Hail, Colleton
- When
- May 22, 3:25 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, Walterboro Muni Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.917, -80.633
Hail in South Carolina, May 22, 2004
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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 22, 1:11 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 1:11 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 211 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 .SHORT TERM...AN ILL-DEFINED OUTFLOW THAT ORIGINATED FM THE MCS THAT PROPAGATED THROUGH VA LAST NGT HAS BECOME Q-STNRY ACROSS E-CNTRL GA...THE CSRA...THE SRN MIDLANDS AND XTRME NRN PORTIONS OF SE GA ERLY THIS AFTN. SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG TSTMS WITH INTENSE C-G LIGHTNING HAVE ALREADY FIRED ALONG THE BNDRY DURING THE PAST TWO HRS. SHOULD SEE ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DVLPMNT OCCUR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTN AS TEMPS HOLD IN THE UPR 80S/LWR 90S AWAY FM THE COAST. THE SEA BREEZE/RESULTANT BNDRY HAS BEEN A BIT SLOW TO MOVE INLAND TDA BUT COASTAL MESONET SITES AND VSBL SATL IMGRY BOTH SUGGEST IT IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO MAKE ITS STANDARD INLAND TREK. THE SEA BREEZE AS WELL AS THE LAKE BREEZE AROUND LAKE MOULTRIE MAY SERVE AS ADDITIONAL FOCI FOR TSTMS LTR THIS AFTN. THE ATMOS REMAINS QUITE CONDUCIVE FOR INTENSE UPDRAFTS PER 22/17Z ACARS/RUC SOUNDINGS AND WITH DRY MID-LVL AIR IN PLACE A RISK FOR DAMAGING WNDS AND ISOLD LARGE WL EXIST THROUGH THE MID-EVNG HRS. D-CAPES OF 1300 J/KG AND WBZ VALUES AROUND 11 KFT WERE NOTED EARLIER ON THE 12Z MODIFIED SOUNDINGS FM BOTH KCHS AND KJAX. A LGT MID-LVL STEERING FLOW ALSO SUGGESTS LTL OR NO STORM MOVEMENT WL OCCUR WITH ANY TSTMS THAT DVLP. WL MAINTAIN THE CURRENT 20-30 POP REGIME THROUGH 9 PM THEN RAPIDLY DROP POPS OFF WITH THE LOSS OF INSOLATION. CU FIELD AND RESIDUAL CONVECTIVE DEBRIS WL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNGT AS TSTM ACTIVITY WAVES SO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WL WORK FOR THE OVRNGT HRS WITH FCST MINIMA IN THE UPR 60S WELL INLAND...LWR-MID 70S NEAR THE COAST. && .LONG TERM...STANDARD SUMMER-TIME PATTERN IN FORCE THROUGH THE THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PERIOD WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS HOLDING JUST S OF THE AREA. OTHER THAN AFTN SEA BREEZES...LAKE BREEZES AND PSBL RESIDUAL CONVECTIVE BNDRYS... SIGNIFICANT TRIGGERS FOR CONVECTION ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. THE GFS CONTINUES TO SUGGEST A WK FNTL BNDRY MAY SLIP INTO THE SC ZONES LATE NXT WEEK...BUT THE PSN OF THE UPR RIDGE AXIS SUGGESTS THIS WL LIKELY NOT OCCUR. ABV NORMAL TEMPS WL CONT WITH AFTN HIGHS IN THE LWR-MID 90S AWAY FM THE COAST. && .MARINE...WITH HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTING W...FLOW HAS BECOME S-SW. ONLY ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVIOUS FORECASTS HAVE BEEN TO INCREASE WINDS TO 15 KT ACROSS THE WATERS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL PERIODS. WINDS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE HELPED OUT BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOCTURNAL LLJ OF 20-25 KT. AND WINDS DURING THE DAY WILL BE AIDED BY A PINCHED GRADIENT DEVELOPING FROM SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS DURING THE MAX HEATING OF THE DAY INLAND. WILL INITIALIZE WITH THE CONTINUED SCEC FOR THE CHS HARBOR...BUT MAY BE ABLE TO DROP IT WITH THE NEXT ISSUANCE. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. && ST/JR
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 9:58 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 235 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 SCZ044-221900- DORCHESTER- 235 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 235 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES WEST OF WESTOE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND GIVHANS...GETTYSVILLE... CLUBHOUSE CROSSROADS...SUMMERVILLE...STALLSVILLE...SLANDSVILLE... ORCHARD HILL...OAKBROOK...KNIGHTSVILLE AND GREGGS LANDING THROUGH 300 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. JR
Special weather statement, May 22, 1:47 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 247 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 SCZ045-221915- BERKELEY- 247 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 247 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER WAPPOOLA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF MONCKS CORNER...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WOODLAND LANDING...WOODLAND... WAPPOOLA...TARRY TOWN...PIMLICO...MOUNT HOLLY...HAGAN...GROOMVILLE... COTE BAS LANDING AND COMINGTEE THROUGH 315 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. JR
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:12 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 312 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 SCZ045-221945- BERKELEY- 312 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 312 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER WAPPOOLA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF MONCKS CORNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WHITESVILLE...TARRY TOWN...SAINT JOHNS...MOUNT HOLLY...GROOMVILLE... WOODLAND LANDING...WAPPOOLA...OAKLEY...HAGAN AND PIMLICO THROUGH 345 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. JR
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:45 PM EST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 345 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 SCZ045-222030- BERKELEY- 345 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 345 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER WHITESVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONCKS CORNER...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SAINT JOHNS... MURRAYSVILLE...GROOMVILLE...WHITESVILLE...SUGAR HILL... PINOPOLIS...MONCKS CORNER...SIMPSON CROSSING AND THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH 430 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN LAKE WATERS...STAY BELOW DECK...AND IF POSSIBLE...AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:22 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
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 22, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 22 to 23, 2004
- Flooding in Iowa, May 22 to 31, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2004
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 22, 2004
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 22, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 22 to 23, 2004
- Flooding in Iowa, May 22 to 26, 2004
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 22 to 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, May 22 to 23, 2004
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 2004
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: 5393707.