South Carolina, 2006Flash Flooding in South Carolina, August 24, 2006
August 24, 2006 · NWS CHS · 2 events in 1 county or zone
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- 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
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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 9:19 AM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 9:19 AM EST, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 3:18 AM EST, 6 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
418 AM EDT THU AUG 24 2006
AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-251000-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT
20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND
JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
418 AM EDT THU AUG 24 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTH
SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
.HEAVY RAINFALL...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY
TODAY. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...POSSIBLY CAUSING MINOR TEMPORARY FLOODING WITH STANDING
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY
ALSO BECOME STRONG WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 24, 8:44 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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</html>Flash Flood, Charleston
- When
- August 24, 9:50 AM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, North Charleston
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.749, -79.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Emergency Management reported a large concrete commercial building at Goer industries experienced a 40 X 40 foot section of collapsed roof. 3 people had minor injuries.
Flash Flood, Charleston
- When
- August 24, 10:00 AM EST to 10:10 AM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, Charleston
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.749, -79.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Near waste deep water near the intersection of Vanderhorst and Smith Street.
- 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5527606, 5529045.