1,179 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Astronomical and meteorological factors combined to produce a significant multi-day coastal flood event along portions of the southeast South Carolina coast. A new moon occurred on 11/4 and the lunar perigee peaked on 11/5, producing the highest astronomical tides of the year.
Read the full account →A slow moving area of upper level low pressure over the Mid-Mississippi Valley pumped semi-tropical weather into the western Carolinas for a couple of days, resulting in occasional rounds of moderate to heavy in the day leading up to the 7th.
Read the full account →Claudette began as an unorganized area of low pressure in the SW Gulf of Mexico. It then tracked north towards the Gulf Coast and eventually strengthened into a Tropical Storm on Saturday morning, June 19th near the Louisiana coast.
Read the full account →Claudette began as an unorganized area of low pressure in the SW Gulf of Mexico. It then tracked north towards the Gulf Coast and eventually strengthened into a Tropical Storm on Saturday morning, June 19th near the Louisiana coast.
Read the full account →Claudette began as an unorganized area of low pressure in the SW Gulf of Mexico. It then tracked north towards the Gulf Coast and eventually strengthened into a Tropical Storm on Saturday morning, June 19th near the Louisiana coast.
Read the full account →Claudette began as an unorganized area of low pressure in the SW Gulf of Mexico. It then tracked north towards the Gulf Coast and eventually strengthened into a Tropical Storm on Saturday morning, June 19th near the Louisiana coast.
Read the full account →Claudette began as an unorganized area of low pressure in the SW Gulf of Mexico. It then tracked north towards the Gulf Coast and eventually strengthened into a Tropical Storm on Saturday morning, June 19th near the Louisiana coast.
Read the full account →Claudette began as an unorganized area of low pressure in the SW Gulf of Mexico. It then tracked north towards the Gulf Coast and eventually strengthened into a Tropical Storm on Saturday morning, June 19th near the Louisiana coast.
Read the full account →Elsa initially developed as a Tropical Depression over the central tropical Atlantic late in the evening of June 30th, 2021. The system quickly tracked to the west-northwest and became Tropical Storm Elsa on the morning of July 1st, 2021 about 850 miles east-southeast of the…
Read the full account →Elsa initially developed as a Tropical Depression over the central tropical Atlantic late in the evening of June 30th, 2021. The system quickly tracked to the west-northwest and became Tropical Storm Elsa on the morning of July 1st, 2021 about 850 miles east-southeast of the…
Read the full account →Mindy first developed as a Tropical Storm in the northeast Gulf of Mexico about 90 miles west-southwest of Apalachicola, FL at 5 pm EDT September 8th, 2021. Mindy made landfall as a Tropical Storm a few hours later at St. Vincent Island, FL.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Danny initially developed as a tropical depression approximately 110 miles off the Southeast United States coast during the morning of June 28th, 2021, slowly tracking west-northwest across warmer gulf stream waters and eventually reaching tropical storm strength…
Read the full account →Elsa initially developed as a Tropical Depression over the central tropical Atlantic late in the evening of June 30th, 2021. The system quickly tracked to the west-northwest and became Tropical Storm Elsa on the morning of July 1st, 2021 about 850 miles east-southeast of the…
Read the full account →An upper ridge over the Southeast led to very warm temperatures. Additionally, localized surface convergence allowed isolated convection to occur.
Read the full account →A stationary front draped across the forecast area provided a focus for convection through the afternoon and evening hours. Flash flooding was favored with mean atmospheric flow parallel to the surface boundary and high precipitable water values.
Read the full account →A stationary front draped across the forecast area provided a focus for convection through the afternoon and evening hours. Flash flooding was favored with mean atmospheric flow parallel to the surface boundary and high precipitable water values.
Read the full account →A stationary front draped across the forecast area provided a focus for convection through the afternoon and evening hours. Flash flooding was favored with mean atmospheric flow parallel to the surface boundary and high precipitable water values.
Read the full account →A stationary front draped across the forecast area provided a focus for convection through the afternoon and evening hours. Flash flooding was favored with mean atmospheric flow parallel to the surface boundary and high precipitable water values.
Read the full account →A stationary front draped across the forecast area provided a focus for convection through the afternoon and evening hours. Flash flooding was favored with mean atmospheric flow parallel to the surface boundary and high precipitable water values.
Read the full account →Anomalously high deep layer moisture over the area with strong moisture transport. Isentropic lift and favorable divergence aloft in the right entrance region of an upper level jet streak supported widespread rain which was moderate to heavy at times.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Idalia moved northeast across northeast South Carolina bringing flooding from heavy rain and storm surge, a few tropical storm force wind gusts and tornadoes late August 30 into August 31. Previously the storm was a Category 4 hurricane.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Idalia moved northeast across northeast South Carolina bringing flooding from heavy rain and storm surge, a few tropical storm force wind gusts and tornadoes late August 30 into August 31. Previously the storm was a Category 4 hurricane.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Idalia moved northeast across northeast South Carolina bringing flooding from heavy rain and storm surge, a few tropical storm force wind gusts and tornadoes late August 30 into August 31. Previously the storm was a Category 4 hurricane.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Idalia moved northeast across northeast South Carolina bringing flooding from heavy rain and storm surge, a few tropical storm force wind gusts and tornadoes late August 30 into August 31. Previously the storm was a Category 4 hurricane.
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