Hail, Union
- When
- March 17, 6:05 AM EST
- Where
- Union County, Jonesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.833, -81.683
Hail in South Carolina, March 17, 2002
1 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
- 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 17, 5:58 AM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 5:58 AM EST, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 558 AM EST SUN MAR 17 2002 ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO TRUDGE EAST INTO ZONES WHERE THUNDER IS NOT CURRENTLY MENTIONED. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO MORE STABLE AIR...BUT WILL GO AHEAD AND MENTION A CHANCE OF THUNDER IN ALL ZONES THIS MORNING. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LANE
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:06 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 17 to 23, 2002
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 17, 2002
- Flooding in Virginia, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 17, 2002
- Flood in Virginia, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, March 17 to 18, 2002
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, March 17 to 18, 2002
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5285693.