Flash Flood in Pickens County, South Carolina

Flash Flood January 9, 2024 · Pickens County, South Carolina

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Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Stream gauges and Ham radio operator reported tributaries of Twelvemile Creek after 3 to 5 inches of rain fell across Pickens County in around 12 hours. Gregory Creek inundated Concord Church Rd and Whitmire Hill Rd was flooded by another tributary.

The wider storm

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. Widespread rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches (with locally higher amounts) in around 12 hours resulted in numerous reports of flooding. Isolated severe thunderstorms also resulted in a a few damaging wind gusts reports over the Piedmont.

Began near Six Mile (34.8670, -82.7880).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1160828. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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