Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 20, 2006

Name: Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 20, 2006
Start: 2006-08-20T20:30
End: 2006-08-20T22:23
Location: South Carolina

August 20, 2006 · NWS CAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Richland

When: August 20, 8:30 PM EST to 10:23 PM EST
Where: Richland County, Columbia
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.022, -80.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two to three inches of rain fell over downtown Columbia in a 2 to 3 hour period and caused flash flodding in the Five Points area. Several cars were halfway submerged and 6 people had to be rescued. Many business in the Five Points area had flood damage along with the first floors of several apartments.

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, August 2006

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: 5520484.