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South Carolina Flood Stories

1,179 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood$10K damage

Horry, SC · Sep 14, 2018

Hurricane Florence began its long Atlantic trek from the Cape Verde Islands in early September. It made landfall near Wrightsville Beach during the morning of September 14th.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Greenville, SC · Aug 9, 2014

A backdoor cold front moving from the northeast toward the southwest caused numerous thunderstorms and heavy rain showers to suddenly erupt as it moved across northern portions of Upstate South Carolina during the evening.

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Flash Flood

Sumter, SC · 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…

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Flash Flood

Lee, SC · 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…

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Flash Flood

Edgefield, SC · Jul 7, 2020

An upper trough, along with a very moist atmosphere, contributed to a band of heavy showers and thunderstorms that set up in an area of low level moisture convergence just east of a slow moving surface low, leading to heavy rain and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Edgefield, SC · Jul 7, 2020

An upper trough, along with a very moist atmosphere, contributed to a band of heavy showers and thunderstorms that set up in an area of low level moisture convergence just east of a slow moving surface low, leading to heavy rain and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood$80K damage

Florence, SC · Oct 4, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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Flash Flood$75K damage

Horry, SC · Oct 4, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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Flash Flood$75K damage

Horry, SC · Oct 4, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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Flash Flood$70K damage

Florence, SC · Oct 4, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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Tropical Depression

Beaufort, SC · Nov 11, 2022

Nicole first developed as a Subtropical Storm about 550 miles east of the northwest Bahamas in the morning of Monday, November 7th. Nicole remained a Subtropical Storm for a little over 24 hours, but eventually transitioned to a Tropical Storm late in the morning of Tuesday,…

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Tropical Storm

Beaufort, SC · Sep 29, 2022

Tropical Depression Nine developed in the eastern Caribbean in the morning of Friday, September 23rd. The system steadily strengthened as it tracked to the northeast and became Hurricane Ian in the morning of Monday, September 26th.

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Tropical Storm

Inland Berkeley, SC · Sep 29, 2022

Tropical Depression Nine developed in the eastern Caribbean in the morning of Friday, September 23rd. The system steadily strengthened as it tracked to the northeast and became Hurricane Ian in the morning of Monday, September 26th.

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Tropical Storm

Richland, SC · Sep 29, 2022

Ian first formed as Tropical Depression Nine in the Caribbean Sea on September 23,|2022. It moved west and northwest into the Western Caribbean and strengthened|into a hurricane.

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Flash Flood$65K damage

Darlington, SC · Oct 3, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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Flash Flood$60K damage

Georgetown, SC · Oct 4, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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Flash Flood$60K damage

Horry, SC · Oct 4, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Dillon, SC · Oct 8, 2016

Major Hurricane Matthew moved up the southeast coast and slowly weakened to a category 1 storm as it moved up along the South Carolina coast and then eastward near the North Carolina coast.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Dillon, SC · Oct 8, 2016

Major Hurricane Matthew moved up the southeast coast and slowly weakened to a category 1 storm as it moved up along the South Carolina coast and then eastward near the North Carolina coast.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Richland, SC · Aug 1, 2016

A strong short wave trough passed through the region, which was entrenched in a moist, warm and moderately unstable airmass. The short wave picked up convective development along a lee-side/thermal trough in the Upstate and Northern Midlands.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Richland, SC · Aug 1, 2016

A strong short wave trough passed through the region, which was entrenched in a moist, warm and moderately unstable airmass. The short wave picked up convective development along a lee-side/thermal trough in the Upstate and Northern Midlands.

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Flood

Greenwood, SC · Jan 13, 2020

Showers and thunderstorms developed over the South Carolina Piedmont during the early morning hours of the 13th in association with a slow-moving cold front. 1.5 to 3 inches of rain fell over much of Greenwood County over several hours.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Williamsburg, SC · Oct 3, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Georgetown, SC · Oct 3, 2015

A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.

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