Storm reports for May 20, 2008

On May 20, 2008, 306 hail, 149 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 10 states.

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306hail reports

149damaging-wind reports

6tornado reports

3.00″largest hail reported

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On May 20, 2008, 306 hail, 149 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Colleton County, SC.

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

State	Hail	Wind	Tornado	Largest hail
NC	137	34	0	1.75″
SC	80	32	1	3.00″
GA	44	29	4	2.75″
AL	24	26	1	1.75″
TN	9	7	0	2.75″
VA	10	6	0	1.75″
MT	0	11	0	–
WY	0	4	0	–
ID	1	0	0	1.00″
CO	1	0	0	0.75″

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

City	Population	Largest report
Milledgeville, GA	16,664	2.75″
Aiken, SC	32,694	2.00″
Greensboro, GA	3,573	2.00″
Augusta-Richmond County, GA	201,737	1.75″
Charleston, SC	157,665	1.75″
Hampton, VA	137,596	1.75″
Summerville, SC	52,625	1.75″
Holly Springs, NC	48,674	1.75″
Tucker, GA	37,224	1.75″
McDonough, GA	32,803	1.75″
North Augusta, SC	26,395	1.75″
Hanahan, SC	21,983	1.75″
West Columbia, SC	18,418	1.75″
Hope Mills, NC	18,102	1.75″
Havelock, NC	17,407	1.75″
Lilburn, GA	16,210	1.75″
Cayce, SC	13,645	1.75″
Forest Acres, SC	10,438	1.75″
Aberdeen, NC	9,573	1.75″
Camden, SC	8,899	1.75″
Dunn, NC	8,754	1.75″
Stone Mountain, GA	6,552	1.75″
Locust, NC	5,992	1.75″
Erwin, NC	4,865	1.75″
Lillington, NC	4,848	1.75″

Hail reports (306)

