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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

Lancaster, SC · Jul 9, 2025

An upper trough moved into the Southeast, acting as the main forcing in a strongly unstable environment with weak deep layer shear and high PWAT's. This forcing led to the development of scattered strong to severe convection that moved slowly due to the weak steering flow.

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Jul 9, 2025

An upper trough moved into the Southeast, acting as the main forcing in a strongly unstable environment with weak deep layer shear and high PWAT's. This forcing led to the development of scattered strong to severe convection that moved slowly due to the weak steering flow.

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Flash Flood

Lexington, SC · Sep 2, 2016

Tropical Storm Hermine impacted the region, especially on the 2nd with heavy rain and strong gusty winds. The center of TS Hermine tracked to the NE across S and SE GA during the morning of Sept. 2nd, and across the coastal plain of SC during the afternoon and evening of the 2nd.

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Flash Flood

Lexington, SC · Sep 2, 2016

Tropical Storm Hermine impacted the region, especially on the 2nd with heavy rain and strong gusty winds. The center of TS Hermine tracked to the NE across S and SE GA during the morning of Sept. 2nd, and across the coastal plain of SC during the afternoon and evening of the 2nd.

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Flash Flood

Lexington, SC · Sep 2, 2016

Tropical Storm Hermine impacted the region, especially on the 2nd with heavy rain and strong gusty winds. The center of TS Hermine tracked to the NE across S and SE GA during the morning of Sept. 2nd, and across the coastal plain of SC during the afternoon and evening of the 2nd.

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Flash Flood

Sumter, SC · Sep 2, 2016

Tropical Storm Hermine impacted the region, especially on the 2nd with heavy rain and strong gusty winds. The center of TS Hermine tracked to the NE across S and SE GA during the morning of Sept. 2nd, and across the coastal plain of SC during the afternoon and evening of the 2nd.

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Flood$100K damage

Union, SC · Apr 18, 2003

An extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall resulted in slow rises along creeks and streams, culminating in flooding which developed during the morning hours. Some roads and bridges were flooded, including Meansville Road near Jonesville.

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Flash Flood

Charleston, SC · Jul 31, 2014

A cluster of heavy rainfall producing thunderstorms anchored over much of Charleston County in the afternoon hours. These thunderstorms were nearly stationary as they developed just north of a stalled front extending out from a weak area of low pressure over south Georgia.

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Flash Flood

Charleston, SC · Jul 31, 2014

A cluster of heavy rainfall producing thunderstorms anchored over much of Charleston County in the afternoon hours. These thunderstorms were nearly stationary as they developed just north of a stalled front extending out from a weak area of low pressure over south Georgia.

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Flash Flood

Charleston, SC · Jul 31, 2014

A cluster of heavy rainfall producing thunderstorms anchored over much of Charleston County in the afternoon hours. These thunderstorms were nearly stationary as they developed just north of a stalled front extending out from a weak area of low pressure over south Georgia.

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Flood

Laurens, SC · Nov 2, 2015

Low pressure developing along the Gulf Coast spread very moist air and rain into Upstate South Carolina early on the 1st, and continuing through much of the 2nd and the early part of the 3rd.

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Flood

York, SC · Nov 2, 2015

Low pressure developing along the Gulf Coast spread very moist air and rain into Upstate South Carolina early on the 1st, and continuing through much of the 2nd and the early part of the 3rd.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Anderson, SC · Jul 13, 2013

Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a stationary front over the North Carolina Blue Ridge. As the storms moved into the Upstate, a few reports of severe weather were received early in the day, with the event transitioning to a flash flood mode by the…

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Flood

Orangeburg, SC · May 12, 2025

A high-end EF-1 tornado struck the community of Langley, SC overnight on May 12th. The tornado was embedded within an area of heavy rain in an otherwise unfavorable environment to severe weather across the area.

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Flood

Orangeburg, SC · May 12, 2025

A high-end EF-1 tornado struck the community of Langley, SC overnight on May 12th. The tornado was embedded within an area of heavy rain in an otherwise unfavorable environment to severe weather across the area.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Beaufort, SC · Jul 21, 2014

Areas of numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon hours and lingered into the evening with a stationary front in the vicinity of the region.

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Flash Flood

Richland, SC · Jul 21, 2024

Numerous reports of flash flooding north of Columbia due to training thunderstorms with extremely high rain rates. Moderate instability, weak but parallel mid-level flow to the low level moisture convergence axis, and precipitable water values over 2.1 inches caused several…

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Flash Flood

Richland, SC · Jul 21, 2024

Numerous reports of flash flooding north of Columbia due to training thunderstorms with extremely high rain rates. Moderate instability, weak but parallel mid-level flow to the low level moisture convergence axis, and precipitable water values over 2.1 inches caused several…

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Flash Flood

Richland, SC · Jul 21, 2024

Numerous reports of flash flooding north of Columbia due to training thunderstorms with extremely high rain rates. Moderate instability, weak but parallel mid-level flow to the low level moisture convergence axis, and precipitable water values over 2.1 inches caused several…

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Charleston, SC · Oct 24, 2008

A strong area of low pressure over the northern Gulf of Mexico along with a warm front off the South Carolina coast created strong gradient winds and uplift within a moist environment that led to heavy convective rainfall.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Dorchester, SC · Oct 24, 2008

A strong area of low pressure over the northern Gulf of Mexico along with a warm front off the South Carolina coast created strong gradient winds and uplift within a moist environment that led to heavy convective rainfall.

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Flash Flood

Pickens, SC · Jan 9, 2024

A major/complex frontal system brought widespread rain with embedded thunderstorms to upstate South Carolina, mainly during the late morning and afternoon of the 9th.

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Flash Flood

Laurens, SC · Jan 9, 2024

A major/complex frontal system brought widespread rain with embedded thunderstorms to upstate South Carolina, mainly during the late morning and afternoon of the 9th.

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Flood

Spartanburg, SC · Jan 9, 2024

A major/complex frontal system brought widespread rain with embedded thunderstorms to upstate South Carolina, mainly during the late morning and afternoon of the 9th.

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