Hail, Sumter
- When
- May 5, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, 3.71 mi WSW of Claremont
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.946, -80.628
The Highway Patrol reported golf ball size hail on highway 378 on the Wateree bridge.
Hail in South Carolina, May 5, 2008
A cluster of pulse storms moved through the Midlands and Pee Dee region producing hail and strong winds.
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 happened
The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A cluster of pulse storms moved through the Midlands and Pee Dee region producing hail and strong winds.
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lee
- When
- May 5, 2:59 PM EST to 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Bishopville to 5 mi W of Bishopville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -80.250
The public reported nickel size hail in Bishopville and west. Hail covered the ground 5 miles west of Bishopville.
Hail, Chesterfield
- When
- May 5, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, Cheraw Muni Arpt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -79.970
Nickel size hail was reported near the Cheraw municipal airport.
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
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More
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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: 86580, 86577, 86576.