Hail, Lincoln
- When
- April 19, 9:29 AM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Amity
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP STATION
- Coordinates
- 33.667, -82.483
COOP reported 3/4 inch hail.
Hail in Georgia, April 19, 2006
3 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
- 3
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 Apr 19, 5:52 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 5:52 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 652 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS TENNESSEE/WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...A FEW STORMS NOW DEVELOPING IN THE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. ANALYSIS OF MOST UNSTABLE CAPE SUGGESTS BEST INSTABILITY FROM THE UPSTATE SOUTH TOWARD AGS AREA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 0-6 KM SHEAR STRONG. WILL UPDATE AND INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AND MENTION SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 307 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... STATIONARY FRONT WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING...ACROSS WESTERN GEORGIA. MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER EASTERN M0./IL./IN. FORECAST BY BOTH GFS/NAM TO RIDE OVER RIDGE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. APPEARS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION...FROM THE GULF COAST STATES AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY. PREFER THE NAM MODEL OVER THE GFS WITH STABILITY PARAMETERS/QPF TODAY...NOTE GFS QPF BULLS-EYE OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IN THE MIDWEST SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS TODAY WITH AIRMASS MORE STABLE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...AIRMASS BECOMES SLIGHTLY MORE UNSTABLE. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SUGGEST ELEVATED INSTABILITY WITH CROSS TOTALS INDEX IN THE LOW TO MID 20S. SHOWALTER INDEX AROUND 0 IN THE CSRA LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. STRONG SHEAR DEEP LAYER SHEAR NOTED...SO THERE APPEARS TO BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER. WILL FORECAST CHANCE SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALL ZONES TODAY. WILL GO SLIGHTLY BELOW MOS TEMPS TODAY WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS. MODELS SHOW UPPER RIDGE BUILDING SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY BUT STRONG INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES AS WARM FRONT LIFT NORTH. WITH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND POSSIBLY A WEAK SHORT WAVE LATE IN THE DAY IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM...MAY SEE ISOLATED CONVECTION IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ZONES...SOUNDINGS LOOK TO DRY IN THE EAST...DESPITE STRONG INSTABILITY. CHANCE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AS MOISTURE INCREASES IN WARM SECTOR. LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... BROAD BUT AMPLIFYING NEGATIVE TILTED TROUGH IN THE GREAT LAKES/EASTERN STATES SATURDAY. NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED...EXCEPT TO RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY SATURDAY AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AVIATION... SKIES WILL BEGIN THE DAY MAINLY VFR ACROSS THE AREA. A SHORTWAVE MOVING SE FROM THE OH RIVER VALLEY AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SOME SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA THROUGH THE DAY. TIME SECTIONS SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN MOSTLY VFR DURING THE DAY...BUT COULD BE REDUCED TO MVFR DUE TO SHRA/TSRA FOR LOWER CEILINGS AND VSBY. CEILINGS LOWER TO BETWEEN 2K AND 3K WITH VSBYS AROUND 5 MILES. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 4:20 AM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 520 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 200900- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 520 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA.. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS ALABAMA AND GEORGIA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL TRIGGER SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:16 AM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 516 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 191800- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 516 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS ALABAMA AND GEORGIA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE AREA TODAY. THE PROXIMITY OF THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY COUPLED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA TO BECOME WEAKLY TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE LOCATED ALONG AND WEST OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OF WHICH A FEW COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MIDLANDS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO ALL HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND LOCAL RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAE. LCV
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:29 AM EST, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 629 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 GAZ040-063>065-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>028-030-191330- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-AIKEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...LANCASTER...ELGIN...CHERAW... PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN...LUGOFF... EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING...WEST COLUMBIA... CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA 629 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH TOWARDS THE MIDLANDS. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT LANCASTER COUNTY SOUTHWEST ACROSS FAIRFIELD AND NEWBERRY COUNTIES TO LINCOLN COUNTY GEORGIA BETWEEN 630 AM AND 800 AM. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:35 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 735 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 GAZ040-063>065-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>028-030-191400- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-AIKEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...LANCASTER...ELGIN...CHERAW... PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN...LUGOFF... EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING...WEST COLUMBIA... CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA 735 735 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTWARD TO A LINE FROM LANCASTER COUNTY TO LINCOLN COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE MIDLANDS. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH 9 AM. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH AND WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:45 AM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 745 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 GAZ040-063>065-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>028-030-191400- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-AIKEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...LANCASTER...ELGIN...CHERAW... PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN...LUGOFF... EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING...WEST COLUMBIA... CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA 735 745 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTWARD TO A LINE FROM LANCASTER COUNTY TO LINCOLN COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE MIDLANDS. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH 9 AM. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:45 AM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 845 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 SCZ015-016-020>022-026>031-035>038-041-191445- LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-SALUDA- LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN- CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...ELGIN...CHERAW...PAGELAND... NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN...LUGOFF...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 845 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MIDLANDS THROUGH 11 AM. MOST OF STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 378. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL AFFECT NEWBERRY AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:24 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 924 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 SCZ027-028-191400- LEXINGTON-RICHLAND- 927 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT RICHLAND COUNTY AND LEXINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 1000 AM EDT... AT 924 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAPIN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF IRMO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LAKE MURRAY...AND THE COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH 1000 AM EDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON LAKE MURRAY. 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 Columbia radar (KCAE), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:27 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McDuffie
- When
- April 19, 9:40 AM EST
- Where
- McDuffie County, 3 mi ENE of Thomson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.483, -82.450
Sheriff reported nickel size hail on hwy 150.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 19, 9:45 AM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, 6 mi NNW of Harlem
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -82.350
EM reported 3/4 inch hail in western and southwest part of county around Harlem.
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
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, April 19, 2006
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 19, 2006
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 19, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, April 19, 2006
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 19, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, April 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 19 to 21, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 19, 2006
- Hail in Indiana, April 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 19, 2006
- Hail in Texas, April 19 to 20, 2006
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2006
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: 5490773, 5490775, 5490774.