Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 10, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 10, 2002
Start: 2002-05-10T13:30
End: 2002-05-10T13:30
Location: South Carolina

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

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 1:18 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:18 PM EST, 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS S FCST AREA IS HELPING KEEP
CONVECTION GOING THIS AFTN AND WILL CONT THIS EVE. SO FAR THERE HAVE
BEEN NO SEVERE STORMS AND WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER KEEPING TEMPS
DOWN A BIT...SEVERE OCCURRENCE IS LESS LIKELY. STILL VERY
MOIST...FAIRLY UNSTABLE AIR WITH CAPE FROM 600 TO 1800 ACROSS AREA
AND LI AROUND -4. S PART OF CWA IS PRIMED FOR PSBL STRONGER STORMS.

AS COLD FRONT PUSHES FURTHER S AND E...HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM
N..FORMING A WEDGE-TYPE SITUATION OVER PIEDMONT/LOWER FOOTHILLS
SATURDAY KEEPING TEMPS COOL. ON SAT NIGHT BOUNDARY PUSHES NORTH AND
TEMPS WILL REBOUND ON SUN. THEN A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH
BACK THROUGH AREA MON/MON NGT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHWRS AND COOLER
TEMPS BEHIND IT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

FCSTID = 77
GSP   62  74  63  87 /  60  60  20  20
AND   63  75  64  88 /  60  60  20  20
CLT   61  72  62  87 /  60  60  20  20
HKY   59  69  62  85 /  60  50  20  20
AVL   55  69  55  79 /  60  50  20  20

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

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The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Chester

When: May 10, 1:30 PM EST
Where: Chester County, Great Falls
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.567, -80.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Chester

When: May 10, 1:30 PM EST
Where: Chester County, Great Falls
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.567, -80.900

Numerous trees were blown down.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5298168, 5298169.