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Flash Flood — Pickens, South Carolina
January 7, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
3
Property damage
$50K
Area
Pickens
Event narrative (NOAA)
Excessive rain fell just north of Pickens causing raging water flowing into a lake to wash out a road. Two cars drove into this washout around 2300 EST and then were swept into the lake, killing one young man and injuring three other people.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.