South Carolina, 2024Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 9, 2024
March 9, 2024 · NWS CHS · 4 events in 1 county or zone
A large area of stratiform rain spread across the southeast South Carolina in the predawn hours ahead of a warm front lifting northward. Immediately along the warm front, embedded thunderstorms developed and brought a period of strong wind gusts and intense rainfall to the region.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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A large area of stratiform rain spread across the southeast South Carolina in the predawn hours ahead of a warm front lifting northward. Immediately along the warm front, embedded thunderstorms developed and brought a period of strong wind gusts and intense rainfall to the region. A large area of heavy rainfall, with amounts of 2-4 inches, occurred from around Beaufort up through the Charleston metro area. Locally higher amounts of up to 5 inches occurred in and around Charleston, with the heaviest rainfall rates occurring around and just after a 7.69 ft MLLW high tide at the Charleston Harbor tide gauge. The intense rainfall produced a few instances of flash flooding around Charleston, with lots of reports of minor flooding.
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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 3:30 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:30 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Thunderstorm Wind, Charleston
- When
- March 9, 7:49 AM EST to 7:50 AM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 0.58 mi E of St Andrews
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -79.970
Several large windows were blown out at Hay Tire Pros on Wesley Drive. The strong wind gust also caused damage to the tile ceiling which partially collapsed in the interior of the building. Sheet metal from the roof of the building and two adjacent commercial buildings was ripped off and blown several hundred feet. Also, the top of a nearby power pole was snapped off.
Flash Flood, Charleston
- When
- March 9, 8:20 AM EST to 9:20 AM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 0.87 mi ESE of The Groves to 1.1 mi ESE of The Groves
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.794, -79.857
The public reported 1 to 2 inches of water entering a 1st floor apartment in Oyster Park Apartments along Rifle Range Road.
Flash Flood, Charleston
- When
- March 9, 8:30 AM EST to 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 0.09 mi NNW of Charleston to 0.19 mi NW of Charleston
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.781, -79.930
An employee at the Gold Creations store in the Charleston City Market provided a picture showing a high water mark of 10 inches of inundation from inside the enclosed store building.
Flash Flood, Charleston
- When
- March 9, 9:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 0.89 mi SW of Sullivans Is to 0.88 mi SW of Sullivans Is
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.761, -79.841
The public reported several inches of water inside a business on Middle Street.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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 Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 9, 20245 injured · $10,000 · EF2 · 6 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 9, 2024$202,000 · EF1 · 16 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 9, 2024EF1 · 4 events
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in New York, March 9 to 11, 2024$5,000 · 25 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 9, 202450 kt wind · 18 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, March 9 to 11, 202417 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, March 9, 202410 events
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, March 9 to 10, 202410 events
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Vermont, March 9 to 11, 20245 events
- Hail in Alabama, March 9, 20241.75 in hail · 4 events
- Winter Storm in New York, March 9 to 11, 20244 events
- Winter Storm and Coastal Flood in New Hampshire, March 9 to 10, 20243 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1169067, 1170232, 1170234, 1170233.