1,179 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms developed in a warm, moist, unstable airmass ahead of a strong cold front early on the 17th. These storms produced mainly wind damage as 8 to 10 trees fell on houses in Oconee county, a gas station canopy was blown off in Anderson county, and a large tree fell on a…
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A slow-moving area of upper level low pressure tapped into a tropical moisture feed associated with Hurricane Joaquin (located across the western Atlantic, well off the southeast coast) to produce periods of moderate to heavy rainfall across Upstate South Carolina throughout the…
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →After a couple of days of occasional moderate to heavy rain acted to elevate stream flows and soil moisture levels, heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developing along and ahead of a cold front produced 2-3 inches of rain in just a few hours across portions of the Piedmont,…
Read the full account →Hurricane Matthew impacted the region on the night of Friday, October 7th and during much of the day on Saturday, October 8th. Tropical Storm force wind gusts were observed across most of the SC Midlands and Central Savannah River Area.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Numerous heavy rain showers and thunderstorms moved across the South Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening in association with a warm front. This was after a round of moderate to heavy rain moved across the area early in the day, producing up to 2 inches of rain.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across the South Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening of the 30th and again on the morning of the 1st north of a stationary front.
Read the full account →After an extended period of moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall, intensifying rain rates led to rapid rises and flash flooding along some small creeks and streams in eastern portions of the Upstate.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across the South Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening of the 30th, north of a stationary front.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Danny moved out of northeast Georgia and across the Upstate from the late afternoon on the 23rd through the early morning of the 24th. Two weak, short-lived tornadoes were spawned. One in Abbeville county downed trees and power lines.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Danny moved out of northeast Georgia and across the Upstate from the late afternoon on the 23rd through the early morning of the 24th. Two weak, short-lived tornadoes were spawned. One in Abbeville county downed trees and power lines.
Read the full account →For the second time in less than 48 hours, moderate to heavy rain developed across Upstate South Carolina in association with a wave of low pressure moving up the Southeast coast.
Read the full account →Hurricane Hermine made landfall as a minimal category 1 hurricane near the Florida Panhandle the night of September 1st. The hurricane weakened to a tropical storm as it moved up the eastern seaboard.
Read the full account →Heavy rains from training thunderstorms produced copious amounts of rain generally along and north of I-20 in Aiken and Edgefields. Heavy rains also caused flash flooding in North Augusta causing evacuations of two apartment complexes.
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