Flash Flood — Pickens, South Carolina

2013-08-06 · near Cateechee, Pickens, South Carolina

Direct deaths

$50K

Property damage

Event narrative

A car was swept away by flood waters on Silver Creek Road. The car and it's occupant, a 23 year old male, were found separately downstream. The occupant was killed and the car destroyed. Two other cars were swept away at this location with 4 passengers rescued.

Wider weather episode

Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rain over western Upstate South Carolina, triggering areas of flash flooding. One fatality resulted from a car being swept into a flooded stream. An automated rain gauge 4 miles west of Clemson recorded 3.83 inches of rain in around a two hour period.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 473380. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.