Showers and thunderstorms ahead of a cold front produced a few severe thunderstorms across the Midlands. These storms produced damaging wind gusts and hail that ranged from pea size to quarter size.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms ahead of a cold front produced a few severe thunderstorms across the Midlands. These storms produced damaging wind gusts and hail that ranged from pea size to quarter size.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported nickel size hail near the intersection of Highway 34 and Broad River Road.
Public reported damage to a metal roof on a horse barn and damage to the underpinning beneath a mobile home. Dime to nickel size hail that covered the porch and dusted the ground.
Multiple social media reports of nickel size hail in the Indian Land area of Lancaster County.
Public reported quarter size hail at Kinross Lane near Carolina Reserve. They also reported strong winds that blew over trash cans and lasted for about 10 minutes.
Heath Springs Fire Department reported nickel to quarter size hail.
Lynches River Electric Coop reported a tree along with a power pole down on Lockhart Road near Scott Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 2016
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: 618917, 618916, 618918, 618920, 618919, 618921.