Time (UTC)	Size	Location
21:31	3.00″	Colleton County, SC
20:27	2.75″	Monroe County, TN
20:56	2.75″	Barnwell County, SC
21:25	2.75″	Gordon County, GA
21:45	2.75″	Baldwin County, GA
22:20	2.75″	Cherokee County, GA
20:15	2.00″	Aiken County, SC
21:00	2.00″	Bamberg County, SC
21:15	2.00″	Greene County, GA
19:38	1.75″	Columbia County, GA
19:38	1.75″	Hampton city, VA
19:38	1.75″	Hampton city, VA
19:53	1.75″	Richmond County, GA
20:04	1.75″	Aiken County, SC
20:13	1.75″	Aiken County, SC
20:18	1.75″	Henry County, GA
20:32	1.75″	Chatham County, NC
20:50	1.75″	Lexington County, SC
20:55	1.75″	Stanly County, NC
21:15	1.75″	Wake County, NC
21:21	1.75″	Wake County, NC
21:28	1.75″	Taliaferro County, GA
21:30	1.75″	Bamberg County, SC
21:32	1.75″	Colleton County, SC
21:32	1.75″	DeKalb County, AL
21:33	1.75″	Craven County, NC
21:45	1.75″	Chattooga County, GA
21:50	1.75″	Burke County, GA
21:50	1.75″	Cullman County, AL
22:15	1.75″	Dorchester County, SC
22:18	1.75″	Dorchester County, SC
22:25	1.75″	Moore County, NC
22:30	1.75″	Burke County, GA
22:31	1.75″	Charleston County, SC
22:36	1.75″	Charleston County, SC
22:36	1.75″	Harnett County, NC
22:40	1.75″	Harnett County, NC
22:40	1.75″	Hoke County, NC
22:44	1.75″	Charleston County, SC
22:46	1.75″	Berkeley County, SC
22:50	1.75″	Charleston County, SC
22:54	1.75″	Harnett County, NC
22:55	1.75″	Charleston County, SC
22:57	1.75″	Polk County, GA
22:58	1.75″	Gwinnett County, GA
23:05	1.75″	Charleston County, SC
23:06	1.75″	Cumberland County, NC
23:19	1.75″	Jenkins County, GA
23:45	1.75″	Screven County, GA
00:05	1.75″	Sampson County, NC
00:09	1.75″	Richland County, SC
00:35	1.75″	Charleston County, SC
00:38	1.75″	Kershaw County, SC
00:45	1.75″	Charleston County, SC
01:12	1.75″	Glascock County, GA
21:18	1.50″	Stanly County, NC
21:40	1.50″	Bartow County, GA
22:30	1.50″	Charleston County, SC
20:20	1.25″	Richmond County, GA
20:27	1.25″	Aiken County, SC
20:43	1.25″	Aiken County, SC
21:45	1.25″	DeKalb County, AL
21:57	1.25″	Johnston County, NC
22:49	1.25″	Berkeley County, SC
22:55	1.25″	Charleston County, SC
00:00	1.25″	Calhoun County, AL
00:19	1.25″	Kershaw County, SC
18:06	1.00″	Rockingham County, NC
19:22	1.00″	Gaston County, NC
19:30	1.00″	Halifax County, NC
19:33	1.00″	Suffolk city, VA
19:53	1.00″	Chesapeake city, VA
19:53	1.00″	Durham County, NC
20:00	1.00″	Cabarrus County, NC
20:00	1.00″	Monroe County, TN
20:05	1.00″	Duplin County, NC
20:05	1.00″	Jones County, NC
20:05	1.00″	Granville County, NC
20:09	1.00″	Aiken County, SC
20:11	1.00″	Gates County, NC
20:25	1.00″	Monroe County, TN
20:30	1.00″	Chatham County, NC
20:38	1.00″	Hamilton County, TN
20:40	1.00″	Nash County, NC
20:45	1.00″	Nash County, NC
20:47	1.00″	Nash County, NC
20:48	1.00″	Jasper County, GA
20:52	1.00″	Wake County, NC
20:56	1.00″	Chatham County, NC
20:58	1.00″	Nash County, NC
21:10	1.00″	Chattooga County, GA
21:20	1.00″	Bradley County, TN
21:22	1.00″	Wake County, NC
21:23	1.00″	Nash County, NC
21:23	1.00″	DeKalb County, AL
21:25	1.00″	Colleton County, SC
21:30	1.00″	Edgecombe County, NC
21:30	1.00″	Johnston County, NC
21:40	1.00″	Columbia County, GA
21:42	1.00″	Sumter County, SC
21:44	1.00″	Martin County, NC
21:47	1.00″	Johnston County, NC
21:50	1.00″	DeKalb County, AL
21:56	1.00″	Colleton County, SC
22:00	1.00″	Macon County, NC
22:10	1.00″	Floyd County, GA
22:13	1.00″	Dorchester County, SC
22:19	1.00″	Dorchester County, SC
22:20	1.00″	Dorchester County, SC
22:22	1.00″	Dorchester County, SC
22:25	1.00″	Moore County, NC
22:30	1.00″	Barnwell County, SC
22:30	1.00″	Ada County, ID
22:31	1.00″	Berkeley County, SC
22:33	1.00″	Dorchester County, SC
22:35	1.00″	Gaston County, NC
22:38	1.00″	Charleston County, SC
22:41	1.00″	Cherokee County, AL
22:43	1.00″	Charleston County, SC
22:47	1.00″	Harnett County, NC
22:52	1.00″	Charleston County, SC
23:03	1.00″	Cobb County, GA
23:05	1.00″	Cumberland County, NC
23:20	1.00″	Allendale County, SC
23:25	1.00″	Wayne County, NC
23:25	1.00″	Saluda County, SC
23:34	1.00″	Bladen County, NC
23:37	1.00″	McCormick County, SC
23:38	1.00″	Fulton County, GA
23:41	1.00″	Newberry County, SC
23:57	1.00″	Calhoun County, AL
00:00	1.00″	Richland County, SC
00:04	1.00″	Cleburne County, AL
00:05	1.00″	Richland County, SC
00:05	1.00″	Fairfield County, SC
00:15	1.00″	Richland County, SC
00:16	1.00″	Richland County, SC
00:35	1.00″	Kershaw County, SC
00:45	1.00″	Charleston County, SC
00:45	1.00″	Charleston County, SC
00:51	1.00″	Charleston County, SC
00:55	1.00″	Carteret County, NC
01:05	1.00″	Darlington County, SC
01:10	1.00″	Randolph County, AL
01:43	1.00″	Burke County, GA
02:50	1.00″	Twiggs County, GA
17:55	0.88″	Henry County, VA
18:04	0.88″	Rockingham County, NC
18:06	0.88″	Rockingham County, NC
