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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.

Tropical Storm

Tidal 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

Fairfield, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Richland, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Lexington, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

McCormick, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Aiken, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Barnwell, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Newberry, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Chesterfield, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Clarendon, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Lee, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Northern Lancaster, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Southern Lancaster, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Kershaw, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Sumter, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Calhoun, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Southeastern Orangeburg, SC · Sep 30, 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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Tropical Storm

Central Orangeburg, SC · Sep 30, 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$20K damage

Charleston, SC · Jul 12, 2013

Ongoing thunderstorms due to a stalled front over the region with precipitable water values near 2 inches continued throughout the night, producing heavy rain over a short period of time.

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Flash Flood

Charleston, SC · Sep 16, 2014

Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and evening hours with a cold front in the vicinity. With deep moisture in place across the region and slow storm motions, clusters of thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall and produced flash flooding.

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Tropical Storm

Beaufort, SC · May 27, 2012

Beryl developed as a Subtropical Storm over the Atlantic Ocean well east of the South Coastal South Carolina area. The cyclone eventually became a Tropical Storm and slowly moved to the southwest and finally made landfall along the northeast Florida coast.

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Flash Flood

Richland, SC · May 21, 2022

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developing on the afternoon of May 21st in a moderate to strongly unstable environment with MLCAPE values in excess of 2000 J/kg but relatively weak shear.

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Flash Flood

Richland, SC · May 21, 2022

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developing on the afternoon of May 21st in a moderate to strongly unstable environment with MLCAPE values in excess of 2000 J/kg but relatively weak shear.

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Flash Flood

Richland, SC · Jul 31, 2024

Northwesterly flow set up across the Carolinas in late July, with several shortwaves pushing over the Appalachians and forcing widespread convection.

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