South Carolina, 2017Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, March 30, 2017
March 30, 2017 · NWS CAE · 5 events in 1 county or zone
Daytime heating, along with a warm front lifting north across the area, contributed to scattered showers and thunderstorms across central SC in the afternoon, a few of which produced hail and locally heavy rain in the Columbia area.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $30
- Events
- 5
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.
Daytime heating, along with a warm front lifting north across the area, contributed to scattered showers and thunderstorms across central SC in the afternoon, a few of which produced hail and locally heavy rain in the Columbia area.
Hail, Richland
- When
- March 30, 2:50 PM EST to 2:54 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, 1.15 mi W of Myron Manor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Crop damage
- $10
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -80.990
Public reported dime size hail, that lasted 3-4 minutes, at the intersection of Millwood Ave and Devine St.
Hail, Richland
- When
- March 30, 2:52 PM EST to 2:57 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, 1.34 mi ESE of Forest Acres
- Measured
- 0.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Crop damage
- $10
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -80.960
Reports from the public received via social media and local news media of one half inch hail in Forest Acres.
Hail, Richland
- When
- March 30, 2:55 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, 1.34 mi ESE of Columbia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.990, -81.000
Public reported quarter size hail in the Rosewood community.
Flash Flood, Richland
- When
- March 30, 3:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, 0.88 mi W of Olympia Mills to 0.9 mi NW of Olympia Mills
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 33.982, -81.035
The USGS gage along Rocky Branch Creek crested at 10.47 feet at 430 pm at the intersection of Whaley Street and Main Street.
Hail, Richland
- When
- March 30, 3:05 PM EST to 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, 0.69 mi N of Woodland Terrace
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Crop damage
- $10
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 33.990, -80.980
Dime size hail was reported near the intersection of Beltline Blvd and Devine St.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Rip Current in Guam, March 30 to 31, 20171 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- High Wind in Nevada, March 30, 2017$1.5 million · 71 kt wind · 5 events
- High Wind in California, March 30, 20172 injured · $134,000 · 82 kt wind · 12 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 30, 2017$231,000 · 52 kt wind · 9 events
- Strong Wind in California, March 30, 2017$200,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in North Dakota, March 30 to 31, 2017$150,000 · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 30, 2017$76,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, March 30 to 31, 2017$60,000 · 57 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 30, 2017$8,000 · 1.75 in hail · 35 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 30, 2017$23,000 · 52 kt wind · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 30, 2017$25,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Ohio, March 30 to 31, 2017$21,000 · 8 events
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: 679801, 679804, 679802, 679814, 679803.