Hail in Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Hail May 23, 2014 · Spartanburg County, South Carolina

1.75 in

Hail diameter

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Public reported up to golf ball size hail from the west side of Spartanburg to the area around Spartanburg Regional Hospital.

The wider storm

Scattered to numerous strong to severe, discrete thunderstorm cells developed across the Piedmont during the afternoon ahead of a slow-moving, nearly stationary backdoor cold front. The storms were prolific hail producers, with some producing larger than baseball size hail. New cells often developed upstream of mature cells, then moved over the same areas, such that some locations saw two or more rounds of large hail. This was especially true across portions of Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, and York Counties.

Began near Spartanburg (34.9500, -81.9906).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 517269. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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