Storm reports for April 21, 2003

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On April 21, 2003, 5 hail, 6 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Carroll County, GA.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded 12 hail, wind or tornado events across the US on this storm day, with no damage estimate, injury or death entered. Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Edgefield County, SC (near Johnston) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph
  “Sheriff reported large limbs and trees down in and around Johnston.”
• Saluda County, SC (near Saluda) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Highway Dept reported a few trees down on hwy 194 just northeast of Saluda.”
• Abbeville County, SC (near Abbeville) · Tornado F1
  “A tornado touched down briefly in the Parsons Mountain area of the Sumter National Forest, blowing down several hundred trees along its 1/4 mile track.”
• Carroll County, GA (near Carrollton) · Hail 1.00″
  “The public reported quarter-sized hail from Oak Mountain to Carrollton.”
• DeKalb County, GA (near Avondale Estates) · Hail 1.00″
  “A relative of a NWS employee reported mostly penny, but a few hailstones the size of a quarter on Memorial Drive at Interstate 285.”
• Calhoun County, SC (near St Matthews) · Hail 0.88″
  “WIS TV reported nickel size hail at Sandy Run.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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