Hail in South Carolina, May 4, 2022

Name: Hail in South Carolina, May 4, 2022
Start: 2022-05-04T13:54
End: 2022-05-04T16:12
Location: South Carolina

May 4, 2022 · NWS CHS · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Isolated thunderstorms developed in the early afternoon hours around the Charleston area. These thunderstorms became strong enough to produce a few reports of hail.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 CHS wrote it up.

Isolated thunderstorms developed in the early afternoon hours around the Charleston area. These thunderstorms became strong enough to produce a few reports of hail.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 3, 6:55 PM EST, 18 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:55 PM EST, 18 hours 59 minutes before

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The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:56 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Berkeley

When: May 4, 1:54 PM EST to 1:56 PM EST
Where: Berkeley County, 2.82 mi NNE of Remleys
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 32.910, -79.890

Hail up to the size of pennies was reported along Clements Ferry Road.

Hail, Berkeley

When: May 4, 4:00 PM EST to 4:02 PM EST
Where: Berkeley County, 1.5 mi SSE of The Farms
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 32.900, -80.010

A trained spotter reported penny sized hail in Hanahan along Yeamans Hall Road near Griffin Street.

Hail, Charleston

When: May 4, 4:10 PM EST to 4:12 PM EST
Where: Charleston County, 0.58 mi W of Ashley Jct
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 32.880, -79.990

A video received via social media showed nickel sized hail falling in the Mixson development in Park Circle.

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, May 2022

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: 1023852, 1023853, 1023854.