18:20	0.88″	Rockingham County, NC
18:45	0.88″	Person County, NC
19:22	0.88″	Northampton County, NC
19:22	0.88″	Gaston County, NC
19:37	0.88″	Northampton County, NC
19:37	0.88″	Guilford County, NC
19:47	0.88″	Orange County, NC
19:48	0.88″	Norfolk city, VA
19:50	0.88″	Cabarrus County, NC
19:50	0.88″	Monroe County, TN
20:01	0.88″	Aiken County, SC
20:20	0.88″	Franklin County, NC
20:21	0.88″	Bertie County, NC
20:29	0.88″	Alamance County, NC
20:29	0.88″	Franklin County, NC
20:30	0.88″	Bertie County, NC
20:32	0.88″	Hertford County, NC
20:35	0.88″	Catoosa County, GA
20:40	0.88″	Davidson County, NC
20:45	0.88″	Camden County, NC
21:00	0.88″	Stanly County, NC
21:00	0.88″	Jones County, NC
21:01	0.88″	Edgecombe County, NC
21:16	0.88″	Wake County, NC
21:17	0.88″	DeKalb County, AL
21:25	0.88″	Randolph County, NC
21:29	0.88″	Wake County, NC
21:30	0.88″	Fannin County, GA
21:30	0.88″	Calhoun County, SC
21:32	0.88″	Wake County, NC
21:35	0.88″	Winston County, AL
21:35	0.88″	Johnston County, NC
21:37	0.88″	Rowan County, NC
22:00	0.88″	Johnston County, NC
22:02	0.88″	Pickens County, SC
22:03	0.88″	Johnston County, NC
22:03	0.88″	Cherokee County, AL
22:07	0.88″	Rutherford County, NC
22:08	0.88″	Anson County, NC
22:13	0.88″	Carteret County, NC
22:13	0.88″	Lee County, NC
22:15	0.88″	Lee County, NC
22:20	0.88″	Johnston County, NC
22:28	0.88″	Hoke County, NC
22:32	0.88″	Dorchester County, SC
22:36	0.88″	Charleston County, SC
22:37	0.88″	Charleston County, SC
22:57	0.88″	Charleston County, SC
22:58	0.88″	Jones County, NC
23:33	0.88″	Calhoun County, AL
23:38	0.88″	Sampson County, NC
23:41	0.88″	Bladen County, NC
23:44	0.88″	Colleton County, SC
23:50	0.88″	Colleton County, SC
00:00	0.88″	Duplin County, NC
00:00	0.88″	Saluda County, SC
00:04	0.88″	Colleton County, SC
00:07	0.88″	Jones County, NC
00:10	0.88″	Bladen County, NC
00:20	0.88″	Carroll County, GA
00:52	0.88″	Randolph County, AL
00:56	0.88″	Charleston County, SC
01:04	0.88″	Dillon County, SC
01:55	0.88″	Upson County, GA
02:13	0.88″	Burke County, GA
02:29	0.88″	Bibb County, GA
17:45	0.75″	Henry County, VA
18:50	0.75″	Brunswick County, VA
19:20	0.75″	Greene County, TN
19:25	0.75″	Lincoln County, TN
19:25	0.75″	Davidson County, NC
19:30	0.75″	Unicoi County, TN
19:40	0.75″	Davidson County, NC
19:45	0.75″	Gaston County, NC
19:51	0.75″	Sampson County, NC
19:55	0.75″	Halifax County, NC
19:55	0.75″	Randolph County, NC
19:57	0.75″	Cabarrus County, NC
20:00	0.75″	Northampton County, VA
20:08	0.75″	Randolph County, NC
20:10	0.75″	Orange County, NC
20:11	0.75″	Virginia Beach city, VA
20:18	0.75″	Madison County, AL
20:20	0.75″	Durham County, NC
20:20	0.75″	Camden County, NC
20:21	0.75″	Hertford County, NC
20:22	0.75″	Saluda County, SC
20:23	0.75″	Durham County, NC
20:40	0.75″	Swain County, NC
20:40	0.75″	Wake County, NC
20:43	0.75″	Graham County, NC
20:55	0.75″	Alamance County, NC
20:58	0.75″	Davidson County, NC
21:00	0.75″	Madison County, NC
21:00	0.75″	Butts County, GA
21:05	0.75″	Jasper County, GA
21:05	0.75″	Putnam County, GA
21:08	0.75″	Wake County, NC
21:08	0.75″	Edgecombe County, NC
21:17	0.75″	Wake County, NC
21:19	0.75″	Cherokee County, NC
21:24	0.75″	Colleton County, SC
21:25	0.75″	Cabarrus County, NC
21:28	0.75″	McDuffie County, GA
21:30	0.75″	Cabarrus County, NC
21:30	0.75″	Cabarrus County, NC
21:45	0.75″	Wake County, NC
22:00	0.75″	Cherokee County, AL
22:08	0.75″	Lenoir County, NC
22:15	0.75″	Moore County, NC
22:15	0.75″	Wayne County, NC
22:20	0.75″	Dorchester County, SC
22:23	0.75″	Dorchester County, SC
22:24	0.75″	Moore County, NC
22:28	0.75″	Greenville County, SC
22:33	0.75″	Cherokee County, AL
22:34	0.75″	Spartanburg County, SC
22:35	0.75″	Charleston County, SC
22:37	0.75″	Etowah County, AL
22:47	0.75″	Bartow County, GA
22:48	0.75″	Hoke County, NC
22:52	0.75″	Etowah County, AL
22:52	0.75″	Winston County, AL
22:58	0.75″	Lenoir County, NC
22:58	0.75″	Duplin County, NC
22:58	0.75″	Pamlico County, NC
23:00	0.75″	Greenwood County, SC
23:02	0.75″	Cumberland County, NC
23:03	0.75″	Cumberland County, NC
23:10	0.75″	Cumberland County, NC
23:25	0.75″	Blount County, AL
23:25	0.75″	Haralson County, GA
23:39	0.75″	Walton County, GA
23:41	0.75″	Pamlico County, NC
00:02	0.75″	Morgan County, GA
00:07	0.75″	Duplin County, NC
00:08	0.75″	Las Animas County, CO
00:15	0.75″	Duplin County, NC
00:16	0.75″	Talladega County, AL
00:20	0.75″	Greene County, GA
00:31	0.75″	Craven County, NC
00:31	0.75″	Onslow County, NC
00:34	0.75″	Randolph County, AL
00:35	0.75″	Fayette County, GA
00:38	0.75″	Charleston County, SC
00:43	0.75″	Carteret County, NC
00:43	0.75″	Craven County, NC
00:45	0.75″	Heard County, GA
00:49	0.75″	Onslow County, NC
00:50	0.75″	Lee County, SC
00:50	0.75″	Onslow County, NC

