Hail in Saluda County, South Carolina

Hail December 18, 2024 · Saluda County, South Carolina

1.5 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Social media photo relayed from the public of up to ping pong ball sized hail in the Mount Willing area east of downtown Saluda, SC. Time estimated from radar.

The wider storm

A deep, positively tilted trough moved through the Deep South towards the Southeast. An associated cold front and line of convection moved into the region, but dissipated once it encountered the Appalachians. Ahead of this front and convection, there was sufficient warm air and moisture advection to trigger some isolated thunderstorms along some weak surface convergence. One of these storms developed into a supercell that produced severe hail near Saluda.

Began near Mt Willing (34.0041, -81.6680).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1221762. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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