Sep 17, 2020
Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, AL, as a category 2 hurricane, in the early morning of Wednesday, September 16, 2020, and then weakened and turned to the NE, tracking across the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia, and across Central SC, as a post-tropical area of low pressure, on Thursday, September 17. Moisture, instability and low level wind shear, associated with the low, provided tornadoes, heavy rain, and flooding. 48-hour rainfall totals of 2 to 6 inches fell across a
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 914357). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lexington County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.