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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

Charleston, SC · Oct 8, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Tropical Storm

Charleston, SC · Oct 8, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Tropical Storm

Charleston, SC · Oct 7, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Tropical Storm

Dorchester, SC · Oct 7, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Tropical Storm

Charleston, SC · Oct 7, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Tropical Storm

Charleston, SC · Oct 7, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Tropical Storm

Charleston, SC · Oct 7, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Tropical Storm

Charleston, SC · Oct 7, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Flash Flood

York, SC · May 1, 2016

Scattered thunderstorms developed across the South Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening of the 30th and again on the morning of the 1st north of a stationary front.

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Flood

York, SC · May 1, 2016

Scattered thunderstorms developed across the South Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening of the 30th and again on the morning of the 1st north of a stationary front.

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Flash Flood

Greenville, SC · Aug 11, 2017

Scattered to numerous slow-moving clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed across Upstate South Carolina throughout the morning and afternoon of the 11th.

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Flash Flood

Spartanburg, SC · Aug 11, 2017

Scattered to numerous slow-moving clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed across Upstate South Carolina throughout the morning and afternoon of the 11th.

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Flash Flood

Cherokee, SC · Jun 7, 2019

Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across portions of Upstate South Carolina from afternoon into the evening in the vicinity of a frontal boundary.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 24, 2018

Astronomical effects including a full moon and upcoming lunar perigee combined to produce an elevated morning high tide. The level of the high tide was driven even higher by the presence of a passing area of low pressure around the time of high tide.

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Coastal Flood

Southern Colleton, SC · Nov 24, 2018

Astronomical effects including a full moon and upcoming lunar perigee combined to produce an elevated morning high tide. The level of the high tide was driven even higher by the presence of a passing area of low pressure around the time of high tide.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Nov 24, 2018

Astronomical effects including a full moon and upcoming lunar perigee combined to produce an elevated morning high tide. The level of the high tide was driven even higher by the presence of a passing area of low pressure around the time of high tide.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Oct 1, 2015

A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-7, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Oct 2, 2015

A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-7, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Oct 3, 2015

A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-7, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east.

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Coastal Flood

Beaufort, SC · Oct 3, 2015

A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-7, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Oct 4, 2015

A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-7, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Oct 6, 2015

A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-7, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Oct 7, 2015

A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-7, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east.

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Coastal Flood

Charleston, SC · Oct 7, 2015

A historic flooding event affected the Carolinas from October 1-7, 2015. A stalled front offshore combined with deep tropical moisture streaming northwest into the area ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system to the west and Hurricane Joaquin well to the east.

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