Flash Flood, Anderson
- When
- May 25, 4:30 AM EST to 5:30 AM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, 2 mi E of Anderson
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.519, -82.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 25, 1996
Multi-cell severe thunderstorms developed through the evening and spread progressively from the northwest to the southwest across Upstate South Carolina. Damaging winds blew down trees and power lines in all locations listed above.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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.
Multi-cell severe thunderstorms developed through the evening and spread progressively from the northwest to the southwest across Upstate South Carolina. Damaging winds blew down trees and power lines in all locations listed above. Some of the highest winds may have occurred at Inman where the roof of a manufacturing plant was removed by the wind. There were numerous swaths of winds estimated at 60 mph. Lightning injured at least one person at Rock Hill. Numerous houses were struck by lightning across York county. In Starr a textile plant was struck early in the morning and burned to the ground putting 50 people out of work and causing millions in damage. Large hail, driven by the wind in many cases, stripped trees and caused property damage especially in Spartanburg and Greenville counties. A bridge was washed out by flash flooding in Anderson county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 25, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, May 25, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, May 25, 1996
- Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 25, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 25, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 1996
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5550170.