Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 15, 2026
Looking for storm and wind reports in Barnwell County, South Carolina? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records show 71 severe weather events in the last 12 months — 47 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph, plus 24 hail reports with hail up to 0.88". The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Barnwell County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 703 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Millett, or 8 miles southeast of Savannah River Site, moving south at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Snelling and Kline.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 119 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near McBean, or 10 miles north of Waynesboro, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 340 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Jackson, or 12 miles southeast of Augusta, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 307 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Savannah River Site, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Savannah River Site, Snelling, Savannah River Site H Canyon, and Savannah River Site K Complex.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 217 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles west of Edisto Gardens, or 10 miles west of Orangeburg, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 to 45 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 132 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Aiken State Park, or 15 miles east of Aiken Mall, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 202 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Denmark, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 101 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Barnwell, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 447 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Citizens Park to near Williston to 7 miles north of Denmark. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 401 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Augusta Regional Airport to near Martin. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 528 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Blackville, or 11 miles northwest of Denmark, moving northeast at 20 mph. A secpnd cell was located south of Salley. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 434 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Savannah River Site, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 711 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles south of Sandy Run, or 12 miles northwest of Brookdale, moving south at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Orangeburg, Bamberg, Brookdale, Blackville, St.”
“At 655 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Aiken, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1013 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near McBean, or 9 miles north of Waynesboro, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 837 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Aiken State Park, or 16 miles east of Aiken Mall, moving north at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 735 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Plant Vogtle, moving west at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Shell Bluff.”
“At 1004 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles southwest of Red Bank to near Aiken Municipal Airport. Movement was west at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 610 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Williston, or 9 miles north of Barnwell, moving north at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 612 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Plant Vogtle, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 755 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles north of Elloree to 7 miles northeast of Blackville. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Orangeburg, Bamberg, Denmark, Brookdale, Blackville, St.”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 355 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Barnwell State Park, or near Denmark, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 235 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Harlem, or near Grovetown, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 459 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near New Ellenton, or 8 miles north of Savannah River Site, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 431 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Augusta Regional Airport, or 9 miles south of Augusta, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 209 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Citizens Park, or near Aiken Mall, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 644 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Aiken State Park to near Williston to 6 miles east of Barnwell. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1141 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Aiken State Park, or 15 miles east of Aiken Mall, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 500 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Batesburg-Leesville to 10 miles northeast of Aiken Municipal Airport to near Citizens Park. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 441 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Aiken Mall to Wadley. Movement was southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 541 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Barnwell, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1224 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Williston, or near Barnwell, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1129 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 15 miles southwest of Gaston to 12 miles north of Williston to near Aiken State Park. Movement was southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 213 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Rivers Bridge State Park, or 14 miles east of Allendale, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 724 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Savannah River Site, moving north at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 159 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Aiken State Park, or 14 miles east of Aiken Mall, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 525 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sardis, or 10 miles south of Plant Vogtle, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Plant Vogtle, Sardis, Alexander, and Girard.”
“At 1159 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles south of Bamberg, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts around 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Bamberg, Rivers Bridge State Park, Ehrhardt, Olar, and Govan.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 342 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Plant Vogtle, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 749 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of Lincolnton to near Warrenton to 8 miles north of Herndon. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. ...Boaters on Lake Thurmond Should Seek Safe Harbor... Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 559 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Edgefield County Airport to 6 miles southeast of Aiken Municipal Airport to 8 miles northeast of Williston. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 605 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Blackville to near Lodge. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 353 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong showers and storms along a line extending from near Marvin to 6 miles southeast of Burtons Ferry Landing. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 441 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lesslie to near Dreher Island State Park to near Augusta. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 71 severe weather events in Barnwell County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 24 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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