Flash Flood, Greenville
- When
- August 2, 7:30 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville County, Greenville
- Coordinates
- 34.894, -82.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 2, 1996
A near stationary thunderstorm complex dumped an estimated 4 to 6 inches of rain on Westside Greenville. A mobile home park was flooded and cars were stalled in flood water on White Horse Road and Interstate 85.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A near stationary thunderstorm complex dumped an estimated 4 to 6 inches of rain on Westside Greenville. A mobile home park was flooded and cars were stalled in flood water on White Horse Road and Interstate 85.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5565975.