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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

Chesterfield, SC · May 28, 2020

Daytime heating, along with sufficient atmospheric moisture and instability, combined with a nearly stationary surface boundary to produce persistent strong to severe thunderstorms over Chesterfield Co SC.

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Flash Flood

Chesterfield, SC · May 28, 2020

Daytime heating, along with sufficient atmospheric moisture and instability, combined with a nearly stationary surface boundary to produce persistent strong to severe thunderstorms over Chesterfield Co SC.

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Flash Flood

Chesterfield, SC · May 28, 2020

Daytime heating, along with sufficient atmospheric moisture and instability, combined with a nearly stationary surface boundary to produce persistent strong to severe thunderstorms over Chesterfield Co SC.

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Flash Flood

Chesterfield, SC · May 28, 2020

Daytime heating, along with sufficient atmospheric moisture and instability, combined with a nearly stationary surface boundary to produce persistent strong to severe thunderstorms over Chesterfield Co SC.

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Flash Flood

Chesterfield, SC · May 28, 2020

Daytime heating, along with sufficient atmospheric moisture and instability, combined with a nearly stationary surface boundary to produce persistent strong to severe thunderstorms over Chesterfield Co SC.

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Flash Flood

Chesterfield, SC · May 28, 2020

Daytime heating, along with sufficient atmospheric moisture and instability, combined with a nearly stationary surface boundary to produce persistent strong to severe thunderstorms over Chesterfield Co SC.

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Flash Flood

Colleton, 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$10K damage

Oconee, SC · Sep 20, 2009

Periods of heavy rain fell between the 18th and 22nd across the northwest corner of South Carolina, mostly of over Oconee and western Pickens Counties.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Sep 28, 2023

Due to persistent strong northeast flow along the coast and the combination of the lunar perigee and the full moon cycle, tide levels were abnormally high along the southeast South Carolina coast.

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Flash Flood

Richland, SC · Apr 5, 2022

An upper level disturbance and the interaction of surface boundaries, along with increasing moisture, led to thunderstorms that developed and moved east across the region during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Oconee, SC · Sep 5, 2022

Heavy rain fell off and on throughout the first few days of September in the vicinity of a stalled frontal zone. A period of heavy rain during the morning of the 5th resulted in 1 to 2 inches in just a few hours across northern Oconee County, resulting in isolated flash flooding…

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

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Flash Flood

Chesterfield, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, SC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.

Read the full account →
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