Flash Flood, Abbeville
- When
- July 24, 11:30 PM EST to July 25, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Abbeville County, Abbeville
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 34.223, -82.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in South Carolina, July 24 to 25, 2000
Excessive rain from a complex of slow-moving thunderstorms caused some flash flooding. A couple of cars were stranded on Hwy 72 and several creeks came out of their banks.
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.
Excessive rain from a complex of slow-moving thunderstorms caused some flash flooding. A couple of cars were stranded on Hwy 72 and several creeks came out of their banks. The heavy rain and gusty wind caused a few trees to fall as well.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 24 to 25, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 24, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 24, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 24, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5176028.