Sep 22, 2021
Several clusters of showers and thunderstorms moved across the western Piedmont and western Sandhills as a plume of tropical moisture advected into the area from the south in advance of a strong cold front. This resulted in multiple reported of flash flooding from heavy rain across portions of the southern Piedmont and western Sandhills, along with a severe wind gust in Chatham County.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 984488). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Montgomery County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.