Hail — Bamberg, South Carolina

2025-05-03 · near Schofield, Bamberg, South Carolina

Event narrative

Facebook post with a video of hail falling on Low Country Hwy between Olar and Ehrhardt. Additional photo showed a hailstone that was approximately quarter size. Time provided by user and confirmed by radar.

Wider weather episode

A closed upper low slowly moved into the Tennessee Valley with an associated surface cold front moving into the area during the late afternoon and into the evening. This sparked scattered convection in a modestly unstable environment, but solid deep layer shear and mid-level lapse rates yielded severe hail in Bamberg County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1254524. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.