South Carolina, 2003

Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 8, 2003

September 8, 2003 · NWS CHS · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 8:45 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 8:45 AM EST, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 3:49 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-081200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
449 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE
RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:44 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Dorchester

When
September 8, 8:45 AM EST to 9:30 AM EST
Where
Dorchester County, 1 mi NW of Jedburg
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.080, -80.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain flooded Cypress Campground Road and Grapevine Road.

Flash Flood, Berkeley

When
September 8, 9:05 AM EST to 9:45 AM EST
Where
Berkeley County, 1 mi NW of Moncks Corner
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.198, -79.951 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain flooded US Route 52, US Route 17A, and Stoney Landing Road.

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

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, September 2003

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5377550, 5377549.