Flash Flood, Charleston
- When
- September 5, 3:30 AM EST to 5:30 AM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, Awendaw
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.749, -79.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 5, 2000
After suffering from moderate drought conditions for several months, a frontal system and a tropical airmass combined to produce copious amounts of rainfall over the Labor Day weekend. Two to four inches of rain had fallen over the Francis Marion National Park in eastern Berkeley County and the northeast section of Charleston County over the past 24 to 36 hours.
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
- 2
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 CHS wrote it up.
After suffering from moderate drought conditions for several months, a frontal system and a tropical airmass combined to produce copious amounts of rainfall over the Labor Day weekend. Two to four inches of rain had fallen over the Francis Marion National Park in eastern Berkeley County and the northeast section of Charleston County over the past 24 to 36 hours. With the ground already saturated, additional rainfall of 3 to 5 inches on the morning of the 5th caused water to cut off roads and put several feet of water in some buildings. Doppler radar estimated rainfall totals of 8 to 14 inches across this area over the roughly three day period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Berkeley
- When
- September 5, 3:30 AM EST to 5:30 AM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, Huger
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.198, -79.951 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tropical Storm in Guam, September 5 to 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 5, 2000
- Wildfire and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 5, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 5, 2000
- Wildfire in Texas, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, September 5 to 6, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, September 5, 2000
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: 5158840, 5158841.