Hail, Laurens
- When
- May 23, 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, 0.57 mi W of Laurens
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -82.030
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 23, 2010
An upper low off the southeast coast triggered scattered thunderstorms during the late evening hours over the Upstate. The storms produced a little hail and quite a bit of wind damage in Greenwood County.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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 GSP wrote it up.
An upper low off the southeast coast triggered scattered thunderstorms during the late evening hours over the Upstate. The storms produced a little hail and quite a bit of wind damage in Greenwood County.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:38 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- May 23, 10:10 PM EST to 10:15 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood County, 2.94 mi ENE of Cokesbury to 0.4 mi SE of Harris
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -82.170
Numerous trees were blown down from the Hodges and Cokesbury area south to near Greenwood. The hardest hit areas were in the vicinity Clifton St, Pope St, Deadfall Rd, and Carlton St. Two trees fell on and damaged homes on Carlton St. Numerous power outages also occurred.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- May 23, 10:20 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood County, 2.99 mi ENE of Verdery
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.137, -82.202
Trees were blown down in the Salak Rd area.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 233987, 233988, 233991.