Hail in South Carolina, June 9, 2009

Name: Hail in South Carolina, June 9, 2009
Start: 2009-06-09T16:05
End: 2009-06-09T16:06
Location: South Carolina

June 9, 2009 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A meso-scale convective vortex moved out of the Tennessee Valley and across the Carolinas. This vortex interacted with the piedmont trough and seabreeze front.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 happened

The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.

A meso-scale convective vortex moved out of the Tennessee Valley and across the Carolinas. This vortex interacted with the piedmont trough and seabreeze front. Surface based instability was high. Scattered thunderstorms developed to our west and intensified as they neared Interstate-95.

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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:59 AM EST, 11 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
559 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

AMZ250-252-254-256-101000-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
559 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT OVER THE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ087-096-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-101000-
ROBESON-BLADEN-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-
559 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9AM. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...SCATTERED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO SLOW
MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ099-101000-
COLUMBUS-
559 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG
WIND GUSTS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ097-100-101-SCZ034-046-101000-
PENDER-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-HORRY-GEORGETOWN-
559 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. BY EARLY TO MID
AFTERNOON...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG
WIND GUSTS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:42 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dillon

When: June 9, 4:05 PM EST to 4:06 PM EST
Where: Dillon County, 1.69 mi NE of Dillon Co Arpt
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.465, -79.346

Hail to the size of nickels was reported at the Twin Lakes Country Club.

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, June 2009

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: 177062.