South Carolina, 2009Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in South Carolina, May 27, 2009
May 27, 2009 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Slow moving thunderstorms once again brought isolate flash flooding to parts of the Upstate.
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- 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.
Slow moving thunderstorms once again brought isolate flash flooding to parts of the Upstate.
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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 6:36 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:36 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 27, 7:48 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>Flash Flood, Anderson
- When
- May 27, 9:30 AM EST to 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, 0.41 mi N of Powdersville to 0.99 mi S of Powdersville
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.786, -82.480
Cravens Creek overflowed its banks, flooding a portion of River Rd.
Heavy Rain, York
- When
- May 27, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- York County, York
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -81.230
Clogged storm drains lead to water entering a business in the city of York.
- 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.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, May 27, 2009$3.3 million · 50 kt wind · 8 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, May 27 to 29, 2009$1.8 million · 1.5 in hail · 20 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 27 to 28, 2009$1.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 27, 2009$60,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 27, 2009$39,000 · 9 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, May 27, 2009$50,000 · 0.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 27, 2009$50,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 27, 2009$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 27, 2009$1,000 · 4 in hail · 19 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Ohio, May 27, 2009$20,000 · EF0 · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 27, 2009$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 27, 2009$17,000 · 2 events
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: 170651, 173552.