Hail, Sumter
- When
- August 29, 6:33 PM EST to 6:37 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, 2 mi S of Sumter
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.891, -80.350
Public reported nickel to quarter size hail over South Sumter.
Hail in South Carolina, August 29, 2013
An severe thunderstorm over Sumter County produced hail up to the size of a quarter in South Sumter.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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 CAE wrote it up.
An severe thunderstorm over Sumter County produced hail up to the size of a quarter in South Sumter.
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Damaging Wind in Washington, August 29, 2013
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 29, 2013
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 29, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 29 to 31, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 29, 2013
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in Arizona, August 29, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 29, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 29 to 30, 2013
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 29, 2013
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 466718.