South Carolina, 2011

Hail in South Carolina, July 31, 2011

July 31, 2011 · NWS ILM · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A strongly unstable and very moist atmosphere yielded widespread thunderstorms during the afternoon ahead of an approaching upper level disturbance. The thunderstorms eventually organized into a large MCS.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$500
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 ILM wrote it up.

A strongly unstable and very moist atmosphere yielded widespread thunderstorms during the afternoon ahead of an approaching upper level disturbance. The thunderstorms eventually organized into a large MCS.

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 Jul 30, 6:55 PM EST, 17 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:55 PM EST, 17 hours 45 minutes before
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The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:39 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Marion

When
July 31, 12:40 PM EST to 12:41 PM EST
Where
Marion County, 2.15 mi SSE of Friendship
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$500
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
33.990, -79.420

Hail to the size of quarters fell briefly.

Hail, Horry

When
July 31, 2:00 PM EST to 2:01 PM EST
Where
Horry County, 0.91 mi S of Sand Ridge
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
33.807, -79.099

Hail to the size of pennies was reported on Pauley Swamp Road.

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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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: 332487, 332486.