Hail, Saluda
- When
- May 18, 7:13 PM EST
- Where
- Saluda County, 3.25 mi SSE of Mt Willing
- Measured
- 0.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Crop damage
- $100
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.960, -81.640
Public reported pea size hail via mPING.
Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 18, 2019
Daytime heating produced an isolated severe thunderstorm.
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
- $100
- Crop damage
- $100
- 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 CAE wrote it up.
Daytime heating produced an isolated severe thunderstorm.
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Saluda
- When
- May 18, 7:13 PM EST to 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Saluda County, 3.25 mi SSE of Mt Willing
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.960, -81.640
Public reported multiple trees snapped and uprooted.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 18, 2019
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 18, 2019
- Tornado and Heavy Snow in California, May 18 to 19, 2019
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 18, 2019
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 18 to 19, 2019
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 18, 2019
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 18 to 19, 2019
- Tornadoes and Coastal Flood in Texas, May 18 to 21, 2019
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 2019
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, May 18 to 20, 2019
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 18 to 19, 2019
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 2019
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: 819179, 819181.