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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.

Flood

Anderson, 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$18K damage

Aiken, SC · Jun 2, 2013

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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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 16, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 14, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 16, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 16, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 16, 2024

The combination of the lunar perigee and the peak of the full moon cycle produced higher than normal astronomical high tides. Northeast flow, driven by the presence of high pressure to the north, produced an increasing tidal departure and yielded major coastal flooding along…

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Charleston, SC · Dec 2, 2009

A strong surface low developed over the northern Gulf of Mexico Wednesday morning and intensified as it shifted northeast over South Carolina.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Southern Colleton, SC · Nov 10, 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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Storm Surge/Tide

Charleston, SC · Nov 10, 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 Depression

Hampton, 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

Northern Colleton, 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

Southern Colleton, 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

Jasper, 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

Dorchester, 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

Charleston, 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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