Showing the 300 largest of 306.

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $57.5 million in property damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (462 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

County	Events	Injuries	Property damage
Cherokee County, GA	2	4	$51 million
Bamberg County, SC	1	1	–
Gwinnett County, GA	1	0	$1.5 million
Henry County, GA	1	0	$1.5 million
Baldwin County, GA	2	0	$1.4 million
Gordon County, GA	1	0	$1 million
Chattooga County, GA	2	0	$405,000
Chatham County, NC	1	0	$125,000
Washington County, GA	2	0	$77,000
Burke County, GA	1	0	$56,000
Greene County, GA	2	0	$45,000
Polk County, GA	1	0	$40,000

What the National Weather Service wrote

Cherokee County, GA (near Lebanon) · Tornado EF1 · $46 million · 4 injuries
“A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that an EF1 tornado touched down near the intersection of Interstate-575 and Sixes Road and traveled on the ground approximately 5-6 miles ending near the intersection of Georgia Highway…”
Bamberg County, SC (near Olar) · Hail 2.00″ · 1 injury
“Law enforcement tennis ball size hail. Storm survey found many homes had damage to siding, windows, and roofs. Auto and home windows were broken. One woman was injured by flying glass in her auto. Holes were in siding. Vehicles were badly dented.”
Cherokee County, GA (near Cherokee) · Hail 2.75″ · $5 million
“The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director observed baseball-sized hail fell just south of Holly Springs. The public reported penny-sized hail in Woodstock. Ping-pong ball-sized hail fell near the Bartow/Cherokee county line west of Cherokee.”
Henry County, GA (near Mc Donough) · Hail 1.75″ · $1.5 million
“The public observed quarter to golf ball-sized hail in the McDonough area. Radar supported that hail of at least quarter-size fell across much of central and east central Henry county.”
Gwinnett County, GA (near Lilburn) · Hail 1.75″ · $1.5 million
“The public observed golf ball-sized hail just south of Lilburn, quarter-sized hail just north of Snellville, and penny-sized hail near Grayson.”
Baldwin County, GA (near Milledgeville) · Hail 2.75″ · $1.2 million
“The Baldwin County 911 Center reported golf ball to baseball-sized hail in Milledgeville. The hail combined with wind gusts in excess of 60 mph caused extensive damage to property in the area.”

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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