Tornado and Flash Flood in South Carolina, September 7, 2014

Name: Tornado and Flash Flood in South Carolina, September 7, 2014
Start: 2014-09-07T13:27
End: 2014-09-07T17:45
Location: South Carolina

September 7, 2014 · NWS CAE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Heavy rains over Richland County produced flash flooding in Columbia. Water levels rose up to 4 feet in some areas.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $38,000
Crop damage: $2,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.

Heavy rains over Richland County produced flash flooding in Columbia. Water levels rose up to 4 feet in some areas.

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Orangeburg

When: September 7, 1:27 PM EST to 1:29 PM EST
Where: Orangeburg County, 1.43 mi E of Vance to 1.03 mi E of Vance
Rating: EF0
Path length: 0.43 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $6,000
Crop damage: $2,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 33.430, -80.395

NWS storm survey found an EF0 tornado touched down 3 times producing crop damage and taking 2/3 of the roof off of a mobile home. Other damage was done to yard items around the home.

Flash Flood, Richland

When: September 7, 4:15 PM EST to 5:45 PM EST
Where: Richland County, Columbia to 1.34 mi N of Columbia Owens Arpt
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $32,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 34.000, -81.020

Heavy rains produced flash flooding at Main and Whaley Streets, around the fair grounds, and on Rosewood just east of Assembly street. Water levels rose to 4 feet flooding several vehicles.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history The tornado archive for South Carolina, 2014 Warnings in South Carolina, September 2014

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 532956, 532955.