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South Carolina storm reports for April 15, 2018

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 61 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in South Carolina on April 15, 2018.

in South Carolina
69
Storm reports
About 16 miles from Charlotte, NC
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 20 miles from Columbia, SC
110 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 28 miles from Columbia, SC
5
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 15, 2018 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail3, most at 11 AM

Wind61, most at 1 PM

Tornado5, most at 1 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:03 PMEF2About 28 miles from Columbia, SC2.98 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:15 PMEF0About 18 miles from Columbia, SC0.43 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:16 PMEF1About 16 miles from Columbia, SC2.33 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:46 PMEF1About 26 miles from Columbia, SC4.18 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:58 PMEF0About 18 miles from Charlotte, NC1.07 mi long, 75 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Charleston, SCNone69 mph0
Columbia, SCNone74 mph0
Spartanburg, SCNone58 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.