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Columbia (SC) hail season 2006

8 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 25 miles, across 5 storm days, max 1.75". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2006 claim volume.

Biggest storm days (2006, final record)

“Public and NWS employees reported nickel to golf ball size hail stripping leaves off trees, covering the ground, and doing damage to roofs and some siding.”

— NWS event narrative, May 14, 2006 (NCEI Storm Events)

When it fell

Apr 2 · May 5 · Jun 1

Wind context: the record also holds 33 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2006 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.

Working a Columbia (SC) claim from 2006?

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Provenance

Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 25 miles of the Columbia (SC) anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.