Flash Flood — Richland, South Carolina

2025-08-01 · near Arthurtown, Richland, South Carolina

Event narrative

Columbia Fire Dept reports a flooded vehicle with water rescue operations on Key Rd at Market Rd.

Wider weather episode

An anomalously hot and humid air mass was in place ahead of a cold front. Widespread showers and storms developed ahead of this front in a highly unstable environment with sufficient deep layer shear to lead to more organized multicell clusters. This led to scattered wind damage reports. In addition, with high PWATs, flash flooding developed in downtown Columbia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1269352. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.