Hail, Abbeville
- When
- March 19, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Abbeville County, Due West
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.333, -82.383
Hail in South Carolina, March 19, 2003
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 19, 3:00 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:00 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EST WED MAR 19 2003 LARGE UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW TO OPEN AND LIFT NE THURSDAY. COLD AIR DAMMING TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT AND UPSLOPE COMPONENT TO PRODUCE EXCESIVE RAINFALL MUCH OF AREA. BEST ISENTROPIC LIFT MOVES N OF AREA EARLY THU...BUT WITH CONVECTION AROUND...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES. WILL EXPAND FLOOD WATCH TO ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. THREAT OF SEVERE CONTINUES THIS EVENING IN S AND W ALONG PERIPHERY OF WEDGE...WHERE INSTABILITY GREATEST...AND AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS WEDGE ERRODES. FRONT STALLS JUST E OF AREA FRI AS WAVE FORMS TO S. PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO EXPAND WESTWARD...BUT HOW FAR IS STILL IN QUESTION. WENT WITH CHANCE POPS FRI...HIGHEST E...WITH THUNDER EVERYWHERE AS BAND OF HIGH CAPES CROSS AREA. FRONT MOVES E AND AREA DRIES FRI NIGHT... WHILE WEAK SECONDARY FRONT APPROACHES MTS. SECOND FRONT REACHES MTS SAT...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...CROSSING AREA SUN. WAVE ON THIS FRONT TO MOVE E ALONG I-20 MON...AND WILL CARRY POPS SUN NIGHT...DRYING FROM W MON. DRY RIDGE OVER AREA TUE/WED. FCSTID = 7 GSP 53 64 54 72 / 80 80 80 40 AND 55 68 53 72 / 80 80 80 40 CLT 54 63 56 73 / 90 90 80 40 HKY 49 61 53 71 / 80 80 70 40 AVL 48 63 50 69 / 80 80 70 30 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES GAZ010... GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018... GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES NCZ033>037... NCZ048>059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082. FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES NCZ051...NCZ058... NCZ062...NCZ066>067. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>014... SCZ019. FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>007... SCZ010>013...SCZ019. O7
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-192145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 255 PM EST WED MAR 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT... POSSIBLY ACCOMPANIED BY TORNADOES ALONG THE BORDER OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-200400- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 250 PM EST WED MAR 19 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND TORNADOES. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS ALONG THE BORDER OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE FARTHER NORTH INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE...AND THE MOUNTAINS...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL DIMINISH...BUT THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY STABLE AIR ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS EVENING...AND SHOULD WEAKEN...DIMINISHING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. 07
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 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
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 19, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, March 19 to 21, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 19, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 19, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 19, 2003
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 19, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 19, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, March 19, 2003
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 19, 2003
- Hail in Georgia, March 19, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, March 19, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 19, 2003
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 2003
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: 5348418.