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Flash Flood — Chester, SC

Feb 6, 2020

Unusually high levels of moisture for early February combined with a slow-moving frontal system to produce an extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall across Upstate South Carolina from the morning of the 5th until the early morning hours of the 7th. Intense rain rates associated with bands of heavy rain showers and embedded thunderstorms developing along the front during the morning and afternoon of the 7th resulted in rather widespread flash flooding. A tornado also developed during this

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 879189). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Chester, SC

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