Aug 9, 2014
A backdoor cold front moving from the northeast toward the southwest caused numerous thunderstorms and heavy rain showers to suddenly erupt as it moved across northern portions of Upstate South Carolina during the evening. The storms moved slowly, while multiple storms moved over some of the same areas repeatedly. The result was extreme rainfall rates that produced 3 to 6 inches of rain in only a couple of hours. Although multiple localized flash flood events occurred across the Upstate, the mos
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 526608). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Spartanburg County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.