Flash Flood in Pickens County, South Carolina

Flash Flood August 6, 2013 · Pickens County, South Carolina

Death

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Cateechee (34.7850, -82.7900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 473380. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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