Flash Flood, Greenville
- When
- August 2, 10:00 PM EST to August 3, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Greenville County, Berea
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.894, -82.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 2 to 3, 2000
Nearly stationary thunderstorms produced 3 to 4 inches of rain in a short period of time in a narrow band on the west and north sides of Greenville, including Paris Mountain. Cedar Lane Road at an underpass flooded to a depth of 4 feet.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- 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
- 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.
Nearly stationary thunderstorms produced 3 to 4 inches of rain in a short period of time in a narrow band on the west and north sides of Greenville, including Paris Mountain. Cedar Lane Road at an underpass flooded to a depth of 4 feet. A car was submerged on Hammett Road in the Poe Mill area and several cars were trapped with motorists having to be rescued on Reid School and Tanner Roads.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2 to 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 2 to 9, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 2, 2000
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2000
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: 5169966.