Oct 4, 2015
A slow-moving area of upper level low pressure tapped into a tropical moisture feed associated with Hurricane Joaquin (located across the western Atlantic, well off the southeast coast) to produce periods of moderate to heavy rainfall across Upstate South Carolina throughout the 3rd and 4th. The main area impacted was the lower Piedmont, which saw storm total amounts in the 7-10 inches range. Much of that fell on the night of the 3rd and early on the 4th, when the most significant flooding devel
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 605546). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Abbeville County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.