Hail, Newberry
- When
- May 2, 4:40 PM EST to 4:42 PM EST
- Where
- Newberry County, 8 mi SSW of Prosperity
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.093, -81.584
Riverwinds Landing Marina reported quater size hail.
Hail in South Carolina, May 2, 2009
Multicellular storms produced some microbursts and large hail in the central and northern Midlands of South Carolina.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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.
Multicellular storms produced some microbursts and large hail in the central and northern Midlands of South Carolina.
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lexington
- When
- May 2, 4:56 PM EST to 4:58 PM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, Chapin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -81.350
Public reporte quarter size hail in north Chapin.
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 and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 2 to 3, 2009
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 2 to 3, 2009
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 2 to 3, 2009
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, May 2, 2009
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, May 2 to 3, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, May 2, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, May 2, 2009
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, May 2 to 5, 2009
- Hail in Colorado, May 2, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 2, 2009
- Flooding in Iowa, May 2 to 6, 2009
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 2, 2009
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 157261, 157260.