Hail in Bamberg County, South Carolina

Hail May 3, 2025 · Bamberg County, South Carolina

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Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Schofield (33.1184, -81.1317).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1254524. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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