  57  83 /  70  30  10   0
FLO   67  84  58  85 /  70  30  10   0
MYR   70  82  63  80 /  70  40  10   0

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

RAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 1:08 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
208 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

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

1235 PM    5 NW HAMPSTEAD            NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   PENDER                         REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVERS

1243 PM    3 N LELAND DUPONT         NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   BRUNSWICK                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1255 PM    WILMINGTON AIRPORT        NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   NEW HANOVER                    REPORTED BY NWS

0147 PM    GREELYVILLE Y              SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   WILLIAMSBURG                   REPORTED BY PUBLIC

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Georgetown

When
May 28, 1:35 PM EST
Where
Georgetown County, 5 mi NW of Oatland
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
33.550, -79.417

Dime size hail reported.

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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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5250349.