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Flood — Laurens, SC

Nov 2, 2015

Low pressure developing along the Gulf Coast spread very moist air and rain into Upstate South Carolina early on the 1st, and continuing through much of the 2nd and the early part of the 3rd. Three-day rainfall totals of 3.5 to 5.5 inches resulted in some flooding across mainly the southern half of the Upstate.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 608662). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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