Increasing atmospheric moisture combined with upper level energy to produce locally heavy rain and flooding.
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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 episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Increasing atmospheric moisture combined with upper level energy to produce locally heavy rain and flooding.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
4 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
CoCoRaHS observer about 3 miles SW of Waynesboro measured a total rainfall amount of 5.80 inches. Most of that rain fell on the evening of Wednesday October 12th.
The public reported a total rainfall amount of 6.80 inches on Pecan Lane about 2 miles SW of Waynesboro. Most of that rain fell on the evening of Wednesday October 12th.
A COOP Observer measured a total rainfall amount of 5.20 inches on Pine Cone Rd about 1 mile south of Waynesboro. Most of that rain fell on the evening of Wednesday October 12th.
Burke Co Fire Station #11, located on Hwy 23 near Botsford Church Rd, measured 4.25 inches of rain. Most of that rain fell on the evening of Wednesday October 12th.
Waynesboro Fire Chief reported about 5 to 7 homes were flooded with about a half foot of water or less. This included some apartments on Martin Luther King Jr Dr and Magnolia Acres and some homes along Waters St. Several roads were flooded and closed. About 8 vehicles were flooded. 2 people were rescued from a flooded compact car at E 7th St and Fulcher St. No injuries.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1052260, 1052261, 1052263, 1052265, 1052193.