Hail, Lancaster
- When
- April 26, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 6.24 mi N of Van Wyck
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 34.940, -80.840
Postal employee reported dime size hail in the Sun City/Carolina Lakes area.
Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26 to 27, 2012
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed over the upper Pee Dee region of the state and produced some large hail and wind damage.
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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed over the upper Pee Dee region of the state and produced some large hail and wind damage.
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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 25, 6:49 PM EST, 18 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:49 PM EST, 18 hours 56 minutes before
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The Columbia radar (KCAE), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:44 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chesterfield
- When
- April 26, 2:49 PM EST to 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, 1.84 mi WNW of Montrose
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 34.640, -79.900
Dime to penny size hail covered the ground at Cheraw State Park.
Hail, Chesterfield
- When
- April 26, 2:52 PM EST to 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, 1.33 mi WNW of Montrose
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.640, -79.890
Public reported nickel to quarter size hail south of Cheraw.
Hail, Kershaw
- When
- April 27, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Kershaw County, 0.69 mi S of Bethune
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.410, -80.350
MiniMart in Bethune reported quarter size hail in the city.
Hail, Lee
- When
- April 27, 4:30 PM EST to 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, 4.87 mi SW of Lucknow
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -80.390
Public reported dime to quarter size hail along Timber Creek Road. It hailed for 10 to 15 minutes and covered the ground.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- April 27, 5:38 PM EST to 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, 0.89 mi NW of Chesterfield
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.740, -80.090
Chesterfielde County Sheriff reported trees down on powerlines in the city of Chesterfield.
Hail, Fairfield
- When
- April 27, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, 2.36 mi NNE of Woodward
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -81.150
Public reported penny to quarter size hail in and around Blackstock.
Hail, Sumter
- When
- April 27, 6:56 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, 0.21 mi NE of Cane Savannah
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.902, -80.448
Public reported large hail up to quarter size in the Cane Savannah Community of Sumter County.
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: 367479, 367480, 367481, 368871, 368872, 368874, 368873, 369799.