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South Carolina storm reports for May 5, 2020

NOAA recorded 27 hail reports, 8 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in South Carolina on May 5, 2020.

in South Carolina
37
Storm reports
About 48 miles from Columbia, SC
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 40 miles from Columbia, SC
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 39 miles from Columbia, SC
2
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 5, 2020 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

Hail27, most at 7 PM

Wind8, most at 6 PM

Tornado2, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:32 PMEF1About 44 miles from Charlotte, NC4.57 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:46 PMEF2About 39 miles from Columbia, SC13.98 mi long, 200 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Greenville, SC1.5 inNone0
Spartanburg, SC1.25 inNone0

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