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South Carolina storm reports for May 3, 2021

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 21 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in South Carolina on May 3, 2021.

in South Carolina
39
Storm reports
About 56 miles from Columbia, SC
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 13 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 50 miles from Greenville, SC
2
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

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

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • 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 May 3, 2021 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

Hail16, most at 3 PM

Wind21, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 11 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:39 AMEF1About 32 miles from Spartanburg, SC0.5 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:04 PMEF2About 50 miles from Greenville, SC29.35 mi long, 150 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Myrtle Beach, SC1.5 in70 mph0
Columbia, SC0.75 in58 mph0

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