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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$35K damage

Dorchester, SC · Aug 30, 2023

Idalia first developed into a tropical depression across the western Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula on August 26th before slowly gaining strength and becoming a tropical storm on August 27th.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

York, SC · Aug 8, 2024

The remnants Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in the Florida Big Bend on the 5th, lifted steadily northeast across southeast Georgia before turning north through the South Carolina coastal plain and the North Carolina Piedmont on the 7th and 8th.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Hampton, SC · Aug 30, 2023

Idalia first developed into a tropical depression across the western Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula on August 26th before slowly gaining strength and becoming a tropical storm on August 27th.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Dorchester, SC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia first developed into a tropical depression across the western Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula on August 26th before slowly gaining strength and becoming a tropical storm on August 27th.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 30, 2023

Idalia first developed into a tropical depression across the western Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula on August 26th before slowly gaining strength and becoming a tropical storm on August 27th.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Charleston, SC · Dec 17, 2023

A low pressure system developed over the Gulf of Mexico and tracked northeast across the Florida Peninsula in the early morning hours of December 17th, then strengthened across warm Atlantic waters while passing along the Southeast Coast, bringing impacts in the form of major…

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Cherokee, 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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Flash Flood$50K damage

Spartanburg, 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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Hurricane (Typhoon)$5.0M damage

Williamsburg, SC · Oct 8, 2016

Major Hurricane Matthew moved up the southeast coast and slowly weakened to a category 1 storm as it moved up along the South Carolina coast and then eastward near the North Carolina coast.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Charleston, SC · Mar 9, 2024

A large area of stratiform rain spread across the southeast South Carolina in the predawn hours ahead of a warm front lifting northward. Immediately along the warm front, embedded thunderstorms developed and brought a period of strong wind gusts and intense rainfall to the…

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Bamberg, SC · Sep 26, 2024

Tropical Storm Helene formed in the NW Caribbean Sea on September 24. Helene moved northward into the Gulf of Mexico where it strengthened into a hurricane on September 25.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Richland, SC · Aug 3, 2024

An upper trough and frontal boundary was approaching the region from the west. The atmosphere was quite unstable with surface based CAPE around 3000-4000 J/kg, 3000 J/kg of mixed layer CAPE.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Richland, SC · Aug 3, 2024

An upper trough and frontal boundary was approaching the region from the west. The atmosphere was quite unstable with surface based CAPE around 3000-4000 J/kg, 3000 J/kg of mixed layer CAPE.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Cherokee, SC · Sep 27, 2024

Tropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Colleton, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Dorchester, SC · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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