Flood in Lancaster County, South Carolina

Flood January 12, 2015 · Lancaster County, South Carolina

Death

$8K

Crop damage

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

EM reported one fatality when a pickup truck tried to drive through a flooded area and the went onto the shoulder that was washed out. The truck went into the stream and when the driver tried to get out he was carried away. The incident occurred around 630am.

The wider storm

Rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 inches over the eastern Midlands and Upper Pee Dee region produced some urban and small stream flooding. One person died when he tried to cross a flooding area with his pickup truck. The truck went into the stream after it went off the shoulder which was washed out.

Began near Lancaster (34.7200, -80.7700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 548156. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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