Mid-level energy tracking across the region along with a deep moisture and modest instability residing near a stalled front led to an environment supportive of heavy rainfall across Southeast South Carolina.
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Mid-level energy tracking across the region along with a deep moisture and modest instability residing near a stalled front led to an environment supportive of heavy rainfall across Southeast South Carolina.
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 Aug 23, 6:41 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:56 UTC.
13 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported the intersection of King Street and Huger Street closed due to high water.
Law enforcement reported the intersection of Ogier Street and Calhoun Street closed due to flooding.
Law enforcement reported Hagood Avenue and Fishburne Street closed due to high water.
Law enforcement reported the intersection of North Nassau Street and Romney Street closed due to flooding.
Law enforcement reported Ashley Avenue closed between Calhoun Street and Bull Street due to rainfall around high tide.
Law enforcement reported the intersection of Lockwood Drive and Broad Street closed due to flooding.
Law enforcement reported the intersection of Morrison Drive and Romney Street closed due to flooding.
Law enforcement reported the intersection of Ashley Avenue and Fishburne Street closed due to rainfall around high tide.
Law enforcement reported the intersection of Barre Street and Montagu Street closed due to rainfall around high tide.
A National Weather Service employee reported the intersection of Peachtree Street and Hester Street closed due to rainfall around high tide.
A National Weather Service employee reported the intersection of Maple Street and Ashley Avenue flooded due to rainfall around high tide.
A trained weather spotter reported Walter Drive was flooded and impassable.
A Colleton County emergency manager reported a septic tank out of the ground along Jungle Road due to heavy rainfall in the area.
Law enforcement reported a portion of Bears Bluff Road washed away near the split with Maybank Highway due to flowing water across the road.
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: 1293400, 1293404, 1293398, 1293411, 1293414, 1293413, 1293401, 1293417, 1293421, 1293422, 1293410, 1293405, 1293423, 1293412.