Sep 23, 2011
A line of showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that produced flooding in Downtown Columbia. There were multiple cars stuck in high water across the city. Sewers were overflowing in the Rosewood Community. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell in just under 2 hours.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 335624). 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.