Sep 9, 2016
An unusually moist atmosphere (courtesy of Hurricane Newton remnants over western Mexico) in concert with subtle upper level disturbances approaching from the southwest combined to produced several bouts of very heavy rainfall across large portions of the area during the evening and overnight of September 8th and again during the evening of September 9th, 2016. Severe storms with quarter size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph during the evening hours of September 8th, eventually evolved into an extr
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 659269). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Greenwood County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.