Upper ridging in place to the west of the area, over the central US. A MCS developed east of the ridge axis and moved through the Deep South.
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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.
Upper ridging in place to the west of the area, over the central US. A MCS developed east of the ridge axis and moved through the Deep South. Deep layer moisture in place and convergence from colliding outflow boundaries led to heavy rain. This caused urban flash flooding during the night of August 15th into the 16th.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:47 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Columbia Fire Dept responded to the intersection of Lamar and Kortright streets where a vehicle was submerged in floodwaters and one person had to be rescued.
Columbia Fire Dept reported water entered apartments in the 1400 block of Longcreek Dr.
A trained spotter shared a video of a roadway washout of Bagpipe Rd near Bright Leaf Rd. Washout was likely due to poor drainage leading to overflow of the pond.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2025
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: 1279175, 1279168, 1280512.