Hail in Georgia, May 10, 2002

Name: Hail in Georgia, May 10, 2002
Start: 2002-05-10T16:00
End: 2002-05-10T16:17
Location: Georgia

May 10, 2002 · NWS CAE · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 10, 1:43 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:43 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
243 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

WEAK PRESSURE TROUGH ACROSS THE MIDLANDS. OUTFLOW FROM OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION NOW CROSSING THE AREA. LIS AND TEMPS/DEWPOINTS INDICATE
FRONT REMAINS NEAR THE NC/SC BORDER WESTWARD INTO NORTHERN GA. FRONT
SHOULD SINK SOUTHWARD AND REMAIN IN THE VICINITY TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY. H5 SHORTWAVES TO CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WILL
KEEP LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. STILL LOOKS LIKE WEAK
WEDGE WILL SET UP SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT CLOUDS TO
INCREASE TONIGHT WITH LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING...SO WILL GO ON THE
WARM SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR LOWS. HIGHS SATURDAY SHOULD BE BELOW
GUIDANCE ACROSS THE NORTH WITH WEAK WEDGE IN PLACE. WILL TREND TEMPS
FROM AROUND 70 NORTH TO LOWER 80S SOUTH. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK OKAY
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH LOWS IN THE LOW/MID 60S AND HIGHS IN
THE MID/UPPER 80S.

EXTENDED FORECAST MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY:
MODELS SLIGHTLY DELAYING FRONTAL PASSAGE TIL MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY
MORNING. AVN HAS FRONT TO THE COAST BY 12Z TUESDAY. 00Z CANADIAN
WAS A BIT SLOWER WITH FRONT CROSSING THE MIDLANDS 12Z TUESDAY. FOR
NOW, WILL LEAVE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT WITH CLEARING TREND FOR TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH FLAT RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN STATES. TEMPS SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY THEN MODERATING TO SEASONAL NORMALS BY FRIDAY.

FCSTID = 10
CAE   68  78  65  88 /  60  60  20  10
AGS   67  83  65  89 /  60  60  20  10
SSC   68  78  65  88 /  60  60  20  10
OGB   68  83  65  89 /  60  60  20  10

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #276 FROM 245 PM EDT FRIDAY UNTIL 700
PM EDT FRIDAY FOR ZONES
SCC003...SCC009...SCC011...SCC017...SCC025...SCC027...SCC037...SCC039
...SCC055...SCC057...SCC061...SCC063...SCC065...SCC071...SCC075...SCC
079...SCC081...SCC085.

LM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 2:22 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
322 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

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

300 PM     HEATH SPRINGS             SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/10/02   LANCASTER                      DIME SIZE HAIL AND TREES
                                          DOWN REPORTED BY TOWN OF
                                          KERSHAW SHERIFF.

LCV

Local storm report, May 10, 2:56 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
356 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

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

340 PM     WINNSBORO                 SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/10/02   FAIRFIELD                      DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY COUNTY EPD.

LCV

Local storm report, May 10, 3:06 PM EST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
406 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

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

355 PM     14 S CHESTERFIELD         SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/10/02   CHESTERFIELD                   TREESREPORTED DOWN NEAR
                                          INTERSECTION OF HWY 1 AND
                                          HWY 109 BY COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF.

LCV

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McDuffie

When: May 10, 4:00 PM EST
Where: McDuffie County, 6 mi NW of Thomson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.533, -82.567

Emergency manager reported 3/4 inch hail northwest of Thomson.

Hail, McDuffie

When: May 10, 4:17 PM EST
Where: McDuffie County, Thomson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.467, -82.500

Highway Patrol reported dime size hail in Thomson.

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

Every storm in Georgia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, May 2002

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: 5295155, 5295156.