South Carolina, 2006Flash Flooding in South Carolina, August 24, 2006
August 24, 2006 · NWS CAE · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Flash Flood, Richland
- When
- August 24, 5:20 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Columbia
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.022, -80.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Emergency Manager reported along Rocky Creek overflowing across Powell road closing it.
Flash Flood, Bamberg
- When
- August 24, 2:30 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bamberg County, 4 mi N of Ehrhardt
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 33.215, -81.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Highway Dept. reported flooding along Long Branch and Colston Branch streams flooding out SC Hwys 81 and 75.
Flash Flood, Sumter
- When
- August 24, 2:45 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, 5 mi SW of Sumter
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.916, -80.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sheriff reported several streams out of their banks and flooding Pinewood and Pipkin roads.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 24, 20061 death · 39 injured · $151 million · F3 · 106 events
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 24, 20062 injured · $15 million · F3 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 24, 20062 deaths · 1 event
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 24, 20061 injured · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 24, 2006$2.0 million · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in North Dakota, August 24, 2006$200,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 24, 2006$1.5 million · 2.75 in hail · 17 events
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 24, 2006F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 24, 2006F2 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 24, 2006$675,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 24, 2006$294,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
- Hail in North Dakota, August 24, 2006$350,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
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: 5520490, 5520489, 5520488.