Jun 16, 2022
Scattered thunderstorms developed near the mountains, and a lee side surface trough, to the north and then shifted south and organized into a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that produced strong damaging winds and some hail across the Midlands of SC, along with locally heavy rain and flooding in the Columbia metropolitan area, in the afternoon and evening.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1022646). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Richland County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.