Hail, Spartanburg
- When
- July 11, 5:24 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 1.38 mi S of Arlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -82.200
Spotter reported penny size hail.
Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 2019
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed across Upstate South Carolina during the afternoon. One of the storms produced damaging wind gusts.
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
- None recorded
- 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 GSP wrote it up.
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed across Upstate South Carolina during the afternoon. One of the storms produced damaging wind gusts.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- July 11, 5:30 PM EST to 5:33 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, 0.57 mi W of East Spartanburg to 1.52 mi S of Camp Croft
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -81.910
County comms reported multiple trees blown down southeast of Spartanburg.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Nevada, July 11 to 14, 2019
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 11, 2019
- Heat and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 11, 2019
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, July 11 to 12, 2019
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 2019
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 11 to 12, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 11, 2019
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Louisiana, July 11 to 14, 2019
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 11, 2019
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, July 11, 2019
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maryland, July 11 to 12, 2019
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 11, 2019
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: 847624, 847628.